Robertson Home

Historical marker location:

646 S. Robertson Rd., Salado, Texas

( on west side of IH-35, just south of Salado Creek, Salado)

Marker installed: 1967

Built by Col. E.S.C. Robertson and wife, Mary Elizabeth (Dickey). Rare ante-bellum plantation complex, comprising home, servant quarters, land, family cemetery, stables. Still a working ranch.

The house, occupied by fifth generation of Robertsons, is an example of Classical Revival style. Shows Palladian influence in its recessed porches and gallery rooms forming terminal pavillions balancing a central gabled portico.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967.

houses residential buildings Classical Revival (architectural style)

The cattle industry played a significant role in the development of Texas, with cowboys driving cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas during the late 1800s and early 1900s.