Details for Virginia Field Park
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5395010954
Data
| Marker Number | 10954 |
| Atlas Number | 5395010954 |
| Marker Title | Virginia Field Park |
| Index Entry | Virginia Field Park |
| Address | |
| City | Calvert |
| County | Robertson |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 722570 |
| UTM Northing | 3430043 |
| Subject Codes | parks |
| Marker Year | 1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Burnett St. between Pin Oak and Maple in park |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Land given to Calvert 1868 for use as a park by the Houston & Texas Central Railroad. Co. C, 4th Texas Inf. Regt., Hood's Texas Brigade, under Major Wm. Townsend, mustered nearby, 1865. Was site during Reconstruction, 1868-1873, of "Sky Parlor" (room built on pole, as a tree house) to serve as prison for Southern sympathizers. In 1895 and 1912, Hood's Texas Brigade Association entertained here. The Victorian pavilion and two gazebos were built 1895 for concerts, gatherings, and dancing. The park was named in 1937 for landscaper, Mrs. Virginia Field. |