Goliad State Park and Historic Site
{{short description|State park and historic site in Texas, United States}}
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| name = Goliad State Park and Historic Site
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| photo = Goliad sp custodians house.jpg
| photo_caption =Former custodian's house for Goliad State Park. Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps circa 1936
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| label = Goliad State Park and Historic Site
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| location = US 183 at San Antonio River, Goliad, Texas
| coordinates = {{coord|28|39|24|N|97|23|14|W|display=inline, title}}
| area = {{convert|188.3|acre}}
| established = 1936
| visitation_num = 48,677
| visitation_year = 2022
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| governing_body = Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
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| name = Goliad State Park Historic District
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| built = {{Start date|1931}}
| architect = Atlee Bernard Ayres, Samuel Phelps Vosper, et al.
| architecture = Colonial Revival, Moderne, NPS Rustic
| added = March 12, 2001
| area = {{convert|250|acre}}
| refnum = 01000258{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
| designated_other1_name=Texas State Historic Site
| designated_other1_abbr=TSHS
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| designated_other1_link=List of Texas State Historic Sites
| designated_other1_date=1936
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Goliad State Park and Historic Site is a {{convert|188.3|acre|ha|0}} state park located along the San Antonio River on the southern edge of Goliad, Texas.{{Cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/gkg01|title=GOLIAD STATE HISTORICAL PARK|last=Turner|first=David|date=|website=TSHA|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (#01000258) on March 12, 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/802f70cc-70ef-463f-9c26-e4e684a3945d/|title=National Register of Historic Places|last=|first=|date=|website=National Park Service|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
Park
The park features campsites, screened shelters, Group Hall and Chapel, an amphitheater, and the El Camino Real de los Tejas Visitors Center.
Historic sites
Goliad area historic sites include:{{Cite web|url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/goliad/goliad-area-historic-sites|title=Goliad Area Historic Sites|last=|first=|date=|website=Texas Parks and Wildlife|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
- Reconstructed Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga;
- Ruins of Mission Nuestra Señora del Rosario;
- Reconstructed birthplace of Ignacio Zaragoza; and
- Fannin Memorial Monument, the burial site of James Fannin and the Goliad Massacre victims, by Raoul Josset, 1939.
- Presidio La Bahía.
See also
{{Portal|National Register of Historic Places|Texas}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Goliad State Park and Historic Site}}
- [http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/goliad Goliad State Park & Historic Site]
- [http://texascccparks.org/parks/goliad/ The Look of Nature: Designing Texas State Parks During the Great Depression—Goliad]
- [https://texasarchive.org/2009_02693?b=259&e=327 Home movie from the Baylor family of Goliad State Park] on Texas Archive of the Moving Image
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{{Goliad County, Texas}}
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Category:Protected areas of Goliad County, Texas
Category:Civilian Conservation Corps in Texas
Category:National Park Service rustic in Texas
Category:Texas State Historic Sites
Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
Category:Parks established in the 1930s
Category:1931 establishments in Texas
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Goliad County, Texas
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