Details for Hye Post Office
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5031002607
Data
Marker Number | 2607 |
Atlas Number | 5031002607 |
Marker Title | Hye Post Office |
Index Entry | Hye Post Office |
Address | 10261 W. Hwy 290 |
City | Hye |
County | Blanco |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 541351 |
UTM Northing | 3345739 |
Subject Codes | buildings; national/federal official; post office |
Marker Year | 1966 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
Marker Text | Named for Hiram ("Hye") Brown, founder of store, in 1880. Post office established 1886. Present store with Bavarian metalwork built in 1904. Owned by Deike family since 1923. At age four, Lyndon B. Johnson, future U.S. President, mailed a letter here- a postal customer for first time in his life. Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien was sworn into cabinet of President Johnson at this post office in 1965. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966. |