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Mission Nuestra Senora de La Purisima Concepcion, 807 Mission Rd, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
First established in 1716, the relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission Concepcion is one of five San Antonio missions dating from the eighteenth century. The surviving mission buildings are of great significance to our knowledge of the early history of Texas, providing the contemporary observer some concept of that frontier institution, which helped to contribute to the development of Texas. The buildings at Concepcion, particularly the church, are significant architecturally as physical evidence of building practices and techniques of the Spanish colonial period.
Mission Nuestra Senora de La Purisima Concepcion, 807 Mission Rd, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
First established in 1716, the relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission Concepcion is one of five San Antonio missions dating from the eighteenth century. The surviving mission buildings are of great significance to our knowledge of the early history of Texas, providing the contemporary observer some concept of that frontier institution, which helped to contribute to the development of Texas. The buildings at Concepcion, particularly the church, are significant architecturally as physical evidence of building practices and techniques of the Spanish colonial period.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
