French Legation Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

The French Legation Museum at 802 San Marcos St bears a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark marker that interprets the 1841–1844 house built for France's representative to the Republic of Texas, Alcée La Branche. The marker notes the building's significance as one of Austin's oldest surviving structures and its later preservation as a house museum. The site documents early diplomatic history in the Republic of Texas era.