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Buen Retiro

Austin, Travis County

Marker Text

Colonial Revival mansion built 1902 by Austin financier Louis Nicholas Goldbeck. Sold 1908 to Texas Association of Phi Gamma Delta, national fraternity first chartered in Texas in 1856. Housing Tau Deuteron chapter, this has been campus residence of men who became statesmen and cultural and business leaders. Financing for property cam from many friends, with notable gifts from family of university regent and alumnus H. J. Lutcher Stark. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1972

Marker Details

Address 300 W. 27th
Location Description (Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house)
Marker # 15258
Dedicated 1972
Size, Type RTHL medallion and 16" x 12" plaque
Code fraternal organizations; Colonial Revival; houses, residential buildings
Latitude, Longitude 30.292177, -97.740679

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