Details for Adina de Zavala

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5029000086

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Marker Number 86
Atlas Number 5029000086
Marker Title Adina de Zavala
Index Entry de Zavala, Adina
Address
City San Antonio
County Bexar
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 549850
UTM Northing 3255267
Subject Codes missions; women, women's history topics; military topics; women's clubs
Marker Year 1994
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Alamo Plaza, San Antonio
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 27" x 42"
Marker Text As the granddaughter of Lorenzo de Zavala (1789-1836), first vice-president of the Republic of Texas, young Adina de Zavala was exposed to vivid accounts of Texas' Revolutionary and Republican past. She became a guiding force in the preservation of many of Texas' most revered historic structures and sites, including the Alamo, Mission San Francisco de Los Tejas in East Texas, and San Antonio's Spanish Governor's Palace. The "De Zavala Daughters," a women's group formed in Miss Adina in 1889, erected Texas' first historical markers and helped preserve San Antonio's Spanish missions. Her firm belief, later verified, was that remnants of Mission San Antonio de Valero, known in 1836 as the Alamo's long barracks, lay underneath the wooden exterior of buildings adjacent to the Alamo church. By 1893, as president of the De Zavala chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), Miss Adina had secured the adjacent property owner's commitment to give the chapter first purchase option. In 1908, upon hearing that the 2-story long barracks were about to be razed, Miss Adina barricaded herself inside the buildings for three days and nights in an effort that ultimately prevented their destruction. (1994)

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