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Built during the Great Depression, Little Chapel has been named one of Texas’ most outstanding architectural achievements. [1] Designed by leading American architect and Denton resident O'Neill Ford with Arch B. Swank Jr. and Preston Geren Sr., recruits from the National Youth Administration (NYA) constructed the building, while more than 300 students in the college's fine arts programs ...
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.
But a need was felt for more privacy to be enjoyed by the heads of the household, encouraged by the senior women, who wanted a daytime space to talk, read and view parts of the grounds. The solar was the key inner family room, for seclusion from the hustle, bustle, noise and smell (above all from cooking) of the great hall. [2]
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 ...
Following a flood in 1899, the chapel was rebuilt with stones from the surrounding hillside. [6] When the city of Mission, Texas, was founded in 1908, it was named in honor of La Lomita. [1] The chapel was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964, [9] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [10]
June 4, 1983: Barnyard Bob in front of the gingerbread house in the petting zoo at Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington. April 5, 1983: Six Flags Over Texas, Roaring Rapids ride Nov. 28, 1986: Six ...
Chapel of the Imperial Palace, Gelnhausen above the gate The 12th-century chapel at Orford Castle is located in the keep above the entrance to the tower. The interior of the medieval chapel at the St. Olaf's Castle Windsor Castle, England (on the left, St George's Chapel), 1848