{"nrhp_refnum":"79003446","name":"Alamo Methodist Church","other_names":["Church Theatre"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1150 S. Alamo St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.41130872900004,"lon":-98.49294872199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick church building at 1150 South Alamo Street in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, built in 1912-13 for a Methodist congregation and designed by Beverly Spillman, Sr. It now houses The Church Theatre.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a fine example of Spanish Colonial Revival (Spanish Mission derivative) architecture, suited to San Antonio's Spanish heritage. It was designed by a regionally prominent architect. It sits within the locally designated King William Historic District, and its corner marks the curve of the Acequia Madre of the Alamo.","narrative":"Built in 1912-13 at South Alamo and Wickes Streets in San Antonio, this brick church was designed by Beverly Spillman, Sr., with Loesberg and Reinbold as contractor. Its Spanish Mission-derived design features twin corner towers with pyramidal roofs, a set-back parapet, brick hood molds and stained glass windows. Inside, the red pine floor, pressed metal ceiling, curved pine pews and carved woodwork survive. Spillman also designed theaters, the San Angelo Hotel, part of the San Antonio City Market and a cement company office. The congregation declined, merged with another in 1975, and sold the building. It now serves as The Church Theatre, a nonprofit professional theatre and educational facility. The site lies in the King William Historic District and at a curve of the old Acequia Madre of the Alamo, an irrigation ditch system dating from the early eighteenth century. Exterior alterations are limited mainly to replaced doors.","period_of_significance":"1912-13","architect_builder":"Architect: Beverly Spillman, Sr.; Contractor: Loesberg and Reinbold","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival / derivative of the Spanish Mission style","criteria":[],"status_note":"In use as a theatre and educational facility (The Church Theatre); exterior largely intact with minimal interior alteration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.516539-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/9710/40971081/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79003446.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003446/90190cdda6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003446/90190cdda6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alamo_methodist_church_2012.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alamo_methodist_church_2012.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001349","name":"King William Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/king-william-historic-district-72001349/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971081","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Methodist_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4705964"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/alamo-methodist-church-79003446/"}