Historical Marker
Lon C. Hill Home
Historical marker location:
2425 Boxwood St., Harlingen, Texas
( Harlingen Industrial Air Park Lon C Hill Park, Harlingen)
Marker installed: 1965
City's first home, built 1904, by the founder, Lon C. Hill, promoter of railroads and irrigation to the lower Rio Grande Valley. Climate-adapted victorian house. Here valley pioneers met and planned important developments.