view gallery SW0 km | Corpus Christi Cathedral in Texas Historical Markers Corpus Christi Cathedral replaced St. Patrick’s Church when it burned in 1938.
posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 05/04/2007 last visited: 03/14/2016 |
view gallery SW0 km | Corpus Christi Cathedral, Corpus Christi, Texas in Cathedrals The Spanish Revival Corpus Christi Cathedral, built in 1940, overlooks downtown Corpus from the bluff forty feet above. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 07/05/2007 last visited: 03/15/2016 |
view gallery N0 km | Old St. Patrick's Church in Texas Historical Markers St. Patrick's Parish was founded in 1853. The church became a cathedral in 1912, and was replaced by the current Corpus Christi Cathedral in 1940. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 05/04/2007 last visited: 03/14/2016 |
view gallery SE0 km | Gold Star Court of Honor in Texas Historical Markers A state historic marker at the expansive WWI Memorial in Spohn Park honors the mothers of Nueces county men who died fighting the War to End All Wars posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/31/2022 last visited: 02/22/2022 |
view gallery S0 km | Centennial House in Texas Historical Markers Forbes Britton came to Corpus Christi from Virginia as an army captain in the Mexican War. After his service, he chose to settle in Corpus, building this home, the oldest surviving building in the city. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 05/04/2007 last visited: 03/15/2016 |
view gallery S0 km | Britton-Evans House - Corpus Christi, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Built from native materials by a Mexican War veteran and used as a hospital by both Confederate and Federal troops during the Civil War, this Greek Revival house built in 1850 is Corpus Christi’s oldest existing residence. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 06/23/2007 last visited: 03/15/2016 |
view gallery S0.2 km | Site of Kinney's Trading Post in Texas Historical Markers Henry Kinney, a Pennsylvanian who can be best described as a swashbuckling adventurer, founded a trading post here in 1814, the first settlement of what would later become Corpus Christi. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 05/05/2007 last visited: 06/21/2016 |
view gallery N0.3 km | Broadway Bluff Improvement in Texas Historical Markers The marker is next to the nice foundation and another marker. posted by: Deafdillos location: Texas date approved: 11/20/2006 last visited: 03/14/2016 |
view gallery E0.3 km | Tourism - Water Street Market, Corpus Christi, Texas in Official Local Tourism Attractions Locally famed Water Street Seafood Co. gave rise to a small redevelopment in downtown Corpus Christi featuring independent shops, the Texas Surf Museum, and nightclubs. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 07/05/2007 last visited: 03/16/2016 |
view gallery E0.3 km | Tourism - Texas Surf Museum, Corpus Christi, Texas in Official Local Tourism Attractions When you think of surfing, you don’t think of the Texas Gulf Coast. This surprising little museum in the Water Street Market is trying to change that. And it’s worth a visit just for the 35 hand-crafted surf boards on display. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 07/05/2007 last visited: 03/16/2016 |
view gallery N0.3 km | The Lone Star Fair in Texas Historical Markers The marker is posted next to the restored foundation and another marker. posted by: Deafdillos location: Texas date approved: 11/20/2006 last visited: 03/13/2016 |
view gallery N0.3 km | Broadway Bluff Improvement - Corpus Christi, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places During the City Beautiful Movement, engineer Alexander Potter turned a 40-foot high natural bluff separating downtown Corpus from uptown Corpus into the focal point of the city. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 06/23/2007 last visited: 03/13/2016 |
view gallery S0.3 km | Confederate Army Deserters Hanged in Corpus Christi in Texas Historical Markers The state historical marker commemorating a grim day in Corpus Christi during the Civil War posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/22/2022 last visited: 01/26/2022 |
view gallery W0.3 km | Nueces County Courthouse - Corpus Christi, TX in Courthouses Modern concrete and steel courthouse (with jail) is ten stories high. It was completed in 1977. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 07/01/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery SE0.5 km | Statue of the Founder of Whataburger - Corpus Christi, TX in Roadside Attractions Harmon Dobson started Whataburger in a Corpus Christi shack in 1950. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/23/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery N0.5 km | Site of Corpus Christi Lighthouse in Texas Historical Markers At the east end of Broadway is where Corpus Christi's lighthouse once stood. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 05/04/2007 last visited: 03/13/2016 |
view gallery SE0.5 km | Tourism - Art Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas in Official Local Tourism Attractions Hosting temporary exhibits by local and regional artists in seven galleries, the art center has a pretty courtyard with views of the harbor, a gift shop, and a restaurant. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 06/08/2007 last visited: 06/21/2016 |
view gallery E0.5 km | Two Sailfish - Corpus Christi, TX in Figurative Public Sculpture Two huge sailfish, 23 feet high including the base. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 10/17/2015 last visited: 03/17/2016 |
view gallery E0.5 km | Wind in the Sails - Corpus Christi, TX in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Two huge sailfish, 23 feet high including the base. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 10/18/2015 last visited: 03/17/2016 |
view gallery S0.5 km | Mariposa Park - Corpus Christi, Texas in Municipal Parks and Plazas Directly below the bluff, in a corner long neglected, sits Mariposa Park, with sculptures, solitude, and beautiful views of the bay. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 07/06/2007 last visited: 03/19/2016 |
view gallery SE0.5 km | POW/MIA Memorial - Corpus Christi, TX in Vietnam POW/MIA Monuments On the East side of Sherrill Park between two pergolas is a pink granite memorial. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/28/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery SE0.5 km | Sherrill Park Pergolas - Corpus Christi, TX in Pergolas Four Pergolas in the middle of the park with memorials around them. No plants are growing on these pergola's. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/30/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery SE0.5 km | Sherrill Park - Corpus Christi, Texas in Earth Globes A earth globe on the green esplanade stretching out in front of the Art Center of Corpus Christi. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/23/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery SE0.5 km | Sherrill Park - Corpus Christi, Texas in Municipal Parks and Plazas The green esplanade stretching out in front of the Art Center of Corpus Christi serves as a home to many monuments for 20th century wars. And a playground. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 07/06/2007 last visited: 06/21/2016 |
view gallery NE0.5 km | Natives of Corpus - Corpus Christi, TX in Artistically Decorated Utility Boxes A very native American art on an Utility box, in Corpus Christi. posted by: Geojeepsters location: Texas date approved: 06/20/2009 last visited: 06/22/2009 |
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