Marker Number |
6059 |
Atlas Number |
5427006059 |
Marker Title |
Robert E. Lee House |
Index Entry |
Lee, Robert E., House |
Address |
Lee Circle |
City |
Rio Grande City |
County |
Starr |
UTM Zone |
14 |
UTM Easting |
519075 |
UTM Northing |
2917120 |
Subject Codes |
houses, residential buildings |
Marker Year |
1965 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
Marker Location |
Rio Grande City C.I.S.D. campus off US 83. Also known as Commandant's House. Marker reported missing Oct. 1975. Replacement in progress. |
Private Property |
No |
Marker Condition |
Replacement In Progress |
Marker Size |
RTHL medallion and plate |
Marker Text |
Overlooked steamboat dock on Rio Grande, landscape of northern Mexico. Main rooms were walled with military maps of this locality. Used as field quarters by Col. Robert E. Lee, U.S. Army Commandant in Texas, 1860. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965 |