Black plaque № 15900

Castroville, TX, United States

Landmark Inn. Built as a one-story home and store, about 1844, by French settler Caesar Monad. Later became Vance Inn, after top floor and bath house were added, to accommodate travelers. Civil War bullets were made of lead lining peeled off a room of the bath house, in 1860's. After 1927, Jordan T.

Lawler and his sister, Ruth Lawler, natives of New Orleans, La., owned and restored inn. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965. #3031

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