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Los Nogales
United States historic place From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Los Nogales is a historic 1800s home, among the oldest structures[citation needed] still standing in Seguin, Texas and is the last remaining adobe constructed home in the city. It serves the community as a museum.
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History
The old home was originally built in 1849 for Justus Gombert. Although restored, it retains its original hand-made, sun-dried adobe home construction[2] and cypress shingle roof. It was owned in 1859 by Joseph Zorn and in 1870, Benjamin McCulloch[3] took possession of the house. This building is an example of a primitive home with its pioneer style kitchen and sod hewn cellar.[4]
In 1951, the citizens of Seguin formed together to save and restore the old home and from this project was born the Seguin Conservation Society.[4]
The first Seguin Post Office was located on the same property as the Los Nogales museum. Senator Juan Seguin helped establish a mail route to Seguin and Los Nogales, hence the building was previously referred to as the "Juan Seguin Post Office".[5] The tree-top mail office was quite unique as it was operated from an old tree-house.[6]
On March 24, 1972, the old building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.[7]
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Museum
Los Nogales currently serves the community as a museum[8] and is home to many local historical artifacts.[9] The museum is occasionally open for tours.
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