Robert H. and Pauline Clark House
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Marker Text: Pennsylvania native Robert Clark (1818-1910) moved to Mississippi as a young man. A veteran of the Mexican War, in which he was severely wounded, he later moved to Brownsville and entered into a successful partnership with Charles Stillman. The two men eventually opened a cannery in Indianola (40 mi. SE). In 1870, Clark wed Pauline Shirkey Crocker (1846-1940). After a hurricane hit Indianola in 1875, he moved his family to Victoria, where he continued to prosper as a cattle buyer and seller. In 1877, he built this frame Greek Revival house with central portico and boxed columns. Robert and Pauline Clark, remembered for civic contributions, are buried in Evergreen Cemetery. (2004)
Marker No: 13050
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Texas Historic Landmark
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National Register of Historic Places
Geographic: 28.801508, -97.005180
Location: 317 North Main Street, Victoria
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