Famous boarding house built by Jarvis family of Old Quintana. Veteran of Gulf storms, including "Carla", 1961. Restored by B. T. Allen, present owner.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964 — — Map (db m244324) HM
Named for a Mexican general. Early as 1532 a thriving village. Port of entry in Republic of Texas. Strategic fort in Civil War. Industrial area, cattle and cotton shipping point, 1870-1900. Fashionable summer colony, 1884 and afterwards. Largely . . . — — Map (db m244314) HM
On the other side of the storm levee is one of the last physical reminders of the early Texas seaport of Quintana. The Quintana Cemetery began as the family burial ground of Henry and Josephine Seaburn, who began homebuilding and shipbuilding . . . — — Map (db m202423) HM