Laredo: Republic of the Rio Grande Museum

Slightly blurred vintage photo of buildings on an unpaved street. One building is a small house and another is a two storey apartment style structure

Building in center is Bartolomé García House, now the museum. (Federico E. Vidaurri Collection, Irene Vidaurri Zubeck)

Low building with three sets of wooden double doors with flags and a decorative inset across the front

Building painted white.

Interior kitchen display containing a set table and chairs, pie safe, and food preparation items in a room with brick floor and an in-wall fireplace

Museum exhibits.

Republic of the Rio Grande Museum, 1005 Zaragoza St.

One of the oldest structures in Laredo, this modest adobe building illustrates what vernacular Mexican homes were like in the early part of the 19th century.

Legend has it that this particular structure also served as the capitol of the short-lived Republic of the Rio Grande.

Continue east down Zaragoza Street toward the towering spire of the Cathedral of San Agustín.

Republic of the Rio Grande Museum

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