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Colonial Revival mansion built 1902 by Austin financier Louis Nicholas Goldbeck. Sold 1908 to Texas Association of Phi Gamma Delta, national fraternity first chartered in Texas in 1856. Housing Tau Deuteron chapter, this has been campus residence of men who became statesmen and cultural and business leaders. Financing for property cam from many friends, with notable gifts from family of university regent and alumnus H. J. Lutcher Stark. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1972
Buen Retiro is a historical marker in Austin, Travis County, dedicated in 1972. It is one of 336 historical markers documented in Travis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 641 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.2922, -97.7407 near Austin. The nearest cataloged historic site is All Saints' Episcopal Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include George H. Kinsolving Crypt, Scottish Rite Dormitory, and Zeta Tau Alpha House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507015258. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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