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Confederate Memorial Museum

Columbus · Colorado County · placed 1966 · Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

Civil War

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Colorado County, Texas

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Built 1883 by town of Columbus, using over 400,000 handmade bricks. Has 32-inch walls. Served as water tower and fire house until 1912.

Since 1926 owned by Shropshire-Upton Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966

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