Ximenes Chapel

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Ximenes Chapel
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Location47 Haven for Hope Way, San Antonio, Texas
Coordinates 29°26′3″N98°30′13″W / 29.43417°N 98.50361°W / 29.43417; -98.50361 Coordinates: 29°26′3″N98°30′13″W / 29.43417°N 98.50361°W / 29.43417; -98.50361
Arealess than one acre
Built1813
NRHP reference No. 80004080 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 08, 1980

Ximenes Chapel (Chapel of the Miracles) is a historic chapel at 113 Ruiz Street in San Antonio, Texas.

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.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Pilgrims feel loss of San Antonio chapel's closure". The Eagle . Retrieved 2014-04-20.