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Architecture
Historic Place
LaBorde House, Store and Hotel
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About this site
LaBorde House, Store and Hotel is a historic place in Rio Grande City, Starr County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 6 historic places documented in Starr County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 134 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 26.3776, -98.8156 near Rio Grande City. The nearest cataloged historic site is de la Pena, Silverio, Drugstore and Post Office (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bass, Howard L., Home, Site of Cortina Battle, and Rio Grande City, C.S.A..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2080004149. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The LaBorde House on Main Street in Rio Grande City was built by French immigrant merchant Francois LaBorde, who bought the lots in 1896 and completed the Paris-designed complex of stores and residences in 1899. Blending French detailing with Spanish-Mexican courtyards and flat roofs, it reopened as a hotel after a 1982 restoration that won a San Antonio Conservation Society award. It was listed on the National Register in 1980.
Sources: tshaonline.orgtexashighways.com
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