Marker Details

de Zavala Homesite, Lorenzo

Zavala Point, 16530 DeZavala Road

Channelview , 77530

Notes:

Louis Lenz Inventory # 16 of 71; "Just back of state monument, is another larger one. It seems to have had a large bronze plate on it at one time. It has been removed. There is nothing on it to indicate who placed it there."; location of the red granite stone not known, David Pomeroy believes that it may have been lost to subsidence.

Directions: De Zavala Point, across Buffalo Bayou from the San Jacinto Battleground; form downtown: east bound on I-10, exit 783, Sheldon Road, turn right on Sheldon, four tenths of a mile to 1st stop light turn left on Market St., then one tenth mile turn right on DeZavala; one mile from Market turn right, no street sign, continue one mile, power lines run along left sided of road, concludes at Cemex plant gate; this marker is missing and not at the site

Key Time Period: To 1835 Indian/Mexican Territory

Corretions/New Research:

Marker Text: Inscription on plaque not known, but newspaper article from that time notes:

"DeZavala Stone, on site of home of Vice-President of the Republic of Texas, just across the bayou from the Battlefield, where wounded were treated"

Marker Type: Granite with Plaque

Historical Org: 03 Other

Key Map Information: 499 N

GPS Coordinates:

Precinct No: 2

Marker No: 00216