A commission created by the Texas Legislature in 1935 to oversee Texas' centennial joined with the Public Works Administration to build a memorial to Texas Revolution events in Gonzales. It includes a museum, amphitheatre, and reflecting pool designed by acclaimed architects Phelps & Dewees, as well as a monument by Page & Southerland of Austin. The art deco museum is built of shellstone, limestone, and concrete, and features a rotunda and ornate detailing at the entryway and in a band below the parapet. It was dedicated in 1937 with a crowd including Gov. James V. Allred.