Spanish Governor's Palace
{{short description|Historic house in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Spanish Governor's Palace
| nrhp_type = nhl
| image = San Antonio TX_Spanish Govenors Palace.jpg
| caption = Courtyard patio with pergola.
| location = San Antonio, Texas, USA
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| coordinates = {{coord|29|25|30|N|98|29|45|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Texas
| locmap_label = Spanish Governor's Palace
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker = building
| mapframe-zoom = 12
|mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Spanish Governor’s Palace
| area =
| built = 1749
| designated_nrhp_type = April 15, 1970{{Cite journal |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Spanish Governor's Palace |url={{NHLS url|id=70000741}}|date=May 1975 |author=Snell and Heintzelman |publisher=National Park Service}}{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Property Photograph Form: Spanish Governor's Palace |url={{NHLS url|id=70000741|photos=y}} |publisher=National Park Service}}
| added = April 15, 1970{{NRISref|2008a}}
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| refnum = 70000741
}}The Spanish Governor's Palace is a historic adobe from the Spanish Texas period located in Downtown San Antonio.
It is the last visible trace of the 18th-century colonial Presidio San Antonio de Béxar complex, and the only remaining example in Texas of an aristocratic 18th-century Spanish Colonial in−town residence.{{cite web |url= https://www.sanantonio.gov/ParksAndRec/ParksFacilities/AllParksFacilities/ParksFacilitiesDetails/TabId/3354/ArtMID/14820/ArticleID/2489/Spanish-Governors-Palace.aspx?Park=227 |title=Spanish Governor's Palace |website= City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation}} The National Geographic Society has named the landmark "the most beautiful building in San Antonio."{{cite web |url= https://www.sanantoniocvb.com/spanish_governors_palace.asp |title= Spanish Governor's Palace |website= San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau}} The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. It is now owned by the city, and is open to the public as a museum.
History
Image:San Antonio TX Spanish Govenors Palace2.jpgThe building was constructed in the early 18th century, planned as early as 1722 and completed in 1749. The keystone above the front entrance is marked with the coat-of-arms of Spanish King Ferdinand VI and the date 1749. The building was the residence and working offices of the local presidio captain at first. Later, it became the home of the Spanish governors who lived in San Antonio.{{Handbook of Texas|id=ccs03|name=Spanish Governor's Palace}} The building later became the capitol building of the Texas region of Spanish Texas in 1772.{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/american_latino_heritage/spanish_governors_palace.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320220659/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/american_latino_heritage/Spanish_Governors_Palace.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 20, 2015 |title=Spanish Governor's Palace: San Antonio, Texas |website= National Park Service}}
The Spanish built the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar to protect the area's missions, including the San Antonio de Valero Mission (The Alamo) and the missions in the present day San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, as well as the growing Spanish colony.
Description and location
File:Spanish Governor's Palace July 2017 14 (garden).jpg
The one-story masonry and stucco structure features ten rooms, a grand courtyard and a fountain, and is alleged to be haunted.
The palace is located in between Market Square and the San Antonio River Walk near the current city hall. The address is 105 Plaza de Armas, San Antonio.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Spanish Governor's Palace, San Antonio}}
- [https://www.sanantonio.gov/CCDO/parksplazas/governorspalace.aspx Spanish Governor's Palace] – official web page of the Center City Development & Operations Dept.
- [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ccs03 Spanish Governor's Palace] – Handbook of Texas Online
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Category:Houses in San Antonio
Category:Historic house museums in Texas
Category:Museums in San Antonio
Category:Houses completed in 1749
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
Category:National Register of Historic Places in San Antonio
Category:National Historic Landmarks in Texas
Category:1722 establishments in Texas
Category:18th century in Texas
Category:History of San Antonio
Category:Adobe buildings and structures
Category:Palaces in the United States