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Robert E. Lee House

Rio Grande City, Starr County

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

Marker Details

Address Lee Circle
Location Description 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.
Marker # 6059
Dedicated 1965
Size, Type RTHL medallion and plate
Code houses, residential buildings
Latitude, Longitude 26.374025, -98.808789

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