Main and Military Plazas Historic District
Historic district in Texas, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, with a boundary increase in 2019.[1]
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Main and Military Plazas Historic District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by San Antonio River, E. Nueva, Laredo, and Houston Streets, San Antonio, Texas |
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Coordinates | 29°25′27″N 98°29′37″W |
Built | 1722 |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Early commercial, Late Victorian, Spanish Colonial |
NRHP reference No. | 79002914 (original) 100004489 (increase) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 11, 1979[1] |
Boundary increase | October 7, 2019 |
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The area encompasses the old Presidio San Antonio de Béxar,[2] where the Spanish troops and the military governor of Texas were stationed.[3]
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