National Historic Landmark · house · San Ygnacio, Texas

Trevino--Uribe Rancho

Historic house in Texas, United States in San Ygnacio, Texas. Added to the National Register in 1973, and a National Historic Landmark.

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What it is

Wikipedia · Trevino–Uribe Rancho

The Treviño–Uribe Rancho is a historic fortified home at the junction of Trevino and Uribe Streets in the small frontier town of San Ygnacio, Texas. With a construction history dating to 1830, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings from the period of Spanish-Mexican settlement of the north bank of the lower Rio Grande. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1998.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressJct. of Uribe and Trevino Sts., San Ygnacio, TX
CountyZapata County
ListedJul 16, 1973
Reference number73002342
Type of placehouse
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings
StandingYes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Access not on record
AddressJct. of Uribe and Trevino Sts., San Ygnacio, TX
Coordinates27.04511, -99.44369 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitPadre Island National Seashore · 128 mi · on Park Atlas
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 73002342. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.