Marker Inscription
Home of the Townsends, Hills and McH. Winburn, veterans of San Jacinto; Joel W. Robison, one of Santa Anna's captors; John Rice Jones, first postmaster general, Republic of Texas; and John C.C. Hill, boy captive of Mier Expedition and adopted by General Santa Anna. A center of German culture and crafts of 19th century. Examples: Nassau Plantation; Art of Mathias and Rudolph Melchior; Rev. Adam Neuthard's School; Stone Masonry of Carl S. Bauer; Lutheran Church with Wantke's handmade organ; and S. K. Lewis Stage Coach Inn.
About this site
Round Top Community is a historical marker in Round Top, Fayette County, dedicated in 1966. It is one of 125 historical markers documented in Fayette County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 209 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.0668, -96.6954 near Round Top. The nearest cataloged historic site is Round Top (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Early Texas Hotels and Inns, Scherrer, Bernard, and Schueddemagen Home.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5149004363. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
