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Early Commercial Center |
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Hildalgo Street at Plaza, Roma,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
26° 24' 19.80663000012",
-99° 1' 6.63485999988"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Built shortly after the U.S.-Mexican War (1846-47) of hand-cut stone in indigenous Mexican style to withstand cold, heat, and Indian attacks. Purchased from estate of James Linton, in 1850, by Simon Jones, first of several merchants in the Zona Libre trade between the U.S. and Mexico to occupy the site. Since 1872, it has served as store and residence. Adan Guerra, who bought the building in 1941, and lived in it until 1971, changed several doorways into windows.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Early Commercial Center Historical Marker Location Map, Roma, Texas
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