DeLeon Plaza and Bandstand | |
.jpg) DeLeon Plaza and Bandstand in 2015 | |
  DeLeon Plaza and Bandstand  DeLeon Plaza and Bandstand | |
| Location | 100 blk. W. Constitution, Victoria, Texas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 28°47′57″N 97°0′22″W / 28.79917°N 97.00611°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1839 |
| Architect | Edward Linn, J.D. Mitchell |
| Architectural style | Bandstand |
| MPS | Victoria MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002584[1] |
| RTHL No. | 289 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 24, 1987 |
| Designated RTHL | 1965 |
DeLeon Plaza and Bandstand is 1.77 acres originally platted as the center of the city of Victoria, county of Victoria, in the U.S. state of Texas. The bandstand stood nearby the plaza until it was moved to the center of the plaza in 1923. The William P. Rogers chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy contracted with sculptor Pompeo Coppini for the DeLeon Plaza's 1912 monument to the Confederacy The Last Stand (aka Firing Line).
On March 24, 1987, DeLeon Plaza and Bandstand was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Victoria County, Texas. In 1965, the bandstand was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, Marker number 289. In 1998, the plaza was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, Marker number 12273.[2]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "THC DeLeon Plaza". Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved March 4, 2011.