Plaza Constitucional (Municipal Square)

Bradburn tried to dissolve Liberty's first city government on December 10, 1831, the Handbook of Texas says, and the municipality survived. In 1831 Hugh B. Johnston was alcalde and Franklin Hardin the ayuntamiento's secretary. The territory between the San Jacinto and the Sabine kept functioning as the Liberty municipality. By 1835 the population had passed 1,000, and Liberty sent five delegates to the Consultation: Augustine B. Hardin, Pierre J. Menard, Henry W. Millard, Claiborne West and Hugh Johnston.

What the plaque says

Plaza Constitucional (Municipal Square) J. Francisco Madero, appointed by Mexican government to grant land titles, platted Liberty town tract, 1831, with 49 squares in inner city. Five were set aside for public usage-- this square has always been site of municipal buildings. In May 1831, an ayuntamiento (city council) was elected; also the first alcalde (mayor), Hugh B. Johnston. This city government was dissolved that same year by Juan D. Bradburn, the garrison commander of Anahuac. The north portion of present city hall was constructed, 1939; the south part, 1959. (1968)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center — 3.9 mi
  A state archives and museum north of Liberty with an exhibit on Southeast Texas history and a campus of historic buildings, including an 1848 house and an 1898 church.
• San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site — 27 mi
  The 1,200 acres of coastal prairie and marsh where the Texas Revolution ended in eighteen minutes, and the 567-foot shaft of fossil-studded limestone that has stood over them since 1939.

More markers nearby

• Casa Consistatorial (Courthouse Square) — steps away
• Seven Courthouses of Liberty County — steps away
• Captain William M. Logan — steps away
• Plaza Iglesia Parroquial (Parish Church Square) — steps away