These limestone structures along the Eagle Pass - San Antonio Road at the Medina River ford were once centers of trade, travel, industry, and domestic life. Alsatian colonist Michel Simon settled here in 1844, followed by Caesar Monod, who built a one-story home and store with a separate kitchen in 1849. Within two decades, John and Rowena Vance had converted Simon's home into a wash house, built a new residence, and enlarged the store to include a two-story hotel. A mill was built on the river in 1854, which Joseph Courand modernized after 1876 and J.T. Lawler used for hydroelectricity after 1925. Ruth Lawler kept the tradition of hospitality at her "Landmark Inn" before deeding it to the state in 1974. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.
Landmark Inn Complex (1965)
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Landmark Inn Complex is a historical marker in Castroville, Medina County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 56 historical markers documented in Medina County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 108 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3550, -98.8746 near Castroville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Vance Hotel and Store (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Landmark Inn Complex, Castro, Henri, and Medina County (Castroville City Hall) (1854).
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5325003031. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Landmark Inn Complex” names 2 distinct records in Medina County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1965 in Castroville. The others:
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