San Jacinto Battlefield | |
 The San Jacinto Monument in 2007 | |
  San Jacinto Monument Location of San Jacinto Monument in Texas | |
| Location | Harris County, Texas, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Deer Park, Texas, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 29°45′00″N 95°04′51″W / 29.7499°N 95.0807°W |
| Area | 455 acres (184 ha) |
| Built | 1939 |
| Part of | San Jacinto Battlefield (ID66000815[1]) |
| Designated NHLDCP | October 15, 1966 |
The San Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot-high (172.92-meter)[2][note 1] column located on the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, about 16 miles due east of downtown Houston. The Art Deco monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. The monument, constructed between 1936 and 1939 and dedicated on April 21, 1939, is the world's tallest masonry column[4] and is part of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site.[5] By comparison, the Washington Monument is 554.612 feet (169.046 m) tall, which is the tallest stone monument in the world. The column is an octagonal shaft topped with a 34-foot (10 m) Lone Star – the symbol of Texas. Visitors can take an elevator to the monument's observation deck for a view of Houston and the San Jacinto battlefield.
The San Jacinto Museum of History is located inside the base of the monument and focuses on the history of the Battle of San Jacinto and Texas culture and heritage. The San Jacinto Battlefield, of which the monument is a part, was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 19, 1960, and is therefore also automatically listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6] It was designated a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1992.[7]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "San Jacinto Monument Fact Sheet". Archived from the original on September 10, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2009.
- ^ Paul Gervais Bell Jr., "Monumental Myths" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Southwestern Historical Quarterly 103 (1999–2000) page before 1–14, p. 14.
- ^ San Jacinto Museum of History (2013). "The San Jacinto Monument". Media Kit. La Porte, Texas: San Jacinto Museum of History. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
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- ^ "San Jacinto Monument". American Society of Civil Engineers. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
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