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Built in 1882 of stone from Buda (45 mi. NE). On east side is an 1865 smokehouse. Evans (1821-1905) left his native Tennessee in 1847; went to California in 1849, where he panned enough gold to buy this land, 1865. He and his wife Rebecca (Murchison) reared nine children here. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1969
Robert B. Evans Home is a historical marker in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 1969. It is one of 236 historical markers documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 503 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.6093, -98.3344 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wheeler (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Davenport Cemetery, Winters-Jackson-Anthony-Wilburn, and Mission Retama Burial Park.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5029001510. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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