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Ximenes Chapel (Chapel of the Miracles) is a historic chapel at 113 Ruiz Street in San Antonio, Texas. The chapel has long been an important gathering place for San Antonio's Mexican-American and Hispanic Catholic population. [2] The chapel was rebuilt in the 1920s to replace the original chapel from 1813, which had been destroyed in a fire.
The first European buildings in Texas were a series of religious Spanish Missions established by Catholic Dominicans, Jesuits, and Franciscans to spread the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans, and to give Spain a toehold in the frontier land. The missions introduced European livestock, fruits, vegetables, and industry into the ...
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Texas and other landmarks of equivalent landmark status in the state. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of ...
Clayton alternated medieval and Renaissance details onto the four towers, each rising four stories. In addition to these four towers, several chimneys combine to create an illusion of a cluster of houses or a village. Clayton constructed other exterior features from a variety of Texas stones, including granite and sandstone, all custom-cut on ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in El Paso County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Texas .
There are two districts and four individual properties listed on the National Register in the county. Two individually listed properties are State Antiquities Landmarks including one that is also a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024. [1]
Part of Anderson Historic District: Fort Griffin State Historic Site†⁕ More images: 1701 N. US 283: Albany: Jones: THC Fort Lancaster and Battlefield State Historic Site†⁕ More images: 629 Ft. Lancaster Rd. Sheffield: Pecos
The plantation house of Columbus R. Patton, relative of several veterans of the Texas Revolution and later of former Governor Jim Hogg whose family struck oil on the property in 1920. It is currently a Texas State Historic Site. Winedale Stagecoach Inn: west of Round Top: 1834 Ammon Underwood House: East Columbia: 1835 At its core is an 1835 ...