{"nrhp_refnum":"66000808","name":"Alamo, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Alamo Plaza","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.425361760000044,"lon":-98.48607488899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1960-12-19","areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Alamo is the former Mission San Antonio de Valero church and its surviving compound remnants on Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. The church was begun in 1744 and finished in 1757.","why_significant":"The chapel was the site of the 1836 battle in the Texan War for Independence, in which about 187 defenders, including James Bowie and David Crockett, were killed. Their deaths won sympathy in the United States for the Texan cause and strengthened the will to throw off Mexican rule. The building also preserves Spanish mission architecture and a long record of military, church and state use.","narrative":"The Alamo is the former mission church of San Antonio de Valero, built of stone between 1744 and 1757 on Alamo Plaza in San Antonio. Franciscan friars founded the mission in 1718, and it was moved to its present site in 1724. The church lost its towers, vaulting and dome in 1762 and was never fully repaired. Its facade has paired columns, niches and Spanish-style interlaced ornament. After the mission was abandoned in 1793, Spanish and Mexican troops used it, and the name Alamo probably came from a Spanish military company. In 1836 about 187 Texan defenders, among them James Bowie and David Crockett, held it against a far larger Mexican force, and all were killed on March 6. Their stand won American sympathy for the Texan cause. Later the United States Army, a grocery firm and the State of Texas used parts of the site. Today the chapel, restored ruins of two living quarters and part of the original wall remain, within a landscaped park that includes a museum.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799, 1800-1899 (specific dates 1744, 1836)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Spanish mission church with Spanish-derived interlace ornament","criteria":[],"status_note":"State-owned and administered by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas; occupied and used as a museum. Only the chapel, the restored ruins of two living quarters and a section of original wall remain of the mission compound.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.219152-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/9709/40970901/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/66000808_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000808/111c1ce130-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000808/111c1ce130-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alamo_Mission,_San_Antonio,_Texas,_USA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alamo_Mission,_San_Antonio,_Texas,_USA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"77001425","name":"Alamo Plaza Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/alamo-plaza-historic-district-77001425/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970901","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Mission","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2636724"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/alamo-the-66000808/"}