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Hygieostatic Bat Roost

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Comfort, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 58' 13.50401999988", -98° 53' 4.98413000004"
 
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    This shingle style structure was built in 1918 to attract and house bats in an effort to eradicate mosquitoes and thereby reduce the spread of malaria. It was designed for Albert Steves, Sr., a former mayor of San Antonio, by Dr. Charles A. R. Campbell, an authority on bats who had served as the health officer in the same city. Named Hygeiostatic by Steves, the bat roost is one of 16 constructed in the United States and Italy between 1907 and 1929. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1981

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Hygieostatic Bat Roost Historical Marker Location Map, Comfort, Texas