Details for Rountree Rock House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5025004364
Data
| Marker Number | 4364 |
| Atlas Number | 5025004364 |
| Marker Title | Rountree Rock House |
| Index Entry | Rountree Rock House |
| Address | |
| City | Beeville |
| County | Bee |
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| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings |
| Marker Year | 1971 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | From Beeville, take US 59 west about 4 mi. Then go south on FM 1349 about 6 mi., marker reported missing for 20 years March 2020 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | Missing |
| Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
| Marker Text | On land bought 1875 by Joseph Gustave Rountree (1838-80), who planned house before his death. Built 1881 by his young widow, Elizabeth Cornelia, with aid of her father, John Stillwell. The lumber was Florida pine, hauled from Rockport. Stone, quarried as caliche and hardened by the air, came fron nearby Mulas Hills. Structure has withstood major stoms and is still owned by descendants: Adele Rountree, Ann Marie Rountree Anderson and sons. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1971 |