Ximenes Chapel (Chapel of the Miracles) is a historic chapel at 113 Ruiz Street in San Antonio, Texas.
Ximenes Chapel | |
Location | 47 Haven for Hope Way, San Antonio, Texas |
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Coordinates | 29°26′3″N 98°30′13″W / 29.43417°N 98.50361°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1813 |
NRHP reference No. | 80004080[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 08, 1980 |
The chapel has long been an important gathering place for San Antonio's Mexican-American and Hispanic Catholic population.[2]
The chapel was rebuilt in the 1920s to replace the original chapel from 1813, which had been destroyed in a fire. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Pilgrims feel loss of San Antonio chapel's closure". The Eagle. Retrieved April 20, 2014.