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Main and Military Plazas Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Spanish Military Governor's Palace
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Location	Roughly bounded by San Antonio River, E. Nueva, Laredo, and Houston Streets, San Antonio, Texas
Coordinates	29°25′27″N 98°29′37″W / 29.42417°N 98.49361°W / 29.42417; -98.49361
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
Boundary increase	October 7, 2019

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.

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

See also

• O. Henry House Museum
• Holiday Inn Express Riverwalk Area, a contributing structure, formerly the county jail
• Alamo Plaza Historic District

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR PRESIDIO," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/uqs02), accessed April 23, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
3. Edmonson (2000), p. 14.

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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