{"nrhp_refnum":"98000103","name":"St. Mark's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"315 E. Pecan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.428982878000056,"lon":-98.48894336499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Mark's Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival church complex at 315 E. Pecan Street in downtown San Antonio, Texas. The sanctuary was built 1859-1875 to a design by Richard Upjohn, with connected additions from 1926-1951.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the 1859-1875 sanctuary is an excellent, early Texas example of Gothic Revival church architecture and the only Texas building designed by master architect Richard Upjohn. The connected Collegiate Gothic and Gothic Revival additions of the 1920s and 1949-51 form one interrelated complex reflecting the church's growth. It is significant at the local level under Criterion C in Architecture.","narrative":"St. Mark's Episcopal Church occupies a downtown San Antonio block facing Travis Park. Its sanctuary, designed in 1859 by New York architect Richard Upjohn, was interrupted by the Civil War and Reconstruction and first used on Easter Sunday 1875. Built of local limestone, it has buttressed walls, steep metal roofs, art-glass windows, carved wood trusses and a deep apsidal chancel. It is the only Upjohn-designed building in Texas. Later additions form a connected Gothic-style complex: a Parish Hall and four-story Education Building from 1926-27 by the Alfred Giles firm and Albert Felix Beckmann, and a narthex, cloister and bell tower from 1949 by Henry Steinbomer, followed by the 1951 Bethlehem Chapel. A 1959 commercial building acquired by the church is described as non-compatible. The church was the first Episcopal congregation in San Antonio and served as the West Texas diocese's cathedral from 1875 to 1888. It was listed for its architecture at the local level.","period_of_significance":"1859-1875; 1926-1927; 1948-1949; 1951","architect_builder":"Upjohn, Richard; Alfred Giles Company and Albert Felix Beckmann; Steinbomer, Henry J.","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival; Collegiate Gothic","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility; described as preserved in excellent condition with a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.939186-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/9711/40971119/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/98000103.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000103/80e313f76b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000103/80e313f76b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Arthur W. Stewart","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Mark%27s_Episcopal_Church,_San_Antonio,_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur W. Stewart</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Mark%27s_Episcopal_Church,_San_Antonio,_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971119","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mark%27s_Episcopal_Church_(San_Antonio,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589948"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/st-marks-episcopal-church-98000103/"}