Historical Marker
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.