National Historic Landmark · San Antonio, Texas

Spanish Governor's Palace

Historic house in Texas, United States in San Antonio, Texas. Built 1749. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.

Spanish Governor's Palace
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What it is

Wikipedia · Spanish Governor's Palace

The Spanish Governor's Palace is a historic adobe from the Spanish Texas period located in Downtown San Antonio.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address105 Military Plaza, San Antonio, TX
CountyBexar County
ListedApr 15, 1970
Reference number70000741
Built1749
Type of placebuilding
StyleColonial Revival architecture, Spanish Colonial architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Check the website
Address105 Military Plaza, San Antonio, TX
Websitespanishgovernorspalace.org
Coordinates29.42495, -98.49566 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitSan Antonio Missions National Historical Park · 9 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyCranes Mill Park 34 mi · North Park 36 mi · Potters Creek Park 36 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000741. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.