Downtown
Central Park
The town square next to the courthouse, between Austin & River, Donegan & Nolte Streets.
This block was dedicated as a market square "to the people of Seguin forever."
Today it holds a new statue of Juan N. Seguin (see that page in our History section).
The park boasts several historical markers and a recently restored fountain with multi-colored lights.
Vintage cast iron street lamps were reproduced to surround the park. The originals, put up in 1922 to honor the dead of World War I, proudly lighted "Seguin's White Way. "
The famous Whipping Oak can be found on the north side of this square. Face the courthouse to find the iron hook in its trunk. After being sentenced, prisoners were tied here to receive their lashes.
A Hanging Tree stood for decades at the corner in front of the Plaza Hotel. But after the streets were paved with asphalt, rainfall ran off in storm sewers and the tree's roots were starved for water. It eventually died. Its pathetic remains were removed to the Los Nogales museum complex.
The town square next to the courthouse, between Austin & River, Donegan & Nolte Streets.
This block was dedicated as a market square "to the people of Seguin forever."
Today it holds a new statue of Juan N. Seguin (see that page in our History section).
The park boasts several historical markers and a recently restored fountain with multi-colored lights.
Vintage cast iron street lamps were reproduced to surround the park. The originals, put up in 1922 to honor the dead of World War I, proudly lighted "Seguin's White Way. "
The famous Whipping Oak can be found on the north side of this square. Face the courthouse to find the iron hook in its trunk. After being sentenced, prisoners were tied here to receive their lashes.
A Hanging Tree stood for decades at the corner in front of the Plaza Hotel. But after the streets were paved with asphalt, rainfall ran off in storm sewers and the tree's roots were starved for water. It eventually died. Its pathetic remains were removed to the Los Nogales museum complex.