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San Jacinto Monument plan emphasizes battlefield landscape restoration; visitor center conceptual design moves forward
Summary
THC project team described conceptual planning to restore troop sightlines at San Jacinto, remove the reflective pool, refill the battleship slip and locate a new visitor center at the monuments rear; work will reposition circulation and add pull-offs for interpretive stops along the battlefield.
Patrick Gallagher (Gallagher & Associates) updated the commission on planning for the San Jacinto Monument site and a new visitor center. He said the master planning and budgeting phases are complete and the team has moved into conceptual planning for a visitor center sited behind the monument, pushed partially below the water table to minimize visual impact.
Gallagher said one of the principal design goals is to reconnect…
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