Bill Text: TX HCR51 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Commemorating the centennial of the King Ranch Main House.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Filed [HCR51 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HCR51-Introduced.html
84R6605 BPG-D | ||
By: Lozano | H.C.R. No. 51 |
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WHEREAS, The King Ranch is celebrating the 100th anniversary | ||
of its Main House, the ancestral home of the King Ranch family, in | ||
2015; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1854, Henrietta Chamberlain King came to the King | ||
Ranch as the young bride of Captain Richard King, and she | ||
established their home in a simple adobe structure on the banks of | ||
Santa Gertrudis Creek; that dwelling was later replaced by a frame | ||
cottage, and then by a two-story, Southern-style plantation home, | ||
which burned to the ground in 1912; three years later, Mrs. King, | ||
who had been widowed in 1885, her daughter Alice, and Alice's | ||
husband, Robert Justus Kleberg Sr., finished building the splendid | ||
Main House of the present day; and | ||
WHEREAS, The new home, which also serves as the ranch | ||
headquarters, was designed by Adams & Adams of San Antonio and the | ||
interior was designed by the famed Tiffany Studios of New York; | ||
while the 37,000-square-foot, 27-room structure is grand, | ||
dominating the surrounding landscape, the building has also been | ||
constructed to meet the needs of hardworking ranchers; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1961, the United States Department of the | ||
Interior listed the King Ranch Main House and the King Ranch in the | ||
National Register of Historic Places; the cultural significance of | ||
the Main House was further acknowledged in 1980, when it received an | ||
Official Texas Historical Marker from the Texas Historical | ||
Commission; and | ||
WHEREAS, Seven generations of the King Ranch family have | ||
resided in the Main House, and it has welcomed a host of | ||
distinguished guests, among them prominent citizens and heads of | ||
state; today, it remains a gathering place for the family, as well | ||
as a monument to the memories of Captain Richard King and Henrietta | ||
King; and | ||
WHEREAS, An iconic structure, the King Ranch Main House is an | ||
enduring reminder of the rich ranching heritage of the Lone Star | ||
State, and it is indeed fitting to acknowledge its role in Texas | ||
history at this time; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby commemorate the centennial of the King Ranch Main House and | ||
extend sincere best wishes for the future to the King Ranch family | ||
and to all the employees of King Ranch, Inc.; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the King Ranch as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |