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Augustus Calhoun Allen was born on March 6, 1835, and died on March 15, 1914. He was a businessman and a Confederate officer during the Civil War. On the evening of December 28, 1857, Allen departed from his home in New Orleans, Louisiana, boarding the steamship Texas as a volunteer bound for Nicaragua. He was an officer in Walker’s army.
Steele was a Mason and served in the San Jacinto Veterans Association. He was honored in 1909 by the Thirty-First Texas Legislature as being one of the last two living survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto and was invited to speak on the floor of the Texas Senate. Two years later, on July 8, 1911, he died aged 94. [2]
Architect Anton Korn is also known for his design of the Tom Green County Courthouse, also in San Angelo and included in the same study. [3] In 1988, it was reported to be in use as a funeral home. 2019 imagery suggests it is a private residence again, while the property behind it, across an alley, is in fact a funeral home. [4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1982. Today, it is the home of the San Jacinto County Historical Commission and is next to Old Town Coldspring, a recreation of some of the settlement's oldest buildings. [1] It is periodically open for public tours.
#1 TX 150 at Byrd Ave. 30°35′32″N 95°07′42″W / 30.592222°N 95.128333°W / 30.592222; -95.128333 ( San Jacinto County Courthouse Coldspring
San Jacinto County (/ ˌ s æ n dʒ ə ˈ s ɪ n t oʊ / SAN jə-SIN-toh) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 27,402. [1] Its county seat is Coldspring. [2] The county's name comes from the Battle of San Jacinto which secured Texas' independence from Mexico and established a republic in 1836.
The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site includes the location of the Battle of San Jacinto. It is located off the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas near the city of Houston. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. [2] [3] A prominent feature of the park is the San Jacinto Monument ...
Agudas Achim (Community of Brothers) was founded in 1914 by a group of Orthodox Jews who met for prayer in private homes. It was chartered in 1924 and occupied leased space before erecting a brick synagogue at 909 San Jacinto. The Agudas Achim Cemetery in Austin Memorial Park on Hancock Road was purchased in 1933.