Historical Marker
Jesus Trevino Home
Historical marker location:
Trevino & Uribe Aves., San Ygnacio, Texas
( At Trevino & Uribe Avenues, San Ygnacio.)
Marker installed: 1964
Jesus Trevino, founder of San Ygnacio, built this home in 1830, forting up family and neighbors here during frequent Indian raids. Later Blas Maria Uribe, his son-in-law, built the loopholed fort and in 1851 had a native stone made into a polished sundial and set into the north wall of the fort.