Montalvo House

Historical marker location:

103 E. Thomas Street, Brackettville, Texas

( building now fronts Thomas Street just east of where H crosses Ann Street (and Rt. 334), Brackettville (called "The Well"))

Marker installed: 1979

Yldefonso Montalvo (1855-1941), also known by the name Obed Woods, built this dwelling about 1887. He used cedar pickets, caliche plaster, and other materials available in the area. Originally the kitchen and several outbuildings stood nearby. The educated son of an English mother and Mexican father, Montalvo was a rancher and an employee of Fort Clark and a local mercantile store. He and his wife Guadalupe (Reschman) (1868-1953) and their nine children lived here.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1979.

Mexican immigrants immigration houses residential buildings