Marker Inscription
This street was named in 1876 for the Rev. R. H. Belvin, president of Coronal Institute, 1870-1875. San Marcos, founded in 1845, was acquiring better architecture by the 1870s. This district now (1976) retains historic structures: the Belvin home, built 1875; the O. T. Brown house, 1878; the houses of J. S. Davis and S. R. Kone, Jr., built 1886; Mrs. A. J. Wood's home, 1888; the homes of J. F. McGehee, H. G. Talmadge and E. L. Thomas, 1889; the J. L. Malone house, 1891; the Joe Earnest house, 1892; the G. T. McGehee house, 1895. Also in this district are distinctive houses of the early 1900s.
About this site
Belvin Street Historic District is a historical marker in San Marcos, Hays County, dedicated in 1976. It is one of 124 historical markers documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.8749, -97.9557 near San Marcos. The nearest cataloged historic site is Malone, James Lafayetteand Eliza Pitts (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fisher Hall (Gone), Wonder Cave, and Augusta Hofheinz House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5209010237. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
