Howard L. Bass Home
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This Texas Historical Marker is mounted on the Rio Grande City Hall on Washington Street at East Main Street (US 83 eastbound) in Rio Grande City, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMK2YJ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2014
Views: 3
Marker Title: Howard L. Bass Home
Index Entry: Bass, Howard L., Home
Address: Main Street and Washingotn
City: Rio Grande City
County: Starr
Subject Codes: houses, residential buildings
Year Marker Erected: 1966
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: Corner of Main Street and Washington Street, Rio Grande City.
Marker Size: Medallion & Plate
Marker Number: 2584
Marker Text:
Built 1877 of lumber from sunken steamboat; mesquite block flooring; handmade brick. Home and business house of John Peter Kelsey, Starr County judge; large landowner who came from New York in 1848. Acquired by L. R. Brooks 1937; and by Howard L. Bass in 1954.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
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