Dry Stack Rock Retaining Wall

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 DRY-STACK ROCK WALL

ROUND ROCK OLD STAGECOACH INN

A dry-stack rock retaining wall encloses the spacious yard around the Stagecoach Inn.

 

While the Round Rock Stagecoach Inn (Harris Stagecoach Inn) was built by John James Harris of stone collected from the hill upon which it stands from 1848-1853; the dry-stack rock wall which surrounds the spacious yard by the inn was added years later by V. C. Richards (according to the book, Historical Round Rock, Texas, page 231, authors: Karen R. Thomas and Jane H. DiGesualdo, 1985).  Richards operated a small limestone quarry in the area .  I think V. C. Richards may have been B. C. Richards and his wife Henrietta, who purchased the Stagecoach Inn on March 11, 1907.   Can anyone verify  if V.C. Richards or if B. C. Richards built the retaining walls?

 

 

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