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Historical Markers and War Memorials in San Felipe
San Felipe, Texas and Vicinity
▶ Austin County (37) ▶ Colorado County (38) ▶ Fayette County (48) ▶ Fort Bend County (60) ▶ Waller County (40) ▶ Washington County (63) ▶ Wharton County (24)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles from 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Near this site stood
A Town Hall
Built about 1830
in which were held
the First and Second Conventions
of Texas, 1832 and 1833,
and the Consultation of 1835
the provisional government functioned
here until March 2, 1836, when . . . — — Map (db m43759) HM |
| On Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles north of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | During the mid-1820's, When Stephen F. Austin was founding this town, the only roads in the area were wagon ruts or beaten trails marked by notched trees. Within a decade, however, the village of San Felipe, one of the first Anglo settlements in . . . — — Map (db m43718) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1458 0.8 miles south of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Czech immigrants began settling in this area in the 1850s. They named their new community Frydek after a town in their homeland. When two people died in 1885, they were buried here on land owned by Jan Pavlicek. By 1890, when Pavlicek officially . . . — — Map (db m145792) HM |
| Near Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles north of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Built by John Crutcher in 1847 on the Plaza de Commercio in San Felipe, this was the last store built in the town after its 1836 burning by military order. Purchased in 1867 by Dr. J.J. Josey, it was in continuous operation as a store until 1942. . . . — — Map (db m43760) HM |
| Near Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles north of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In memory of
John Bricker
a private in Captain Mosley Baker’s
company, who was killed just
across the river from this site
April 7th 1836 by a shot from a
Mexican cannon, and was buried
where he fell. He was born in
Cumberland . . . — — Map (db m43758) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1458 0.2 miles north of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling north. |
| | First Anglo-American capital of Texas. Came into being on July 26, 1828, as capital of the Austin Colony, by decree of the Mexican government. Father of Texas Stephen F. Austin had begun under the 1821 grant from Mexico the settlement of more than . . . — — Map (db m116924) HM |
| On Campo Santo Street west of Farm to Market Road 1458, on the left when traveling west. |
| | San Felipe de Austin was established in 1824 as the community and administrative headquarters of Stephen F. Austin's original Anglo American colony in Texas. The site for the township was chosen by Austin and the Baron Felipe Enrique Neri de . . . — — Map (db m116994) HM |
| On Vicaro Guerrero south of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1837, the town of San Felipe de Austin was incorporated and the town council built a multi-purpose building to be used as a town hall, school, and church on land known as “Constitution Square.” The one-story building was constructed . . . — — Map (db m116927) HM |
| On Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles from 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Replica of
Stephen F. Austin's Cabin
This structure is a replica of the only Texas home of Stephen F. Austin, “Father of Texas.” The chimney contains bricks from original (1828) cabin. Other materials were made as . . . — — Map (db m156552) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1458 0.2 miles north of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Stephen F. Austin • Father of Texas, November 3, 1793-December 27, 1836. He planted the first Anglo-American colony in Texas • "The Old Three Hundred"• In his several colonies he settled more than a thousand families. He was from 1823 until 1828 the . . . — — Map (db m116925) HM |
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