Main and Military Plazas Historic District

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Architect Multiple Area 35 ha Added to NRHP 11 June 1979		NRHP Reference # 79002914 Year built 1722

Location Roughly bounded by San Antonio River, E. Nueva, Laredo, and Houston Streets, San Antonio, Texas Architectural style Early commercial, Late Victorian, Spanish Colonial

Main and Military Plazas Historic District is a historic district in San Antonio, Texas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The area encompasses the old Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, where the Spanish troops and the military governor of Texas were stationed.

It includes the following separately-listed Registered Historic Places, one or more of which are National Historic Landmarks:

Vogel Belt Building Complex (restored for city offices),

Church of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria y Guadalupe, also known as the Cathedral of San Fernando

Citations

Edmondson, J.R. (2000), The Alamo Story-From History to Current Conflicts, Plano, TX: Republic of Texas Press, ISBN 1-55622-678-0

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