DeLeon Plaza and Bandstand, Historic plaza and bandstand in Victoria, Texas.
DeLeon Plaza is a central public space in Victoria featuring a Victorian bandstand, monuments, and diverse trees throughout the grounds. The plaza spans approximately 1.77 acres and offers multiple seating areas shaded by oak, elm, pecan, ash, magnolia, and redwood trees.
Victoria was founded by empresario Martín De León and his wife Patricia de la Garza De León, who named it after Guadalupe Victoria, Mexico's first president. Surveyor José María Jesús Carbajal platted the town around a Market Square designed in 1839 by Edward Linn, now DeLeon Plaza. The bandstand was built before 1885 and moved to the plaza center in 1923, over the site of the town's old water source.
The plaza's name honours Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of Mexico, chosen when Martín De León founded the town. The bandstand at its centre, moved there in 1923, stands over the site of the town's old water source. The Last Stand, Pompeo Coppini's 1912 monument to the Confederacy, was unveiled on 12 July 1912 with a parade and a barbecue free to everyone.
The plaza occupies 1.77 acres at the corner of Main and Constitution streets, with the bandstand at its center. Twenty-three benches sit among forty-seven trees, including live oak, elm, pecan, ash, magnolia, and redwood. A Six Flags monument stands at the Main and Constitution corner.
The time capsule placed on December 31, 1986 is set to be opened at the 2036 Texas Bicentennial, the 200th anniversary of Texas independence from Mexico. It lies in a plaza that was platted in 1839 by surveyor José María Jesús Carbajal around a market square designed by Edward Linn.
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