Last updated: February 6, 2024
Place
Casa Navarro State Historic Site
Quick Facts
Location:
228 S. Laredo St., San Antonio, Texas
Significance:
Casa Navarro celebrates the life of a tireless advocate of Texas independence.
Designation:
state historic site, National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places
MANAGED BY:
Born in the Spanish town of Béxar, José Antonio Navarro’s life (1795-1871) and career spanned four distinct periods of Texas history: Spanish, Mexican, the Republic of Texas, and the United States. A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, a writer of the Texas State Constitution, and the namesake of Navarro County, he was a champion of civil rights for Hispanics.
Site Information
Location (228 S. Laredo St., San Antonio, Texas)
The Navarro complex contains three structures: the house, which dates to the 1850s; a kitchen, constructed in the 1830s; and a two-story office building/commercial space, also from the 1850s.