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French Legation State Historic Site

museum
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The French Legation stands as the oldest frame structure in Austin. Built in eighteen forty-one, this house served as the diplomatic outpost for Alphonse Dubois, the French chargé d'affaires sent to the Republic of Texas after France officially recognized the new nation as a sovereign state.

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