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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

Main and Military Plazas Historic District

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:

  • Spanish Governor's Palace,
  • 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
  • Bexar County Courthouse

    • Citations

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

    • References

    Main and Military Plazas Historic District Wikipedia
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