design elements - San Jacinto Texas Historic District
design elements - San Jacinto Texas Historic District
design elements - San Jacinto Texas Historic District
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ICONOGRAPHY<br />
ICONS<br />
■ The fi ve-pointed lone star, and the colors red, white, and blue, make up<br />
the <strong>Texas</strong> State fl ag and are the most iconic images in <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
■ The fl ag most commonly associated with the Batt le of <strong>San</strong> <strong>Jacinto</strong> was<br />
presented by the ladies of Newport, Kentucky to Sherman’s Newport<br />
Volunteers. It depicts Lady Liberty holding a spear and a banner that<br />
reads “Liberty or Death.”<br />
■ The song “The Yellow Rose of <strong>Texas</strong>” refers to a woman named Emily D.<br />
West who was seized by Mexican forces and supposedly seduced General<br />
<strong>San</strong>ta Anna. Because she was mulatt o the song’s writers referred to her<br />
as a “yellow rose”. The legend credits her with distracting <strong>San</strong>ta Anna<br />
during the Batt le of <strong>San</strong> <strong>Jacinto</strong>, which allowed General Sam Houston’s<br />
forces to catch the Mexican forces off guard.<br />
The images below depict the symbols most closely associated with the <strong>District</strong>. Every<br />
attempt should be made to reference these symbols in the built features within the corridors.<br />
The fi ve-pointed star is the most important of these symbols and should be given<br />
priority when incorporating them into a <strong>design</strong> element.<br />
Harris Co Precinct Two: Project Stars medallion. Five-pointed Lone Star. Project Stars three-dimensional star. Battle fl ag of Sherman’s Newport Volunteers.<br />
Yellow rose of <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Jacinto</strong> <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Historic</strong> <strong>District</strong> license plate.<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> fl ag.<br />
SAN JACINTO TEXAS HISTORIC DISTRICT CORRIDOR STANDARDS │ 63
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