This Marker Faces the Site
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Round Top House

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Marker Text: ​The Citadel of Victoria. Built before the year 1836 by Placido Benavides, son-in-law of Martin De Leon. The house served as a place of refuge for the citizens of Victoria during the Comanche raid of 1840. (1936)

Marker No: 6563

1936 Gray Centennial Marker

Geographic: 28.797340, -97.006989

Location: Southwest corner of South Main & Juan Linn Streets, Victoria