{"nrhp_refnum":"72001352","name":"Mission San Juan Capistrano","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Mission Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.332276789500042,"lon":-98.45466401641201,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-02-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Aboriginal","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mission San Juan Capistrano is a Spanish colonial mission compound in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, on Mission Road, founded in 1731 along the San Antonio River. It includes a working chapel, ruins of earlier churches, and walls enclosing a quadrangle.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as one of the five San Antonio missions and a symbol of the Spanish colonial mission system in Texas. It is also an architectural reminder of the Franciscan missionaries' work converting the Indian population. Its mission life lasted from 1731 to complete secularization in 1824, and it remains a functioning parish.","narrative":"Mission San Juan Capistrano is a Spanish colonial mission compound on Mission Road in San Antonio, established in 1731 beside the San Antonio River. Its buildings were arranged around a plaza within a walled quadrangle. Surviving elements include the post-1763 chapel, originally a granary and now the parish church, the ruins of a large second church built about 1756 to 1764, a restored convento used as a museum, restored Indian quarters, and a small house of about 1824. Excavations in 1971 uncovered foundations believed to belong to the first church. Restoration was carried out by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s and later by the Archdiocese of San Antonio. The mission reached its economic peak between 1756 and 1777, when it supplied goods to other missions. It was partially secularized in 1794 and fully by 1824. It is regarded as a symbol of Spain's mission system in Texas and of Franciscan missionary work.","period_of_significance":"18th and 19th centuries (specific date 1731)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Chapel in use as a parish church; convento restored as a museum; Indian quarters serve as caretaker residences; other parts are ruins. Condition marked excellent, with ruins and restoration ongoing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.458878-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/74/9710/40971074/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/72001352.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001352/0777a473e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001352/0777a473e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Liveon001 © Travis K.Witt","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mission_San_Juan_Capistrano_Facade2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Liveon001 © Travis K.Witt</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mission_San_Juan_Capistrano_Facade2.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75001953","name":"Mission Parkway","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/mission-parkway-75001953/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971074","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Juan_Capistrano_(Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3295780"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/mission-san-juan-capistrano-72001352/"}