Land Donated for Benefit of Colored People

On February 12th, City Council granted Methodist Episcopal Church South permission to build parsonage on northeast corner of Church Square. The Guadalupe River Bridge, a 220 foot long wrought iron tubular and beam arch bridge, was completed south of Gonzales. On April 25th, Gonzales held a dinner and ball commemorating the Battle at San Jacinto with eighteen veterans in attendance and several local matrons who were alive during the Revolution. On March 30th, a tract of land was donated to “the board of trustees for the public free school for district one.”  And for the “free use and benefit of the colored people, that they may erect thereon a house for school and church purposes.” The Providence Baptist Church was formed at 1020 St. Andrew Street.