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Lorenzo de Zavala

Houston, Harris County

Marker Text

Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Vice president of the Republic of Texas. His plank-covered log house, the first in the municipality of Harrisburg. built in 1829, served as a hospital for the wounded after the Battle of San Jacinto. Here de Zavala died, November 15, 1836. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Marker Details

Address
Location Description
Marker # 10638
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial marker
Code Mexican immigrants/immigration; Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; state official