Ximenes Chapel

Ximenes Chapel
Location 113 Ruiz St., San Antonio, Texas
Coordinates 29°26′3″N 98°30′13″W / 29.43417°N 98.50361°W / 29.43417; -98.50361Coordinates: 29°26′3″N 98°30′13″W / 29.43417°N 98.50361°W / 29.43417; -98.50361
Area less than one acre
Built 1860
NRHP reference # 80004080[1]
Added to NRHP September 08, 1980

Ximenes Chapel (Chapel of the Miracles) is a historic chapel at 113 Ruiz Street in San Antonio, Texas.

The chapel has long been an important gathering place for San Antonio's Mexican-American and Hispanic Catholic population.[2]

The chapel was rebuilt in the 1920s to replace the original chapel from 1813 which had been destroyed in a fire.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Open till 2pm, closed on Tuesday's.

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Pilgrims feel loss of San Antonio chapel's closure". The Eagle. Retrieved 2014-04-20.


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