Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Texas - Bexar County
Bexar County Texas has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 22 places of National significance and 29 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Base Administration Building, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Mission Concepcion and Mission Parkway.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Native American, Spanish, Payaya, Archaic, Post Archaic, Mid 19th Century Industrial, Neo-American and Late 19th Century Rural dating back to 10999 BC.

Learn about famous people who are associated with these Bexar County historic places including Maj. Gen John J. Pershing, Karl Hoblitzelle, George Brackenridge and Jose Antonio Navarro.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Bexar County places including Francis Giraud, John Eberson, Thomas & Harmon Co., Phelps & Simmons, Bradon,Ed, & Co., Atlee B. Ayres, Alfred Giles, Leo Dielman, Adams & Adams and Leo M.J. Dielmann. Prominent architectural styles found in Bexar Country are Colonial, Mission/Spanish Revival and Classical Revival.

Meyer Pottery Archeological Complex (41BX128) (added 1990 - #90000299)
Also known as 41BX128;Black Hill Pottery
Address Restricted , Atascosa
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Hand-dug clay pits and heaps of shattered 19th-century stoneware sherds still mark the spot where German immigrants fired up some of South Texass earliest commercial kilns.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Industrial German-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Post Office, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Base Administration Building (added 1987 - #87001434)
Also known as Building 100;The Taj Mahal
Randolph AFB , Randolph AFB
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History buffs still line up for base passes at Randolph Field just to photograph the "Taj Mahal," a striking 1931 Spanish Colonial Revival masterpiece that cleverly hides a 500,000-gallon water tower inside its iconic tiled dome.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ayres,Atlee B.
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Military Facility
Current Function:
Defense
Current Sub-function:
Military Facility
More Information:
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San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (added 1978 - #78003147)
Also known as See Also:Yturri-Edmunds House
Mission and Espada Rds. and San Jose Dr. , San Antonio
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These four 18th-century Spanish outposts along the river preserve active limestone parishes and the oldest working aqueduct in the country, all hand-built by Coahuiltecan stonemasons.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial, Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Commerce, Military, Architecture, Religion, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Mission San Francisco de la Espada (added 1972 - #72001351)
Also known as See Also:Mission San Francisco de la Espada (Boundary Increa
Espada Rd. , San Antonio
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Spanish friars built this southern outposts stone aqueduct in 1731, and it still channels San Antonio River water to local crops today.
Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Religion, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Mission Concepcion (added 1970 - #70000740)
Also known as Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Acuna
807 Mission Rd. , San Antonio
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Faded 18th-century frescoes still cling to the walls of this 1755 Spanish sanctuary, which survives as the oldest unrestored stone church in the United States.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Mission Parkway (added 1975 - #75001953)
Also known as See Also:Espada Aqueduct;San Jose Mission National Historic
Along San Antonio River , San Antonio
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This paved South Texas corridor connects four 300-year-old Spanish colonial outposts, letting history buffs explore working stone churches and ancient hand-dug irrigation canals right along the San Antonio River.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial, Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Military, Art, Architecture, Religion, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American, Spanish
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Water Works
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Religious Structure, Road-Related, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Alamo Plaza Historic District (added 1977 - #77001425)
Also known as See Also:Alamo, The
Roughly bounded by S. Broadway, Commerce, Bonham and Travis Sts. , San Antonio
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Walk the 1836 battleground footprint before grabbing a drink at the adjacent 1859 Menger Hotel where Teddy Roosevelt recruited his Rough Riders.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Commerce, Military, Community Planning And Development, Religion
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal, State, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Hotel, Post Office, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Museum, Post Office, Religious Structure, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Majestic Theatre (added 1975 - #75001952)
230 E. Houston St. , San Antonio
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Built in 1929, this atmospheric San Antonio landmark still packs in crowds under a ceiling of projected stars and artificial clouds designed by architect John Eberson.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Eberson,John
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival, Skyscraper
Historic Person:
Hoblitzelle,Karl
Significant Year:
1929
Area of Significance:
Communications, Performing Arts, Commerce, Architecture, Art
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Professional, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium, Music Facility, Professional, Theater
More Information:
archives document
San Jose Mission National Historic Site (added 1966 - #66000810)
6519 San Jose Dr. , San Antonio
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Spanish friars built this 1720 limestone fortress with massive defensive walls that still protect a working gristmill and incredibly detailed baroque stone carvings.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Alamo, The (added 1966 - #66000808)
Alamo Plaza , San Antonio
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Bullet-scarred limestone walls still stand in downtown San Antonio, marking the spot where Davy Crockett and 188 other rebels fought Santa Anna''s army to the death in 1836.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Defense, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Church of Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria y Guadalupe (added 1975 - #75001949)
Also known as San Fernando Cathedral
115 Main Ave. , San Antonio
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Canary Island settlers started raising these limestone walls back in 1731, and today San Fernando Cathedral still guards the tomb holding the purported ashes of the Alamo''s defenders.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dielman,Leo, Giraud,Francis
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Hispanic, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1850-1874, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
King William Historic District (added 1972 - #72001349)
Also known as See Also:Bonham, James Butler, Elementary School
Roughly bounded by Durango, Alamo, Guenther Sts. and the San Antonio River , San Antonio
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Wealthy 19th-century German merchants built these towering limestone mansions along the San Antonio River, leaving behind a shady neighborhood of grand Italianate and Victorian architecture that still stands today.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Mission San Francisco de la Espada (Boundary Increase) (added 1974 - #74002324)
Also known as See Also:Mission San Francisco de la Espada
Espada Rd. , San Antonio
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Franciscan friars built this remote outpost in 1731, where a surviving Spanish aqueduct still channels river water to local crops just like it did three centuries ago.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2025 - #100012385)
606-620 Broadway (East of 600 Block), San Antonio
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This expanded historic zone packs 19th-century limestone breweries and Art Deco skyscrapers right along the 1930s stone-walled bypass channels of the city''s famous sunken waterway.
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development
Mission San Juan Capistrano (added 1972 - #72001352)
Mission Rd. , San Antonio
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This quiet 1731 Spanish outpost still channels river water through its original hand-dug stone canal to irrigate the oldest continuously cultivated farm in Texas.
Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ford,Powell & Carson
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal, Religion
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Religion, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Museum, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Main and Military Plazas Historic District (added 2019 - #100004489)
Roughly bounded by San Antonio River, E. Nueva, Laredo, and Houston Sts., San Antonio
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Spain''s 18th-century soldiers and Texas revolutionaries fought for control of this downtown block, where the 1749 Spanish Governor''s Palace and San Fernando Cathedral still stand today.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Giles, Alfred, Gordon, James Reily, Dielmann, Leo M. J. et al., Multiple
Architectural Style:
Spanish Colonial, Mexican Baroque, Adobe, Other
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1722-1973 AD
Fort Sam Houston (added 1975 - #75001950)
Also known as Port of San Antonio
N edge of San Antonio , San Antonio
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Walk among the free-roaming peacocks inside the 1876 limestone Quadrangle where soldiers once held Apache leader Geronimo captive.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Military Facility
Current Function:
Defense
Current Sub-function:
Military Facility
More Information:
archives document
Espada Aqueduct (added 1966 - #66000809)
Also known as Espada Aqueduct and Acequia
Espada Rd., E of U.S. 281S , San Antonio
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Spanish friars hand-built these limestone arches over Piedras Creek in the 1740s, and the stone channel still carries water to local mission fields today.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Water Works
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Water Works
More Information:
archives document
Navarro, Jose Antonio, House Complex (added 1972 - #72001353)
Also known as Navarro House
228--232 S. Loredo St. , San Antonio
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Three 1850s limestone and adobe structures still stand in downtown San Antonio, marking where a Tejano merchant ran his store and signed the 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Navarro,Jose Antonio
Significant Year:
1855
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Professional, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Organizational
More Information:
archives document
Alamo Portland and Roman Cement Works (added 1976 - #76002005)
Also known as Japanese Sunken Garden
Brackenridge Park , San Antonio
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An 1880 brick chimney still towers over the koi ponds of San Antonio''s Japanese Tea Garden, marking the exact pit where Texas workers baked the first Portland cement west of the Mississippi.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest
More Information:
archives document
Aztec Theater (added 1992 - #92001403)
Also known as Aztec Theater and Office Building
104 N. St. Mary's St. , San Antonio
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This 1926 San Antonio landmark lures history fans with its wild Mesoamerican Revival design, packing a two-ton chandelier and temple-style stone carvings into a modern live music venue.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Pianta,Hannibal, Kelly,Robert B.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Restaurant, Theater
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Old Lone Star Brewery (added 1972 - #72001354)
Also known as See Also:Old Lone Star Brewery (Boundary Increase)
200 West Jones Ave. , San Antonio
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These towering 1890s brick beer castles swapped their industrial fermentation vats for Egyptian mummies and Roman marbles right along the San Antonio River Walk.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wahrenberger & Beckman, Jugenfeld,E., & Co.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Processing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
San Pedro Springs Park (added 1979 - #79002916)
San Pedro Ave. , San Antonio
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Spanish soldiers camped at these clear, cypress-lined waters in 1709, and today people still swim in the cool, spring-fed pool built on the nation''s second-oldest public parkland.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Duerler,J.J.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Landscape Architecture, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Payaya
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1875-1899, 1749-1500 AD, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Library, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Theater
More Information:
archives document
Spanish Governor's Palace (added 1970 - #70000741)
105 Military Plaza , San Antonio
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Step under the 1749 Spanish coat of arms carved above the door of this whitewashed plaza outpost to touch three-foot-thick stone walls that guarded the colonial Texas frontier.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Bexar County Courthouse (added 1977 - #77001426)
Main Plaza , San Antonio
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Designed in 1891 with gritty Pecos red sandstone, this towering Romanesque masterpiece in San Antonio still operates today as the largest historic hall of justice in Texas.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Gordon,James Riely
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
More Information:
archives document
Gunter Hotel (added 2007 - #06001233)
205 E. Houston St. , San Antonio
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Blues legend Robert Johnson cut his first historic tracks in Room 414 of this 1909 San Antonio landmark, which still operates as a bustling downtown hotel today.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Mauran, Russell & Garden, Westlake Construction Co.
Architectural Style:
Skyscraper
Area of Significance:
Performing Arts, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
archives document
La Villita Historic District (added 1972 - #72001350)
Bounded by Durango, Navarro, Alamo Sts. and San Antonio River , San Antonio
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Spanish soldiers built rough-hewn stone huts in this riverside neighborhood during the late 1700s, where restored limestone cottages now house working artisans instead of troops.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Organizational, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Scottish Rite Cathedral (added 1996 - #96000068)
308 Ave. E , San Antonio
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Massive brass doors and towering Corinthian columns guard this 1924 San Antonio landmark, where a grand theater still holds dozens of hand-painted stage backdrops from a century ago.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cameron, Ralph H., Green, Herbert M.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Meeting Hall
Current Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium, Library, Meeting Hall, Museum, School
More Information:
archives document
Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (added 1975 - #75001955)
1174 E. Commerce St. , San Antonio
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San Antonios 1902 Mission Revival depot, once dubbed the "Building of 1,000 Lights" for its blazing electric arches, still draws crowds today as a lively downtown event venue.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Southern Pacific Railroad
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Rail-Related
More Information:
archives document
Ursuline Academy (added 1969 - #69000201)
300 Augusta St. , San Antonio
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Local artists now throw pottery where pioneer nuns built San Antonio''s first girls'' school back in 1851, using hand-cut river limestone that still stands along the water.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Poincard,Jules
Architectural Style:
Other, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Educational Related Housing, Religious Structure, School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Old Lone Star Brewery (Boundary Increase) (added 1979 - #79003544)
Also known as See Also:Old Lone Star Brewery
200 West Jones Ave. , San Antonio
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This massive 1895 Romanesque Revival complex once pumped out millions of barrels of Texas beer but now showcases five thousand years of global art right on the San Antonio River Walk.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wahrenberg & Beckman
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Processing
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Main and Military Plazas Historic District (added 1979 - #79002914)
Also known as See Also:70000741;75001956;75001949;77001426;75001956
Roughly bounded by San Antonio River, E. Nueva, Laredo, and Houston Sts. , San Antonio
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Spanish soldiers ran colonial Texas from these public squares in the 1700s, but today the 1749 governor''s palace and the cathedral holding the ashes of Alamo heroes still stand fully intact.
Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial, Late Victorian, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Military, Commerce, Religion
Cultural Affiliation:
Spanish Settlement
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Courthouse, Museum, Religious Structure
Hangar 9 (added 1970 - #70000895)
Also known as Edward H. White II Museum
Brooks Air Force Base Inner Circle Rd. , San Antonio
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A quick trip to San Antonio''s former Brooks Field brings history buffs face-to-face with the nation''s oldest wooden military aircraft hangar, built from local pine in 1918 to service World War I biplanes.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Air Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
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Post Chapel, Fort Sam Houston (added 1974 - #74002057)
Also known as Gift Chapel
Bldg. 2200, Wilson St. , San Antonio
Cropbot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
President William Howard Taft dedicated this 1909 yellow-brick sanctuary, built entirely with funds raised by San Antonio citizens to serve the soldiers stationed at the historic military post.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military, Religion
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Quadrangle, The (added 1974 - #74002059)
Grayson St., Fort Sam Houston , San Antonio
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Active-duty soldiers still work inside this 1876 limestone fort where Geronimo was once held prisoner, but today peacocks and deer roam the courtyard instead of guards.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Government, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Military Facility, Plaza, Public Works
Current Function:
Defense, Government, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Military Facility, Plaza, Public Works
More Information:
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San Antonio Casino Club Building (added 1980 - #80004078)
Also known as Casino Club
102 W. Crockett St. , San Antonio
Renegomezphotography CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
This 1927 River Walk landmark originally housed Texas''s oldest German social club, and today folks grab drinks beneath its original Spanish Revival arches right where early pioneers once socialized.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Heath & Kinsey Construction Co., Kelwood Co.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
More Information:
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Smith--Young Tower (added 1991 - #91001682)
Also known as Transit Tower;Tower Life Building
310 S. St. Mary's St. , San Antonio
Jim Evans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Finished right before the 1929 stock market crash, the Tower Life Building still sports its original clay gargoyles and a dramatic green copper spire that once broadcasted San Antonio''s first television signals.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ayres,Robert M., Ayres,Atlle B.
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
More Information:
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San Antonio National Cemetery (added 1999 - #99001395)
517 Paso Hondo St. , San Antonio
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
More than three thousand military headstones on East Commerce Street mark the graves of Buffalo Soldiers and Civil War veterans who shaped post-conflict Texas.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
More Information:
archives document
Source of the River District (added 1978 - #78002894)
Also known as Incarnate Word College;41BX289;41BX282;41BX283;41BX284;41BX2
Address Restricted , San Antonio
Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dirt paths here lead to the Blue Hole spring, winding past 12,000-year-old campsite debris and the Spanish colonial irrigation canals that built San Antonio.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Poinsard,Jules
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Education, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Archaic, Post Archaic, Mid 19th Century Industrial
Period of Significance:
9000-10999 BC, 7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Village Site, Water Works
Current Function:
Domestic, Education
Current Sub-function:
Camp, College, Single Dwelling
Institute of Texan Cultures (added 2024 - #100010249)
Also known as Texas State Exhibits Pavilion;, Texas Pavilion
801 E. Cesar Chavez, San Antonio
Michael Barera CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
This concrete HemisFair 68 pavilion holds the raw stories of Czech accordionists, Lebanese merchants, and fifty other immigrant groups who built the state.
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education, Entertainment/Recreation
Pershing House (added 1974 - #74002058)
Also known as Quarters No. 6, Staff Post
Staff Post Rd., Fort Sam Houston , San Antonio
25or6to4, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The 1881 limestone quarters at Fort Sam Houston once housed General John J. Pershing just before he led American troops into World War I, and the historic home still serves as the active residence for the base''s commanding general today.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Pershing,Maj. Gen John J.
Significant Year:
1881, 1917
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Military Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Defense, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Military Facility, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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First National Bank of San Antonio (added 1972 - #72001348)
Also known as Old San Antonio National Bank;Brackenridge Bank
213 W. Commerce St. , San Antonio
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1886 limestone landmark on Commerce Street still shows off the rugged Renaissance Revival carvings commissioned by nineteenth-century cattle barons looking for a secure vault to store their frontier wealth.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brackenridge,George
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Historic Person:
Brackenridge,George
Significant Year:
1885, 1886
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Kelly Field Historic District (added 2003 - #03000626)
Also known as 1600/1700 Area, Kelly Air Force Base
Roughly encompassing the 1600 abd 1700 Areas of Kelly AFB , San Antonio
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Charles Lindbergh mastered his flight training on these San Antonio runways back in 1925, where massive 1930s brick hangars still line the active tarmac.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Quartermaster Corps
Architectural Style:
Moderne, Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Air Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
Current Function:
Defense, Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Air Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Street Furniture/Object
More Information:
archives document
Randolph Field Historic District (added 1996 - #96000753)
Also known as Base Administration Building
Randolph Air Force Base, off Pat Booker Rd., 18 NE of San Antonio , San Antonio
Connor7617, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Active military pilots still fly missions over the 1930s Spanish Colonial barracks and the iconic "Taj Mahal" water tower at the Texas base nicknamed the West Point of the Air.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival, Moderne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Air Facility
Current Function:
Defense
Current Sub-function:
Air Facility
More Information:
archives document
San Antonio Drug Company (added 1994 - #94000453)
432 W. Market St. , San Antonio
Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Built in 1919 to supply South Texas with bulk medicines and elixirs, this massive five-story brick warehouse near the River Walk now functions as a hotel preserving its rugged original concrete columns.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Simpson, W. E., Company, Adams and Adams
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
San Antonio Loan and Trust Building (added 1976 - #76002006)
235 E. Commerce St. , San Antonio
Nv8200pa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Designed by famed Texas architect J. Riely Gordon in 1892, this Romanesque fortress on Commerce Street still features the heavy red sandstone and granite arches that survived the city''s devastating 1921 flood.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Voorhees,G.
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Thomas Jefferson High School (added 1983 - #83003093)
723 Donaldson Ave. , San Antonio
25or6to4, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Walk past this 1932 Spanish-Mediterranean campus in San Antonio to admire the soaring towers and intricate stone carvings that landed it on the cover of Life magazine.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Phelps & Simmons, Adams & Adams
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
More Information:
archives document
Walker Ranch (added 1975 - #75001957)
Also known as 41BX180;41BX184;41BX187;41BX189-41BX192;41BX197-41BX199;41BX
Address Restricted , San Antonio
Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dirt trails along Panther Springs Creek lead straight through ancient hunter-gatherer campsites dating back 10,000 years and the ruins of a 19th-century Texas homestead.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Prehistoric, Agriculture
Cultural Affiliation:
Neo-American, Archaic, Late 19th Century Rural
Period of Significance:
499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 3000-3499 BC, 2500-2999 BC, 2000-2499 BC, 1850-1874, 1700-1749, 1500-1999 BC, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
Milam, Ben, Statue (added 2020 - #100005535)
500 West Houston St., San Antonio
Jim Evans CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
This towering 1938 bronze monument across from Market Square marks the grave of the Texian commander shot by a sniper during the 1835 Siege of Bxar.
Area of Significance:
Art, Social History
U.S. San Antonio Arsenal (added 1969 - #69000200)
Roughly bounded by S. Flores and E. Arsenal Sts., and the San Antonio River , San Antonio
Ras67, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Walk the quiet southern stretch of the River Walk to see the 1859 limestone compound that stored ammunition for frontier forts and now houses H-E-B''s corporate headquarters.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Arms Storage, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Defense, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Arms Storage, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document

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