{"nrhp_refnum":"74002057","name":"Post Chapel, Fort Sam Houston","other_names":["Gift Chapel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Bldg. 2200, Wilson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.448539324000023,"lon":-98.45894188699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Religion"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A neoclassic white brick post chapel at Building 2200, Wilson Street, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. Construction began in 1908 and the chapel was dedicated in 1909 to a design by San Antonio architect Leo M.J. Dielmann.","why_significant":"The chapel has served as the religious center of Fort Sam Houston since 1909 and is described as a symbol of cooperation between San Antonio citizens and the servicemen at the post. Local civilians donated the funds for its construction, and President William H. Taft dedicated it on 17 October 1909. It also holds memorial stained glass, flags and an organ added over decades.","narrative":"Fort Sam Houston's Post Chapel, also called the Gift Chapel, is a neoclassic white brick building on Wilson Street in San Antonio. Construction began in 1908 from a design by local architect Leo M.J. Dielmann. It features modified Corinthian columns at the entrance and a flat Roman copper dome. For its first three decades the post had no permanent chapel, and services were held in temporary shelters, open encampments and a small Episcopal church. Chaplain Thomas J. Dickson started the effort for a permanent building in 1907, and local civilians donated the funds, with the city giving land known as Maverick Park. President William H. Taft dedicated the chapel on 17 October 1909. Over the years it gained twenty-two stained glass windows, a pipe organ, electronic chimes and a worship area for the Jewish faith. It remains in use, open to the public and to all denominations, and is valued as a symbol of cooperation between the city and the military.","period_of_significance":"1908 construction begun (20th Century)","architect_builder":"Leo M.J. Dielmann, architect","architectural_style":"Neoclassic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent and altered, on its original site; occupied and in use as a military and religious facility, with services open to the public.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.885249-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/9712/40971298/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/74002057.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002057/8b0d56618d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002057/8b0d56618d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jonmallard","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gift_Chapel_2021_Snow_storm.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonmallard</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:Gift_Chapel_2021_Snow_storm.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75001950","name":"Fort Sam Houston","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/fort-sam-houston-75001950/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971298","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001618"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/post-chapel-fort-sam-houston-74002057/"}