Palacios Area Historical Association

Palacios Area Historical Association is a building in Matagorda, Texas. Palacios Area Historical Association is situated nearby to the hamlet Camp Hulen.

Type: Building
Also known as: “R J Hill Building”
Address: TX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include R. J. Hill Building.

R. J. Hill Building

Building

Photo: Nv8200p, CC BY 4.0.

The R. J. Hill Building is a historic commercial building in the small city of Palacios, Texas, which is located on the Gulf coast of Texas. The building was built in 1910 out of cast concrete blocks that were manufactured at the site, at a time that the town "was being promoted as a seaside resort". R. J. Hill Building is situated 690 feet east of Palacios Area Historical Association.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palacios and Camp Hulen.

Palacios

Photo: Matamaniac, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Palacios is a city of 4,400 people on Matagorda Bay in the Gulf Coast region of Texas, 1½-2 hours southwest of Houston. It is especially noted for birding opportunities.

Camp Hulen

Hamlet

Camp Hulen was a military training camp near Palacios, Texas, United States that operated from 1925 until 1946 and, at one time, supported the largest concentration of troops for field training in the United States military. Camp Hulen is situated 1½ miles west of Palacios Area Historical Association.

Palacios Area Historical Association

Location: Matagorda, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

28.70027° or 28° 42′ 1″ north

Longitude

-96.21747° or 96° 13′ 3″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

76W5PQ2M+42

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368160108

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

4717219

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