Details for Granite Mountain

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507013357

Data

Marker Number 13357
Atlas Number 5507013357
Marker Title Granite Mountain
Index Entry Granite Mountain
Address US 281
City Marble Falls
County Burnet
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 569396
UTM Northing 3381164
Subject Codes mountains and mountain passes
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location West side pullout between FM 2147 and La Ventana Drive. Bronze text plate and bronze seal reported missing.
Private Property No
Marker Condition Missing
Marker Size 1936 Centennial highway marker
Marker Text 2 1/2 miles northwest to Granite Mountain. From it was cut the granite for the Capitol of Texas. Second in size to the United States Capitol. Built in 1885-1888 at a cost of three million acres of state land.

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