Villita St View of Cos House, San Antonio Texas
Project type: Archaeology and History, Civic Facilities, Historical Restoration, Monuments and Memorials
New Deal Agencies: National Youth Administration (NYA)
Completed: 1941
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Description
It is generally believed that General Martin Perfecto de Cos, a brother-in-law of Mexico’s President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, surrendered to the Texan commander, General Edward Burleson, after the five-day Siege of Bexar in December 1835 at the Villita Street building known today as the Cos House. This structure is considered to be the oldest building in the “Little Village” since it pre-dates the 1835 surrender. The building was restored through the efforts of NYA workers as part of the La Villita restoration project.
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NYA marker, Cos House, San Antonio Texas
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Cos House, San Antonio Texas
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Cos House, San Antonio Texas
Source notes
http://www.lavillitaheritage.com/history-of-la-villita http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hpl01 Marker on property
Project originally submitted by Elizabeth Hilburn on February 18, 2014.
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I researched the plat and found this to be my ancestor’s home. It belonged to the last Spanish Governor of Texas, Antonio Maria Martinez. See:
1. Letters of Antonio Martinez, the Last Spanish Governor of Texas, 1817-1822
Mattie Austin Hatcher and Antonio Martinez, The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 1 (Jul., 1935), pp. 66-72, Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/30235542?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
2. [Transcript of letter from Governor Antonio María Martínez to Moses Austin, February 8, 1820] Retrieved from http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth216421/
3. Handbook of Texas Online, Martinez, Antonio Maria, Retrieved from http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fma65.
If you would like additional information to confirm, please contact me by email.
Celia Castillo Roesser