Friends of San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site

New Museum to Host Friends of San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site Meeting

The new Stephen F. Austin State Historic Site Museum opens Aprl 27. (Texas Historical Commission photo)

SAN FELIPE—The Friends of the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site will host their annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site Museum, 220 2nd Street. The meeting is open to the public and those interested in learning about the Friends and their mission to support the historic site and its new museum operations. Following a brief welcome, program and business meeting, attendees will be able to […]

New Museum in San Felipe Shares the Story of Early Texas

A statue depicting early Texas settlers stands in front of the Stephen F. Austin State Historic Site Museum (George Slaughter photo)

By George Slaughter At one time, before cities such as Austin, Dallas, or Houston even existed, San Felipe was the second-largest town in Texas, after San Antonio. The town itself, the site of which was just north of Interstate 10 between Brookshire and Sealy, was burned during the Texas Revolution of 1836 and never recovered. On Friday, a new, 10,000-square foot interpretative museum was dedicated at the Stephen F. Austin State Historic Site tells the […]