Marker location: Milam & Spring Sts., Columbus
Marker erected: 1966
Marker Text: Confederate Memorial Museum
Museum. Built 1883 by town of Columbus, using over 400,000 handmade bricks. Has 32-inch walls. Served as water tower and fire house until 1912. Since 1926 owned by Shropshire-Upton Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. RTHL - 1966Museum. Built 1883 by town of Columbus, using over 400,000 handmade bricks. Has 32-inch walls. Served as water tower and fire house until 1912. Since 1926 owned by Shropshire-Upton Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. RTHL - 1966
[Also listed in Texas Historical Commission historical marker database as Old Water Tower]
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