Hap McQueen, ex-slave, Woodville (Beaumont)
Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
O'Henry House, Lone Star Brewery, 600 Lone Star Boulevard, San Antonio...
Survey number: HABS TX-325 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction
Uhl Store, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-315 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction
Casa Vieja Lime Kiln & Arch, Blue Wing Road, San Antonio, Bexar County...
Survey number: HABS TX-324 Building/structure dates: 1848 Initial Construction
William Thomas, ex-slave, Ft. Worth
420042. District no. 27. Picture no. 424. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Fort Sam Houston, Latrine, Stanley Road behind Barracks No. 143, San A...
Significance: The latrine is part of a complex of buildings including two barracks buildings, another latrine and a kitchen and mess hall, all of similar materials and design. The complex, one of four identical... More
Annie Little, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain scan / print
420222. District no. 27. Picture no. 438. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Espada Acequia, Piedras Creek Aqueduct, Spanning Piedras Creek east of...
Survey number: HAER TX-1-A Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, building plan, diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Norton-Polk-Mathis House, 401 King William Street, San Antonio, Bexar ...
Significance: The Norton-Polk-Mathis House is significant in that it can be traced the evolution of nineteenth century Texas architecture, from the simple stone frontier building, through the typical Victorian ... More
212 Chestnut Street (House), San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N444 Survey number: HABS TX-3509 Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Initial Construction
Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio Quartermaster Depot, Northwest corner of...
Significance: The Quartermaster Depot, built of locally quarried stone on land donated by the City of San Antonio, was the first permanent military post at San Antonio. Completed in 1878, the depot replaced a s... More
Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio Quartermaster Depot, Northwest corner of...
Significance: The Quartermaster Depot, built of locally quarried stone on land donated by the City of San Antonio, was the first permanent military post at San Antonio. Completed in 1878, the depot replaced a s... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Church, Berg's Mill Community, San...
Significance: The church of the Espada features a typical design derived from the plans used by the Franciscan Fathers in their construction of mission buildings. Survey number: HABS TX-320-A National Registe... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Church, Berg's Mill Community, San...
Significance: The church of the Espada features a typical design derived from the plans used by the Franciscan Fathers in their construction of mission buildings. Survey number: HABS TX-320-A National Registe... More
Clara Brim, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain scan / print
420230. District no. 27. Picture no. 500. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Felice Boudreaux, Beaumont, gelatin silver print
420115. District no. 27. Picture no. 229. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Francisco de la Espada is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth cent... More
Brackenridge Park Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Brackenridge P...
Survey number: HAER TX-103 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 11000513
Brackenridge Park Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Brackenridge P...
Survey number: HAER TX-103 Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 11000513
John R. Kampmann House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
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John R. Kampmann House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
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John R. Kampmann House, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Francis Louis des Mazieres Store Building & House, Martinez & South Al...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Acequias of San Antonio, Hildebrand Avenue & Minita Creek, San Antonio...
Significance: The Acequias of San Antonio were the Spanish colonial water supply and irrigation systems used to support the region's earliest settlements. Five of the nine acequias were built to supply water t... More
Dr. D. B. F. Kingsley House, 408 Elm Street, San Antonio, Bexar County...
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Dr. D. B. F. Kingsley House, 408 Elm Street, San Antonio, Bexar County...
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fairmount Hotel, 857 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, ...
Significance: The Farimount Hotel is an example of the type of commercial establishments that characterized the prosperity of turn of the century San Antonio. Designed by architect Leo M. J. Deilmann and built ... More
Fairmount Hotel, 857 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, ...
Significance: The Farimount Hotel is an example of the type of commercial establishments that characterized the prosperity of turn of the century San Antonio. Designed by architect Leo M. J. Deilmann and built ... More
Fairmount Hotel, 857 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, ...
Significance: The Farimount Hotel is an example of the type of commercial establishments that characterized the prosperity of turn of the century San Antonio. Designed by architect Leo M. J. Deilmann and built ... More
Tillie Powers, ex-slave - Public domain portrait print
420077. District no. 27. Picture no. 224. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Ursuline Academy, Priest's House, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bex...
Significance: This structure is one of the seven Ursuline Academy buildings surviving today and the most stylistically pretentious of them all. Designed in the Gothic Revival style, it is unusual both for the q... More
John Twohig House, Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway, Brackenridge Park, San...
Survey number: HABS TX-31 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1941 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 11000513
Daphne Williams, ex-slave, Hillister (Beaumont)
420084. District no. 27. Picture no. 86. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Fort Sam Houston, Streetscape, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-183 Survey number: HABS TX-3303-19 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001950
Fort Sam Houston, Streetscape, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-183 Survey number: HABS TX-3303-19 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001950
Fort Sam Houston, Streetscape, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-183 Survey number: HABS TX-3303-19 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75001950
Fort Sam Houston, Officers' Quarters, 11 Staff Post Road, San Antonio,...
Significance: One of the first fifteen officers' quarters constructed of similar but varying design on Post, built in the early 1880s, the quarters represents the Post's earliest effort to provide housing for o... More
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...
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Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...
Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Mission Road, San Antonio, Be...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
San Jose Grist Mill, Southwest of San Jose Drive, east of Espada Road,...
Survey number: HAER TX-2 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Jose Grist Mill, Southwest of San Jose Drive, east of Espada Road,...
Survey number: HAER TX-2 Public domain photograph of a chamber, vaults, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Jose Grist Mill, Southwest of San Jose Drive, east of Espada Road,...
Survey number: HAER TX-2 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Sam Houston, Band Quarters, Infantry Post Road, San Antonio, Bexa...
Significance: The Band Barracks, one of the last completed buildings in the area now referred to as Infantry Post, provided separate quarters for the Fort Sam Houston Band (previously housed in the center of Sa... More
Fort Sam Houston, Officers' Quarters, 102 Artillery Post Road, San Ant...
Significance: This two-and-one=half story yellow brick residence is a good example of officers housing provided on Post during the first decade of the twentieth century. Built in 1906 from standardized plans is... More
Maverick-Carter House, 119 Taylor Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, T...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mother Anne Clark, ex-slave, El Paso
420059. District no. 27. Picture no. 25. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writ... More
Ursuline Academy, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Significance: The Ursuline community in San Antonio was the second Ursuline community established in the State of Texas. Introduction of this community in 1851 was a signal achievement for the Reverend John Mar... More
Ursuline Academy, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Significance: The Ursuline community in San Antonio was the second Ursuline community established in the State of Texas. Introduction of this community in 1851 was a signal achievement for the Reverend John Mar... More
Ursuline Academy, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Significance: The Ursuline community in San Antonio was the second Ursuline community established in the State of Texas. Introduction of this community in 1851 was a signal achievement for the Reverend John Mar... More
U.S. San Antonio Arsenal, Storehouse, San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio...
Significance: During the period of Texas frontier in the 19th century, the storehouse was used for the storage of arsenal supplies and ordnance. It was also charged with issuing there supplies to all military p... More
Portrait photo of Mary Randall, ex-slave, Beaumont
420108. District no. 27. Picture no. 234. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Mission Nuestra Senora de La Purisima Concepcion, 807 Mission Road, Sa...
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Mission Nuestra Senora de La Purisima Concepcion, 807 Mission Road, Sa...
Public domain photograph of cathedral, church, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mission Nuestra Senora de La Purisima Concepcion, 807 Mission Road, Sa...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Donaville Broussard, Beaumont, gelatin silver print
Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.
Mission San Antonio de Valero, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County,...
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Mission San Antonio de Valero, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County,...
Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mission San Antonio de Valero, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County,...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mission San Antonio de Valero, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County,...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Robber Barons Cave / Harvey Patteson.
Photograph shows men impersonating robbers in Robber Baron Cave, Bexar County, Texas. J266639 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 15.
Texas HABS-San Antonio District (Map), San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-3505
Plowed land on farm in Bexar County, Texas
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mission Senora de la Purisima Concepcion, Church, 807 Mission Road, Sa...
Significance: The church is architecturally significant as physical evidence of building practices and techniques used during the Spanish colonial period. It is the least altered of all the Texas mission church... More
Patsy Moses, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain portrait print
420110. District no. 27. Picture no. 88. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900 (27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Portrait photo of Jordon Smith, ex-slave, Marshall
420037. District no. 27. Picture no. 442. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Magazine, South side o...
Significance: This late nineteenth-century, one-room, brick magazine, although isolated in its location on the western boundary of the post, is compatible in design and materials with other post buildings erect... More
Martin Jackson, ex-slave, San Antonio
420083. District no. 27. Picture no. 142. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Sarah Ford, ex-slave, Houston - Public domain portrait print
420031. District no. 27. Picture no. 381. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Rube Witt, Marshall, gelatin silver print
420038. District no. 27. Picture no. 441. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Fort Sam Houston, Blacksmith Shop & Tether Wall, San Antonio, Bexar Co...
2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In June of 1893, the Blacksmith Shop was constructed simultaneously with the Tether Wall to handle the increased blacksmithing needs of the fort. Their presen... More
Fort Sam Houston, Blacksmith Shop & Tether Wall, San Antonio, Bexar Co...
2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In June of 1893, the Blacksmith Shop was constructed simultaneously with the Tether Wall to handle the increased blacksmithing needs of the fort. Their presen... More
Mose Hursey, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print
420226. District no. 27. Picture no. 579. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Company Barracks & Ban...
Significance: Buildings 603-610 and 613, constructed between 1886 and 1887, represent the Army's earliest efforts to provide adequate housing for the enlisted men assigned to the Military Post at San Antonio. T... More
Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Company Barracks & Ban...
Significance: Buildings 603-610 and 613, constructed between 1886 and 1887, represent the Army's earliest efforts to provide adequate housing for the enlisted men assigned to the Military Post at San Antonio. T... More
Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio Depot, Water-Watch Tower, Grayson Street...
Significance: This ninety-foot high limestone tower, built in 1876-78, stands at the center of the original Quartermaster Depot, now the Headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Army, and serves as a focal point for the ... More
Crockett Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Crockett Street ...
Survey number: HAER TX-100 Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Crockett Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Crockett Street ...
Survey number: HAER TX-100 Public domain photograph of diesel or electric train engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Crockett Street Bridge, Spanning San Antonio River at Crockett Street ...
Survey number: HAER TX-100 Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Sam Houston, Officers' Quarters, 15 Staff Post Road, San Antonio,...
Significance: One of fifteen officers' quarters constructed of similar but varying design on post. Built in the early 1880s, it represents the post's earliest effort to provide housing for officers and their fa... More
House, Bracketville, Seminole-Negro Settlement
Title transcribed from item. District no. 27. Picture no. 252. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Admin... More
Reverend Bill Green, ex-slave, San Antonio
420078. District no. 27. Picture no. 257. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Cato Carter, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print
420216. District no. 27. Picture no. 416. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
U.S. San Antonio Arsenal, Magazine, San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, ...
Significance: This building was the second structure erected at the Arsenal depot in 1860 and was also the second permanent military building erected in Texas by the Federal Government. Architecturally, the bui... More
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Ramparts, 6539 San Jose Road,...
Significance: The ramparts were an important part of the San Jose Mission, for their sole purpose was to protect the mission inhabitants against attacks by hostile Indians. All 18th century Spanish missions inc... More
Aqueduct, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-322 Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aqueduct, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-322 Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Church, 6539 San Jose Road, S...
Significance: The church is a typical component of a Spanish mission complex built during the period of Texas frontier. Survey number: HABS TX-333-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000810
Mission San Juan de Capistrano, Chapel, Berg's Mill-Graf Road, San Ant...
Significance: The chapel is a typical component of a Spanish mission complex built during the period of Texas frontier. Survey number: HABS TX-321-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001352
Jacob Wohlfarth Store & Residence, 823 West Laurel, San Antonio, Bexar...
Written history of site included in field notes Significance: The Jacob Wohlfarth Store and Residence was built circa 1890 on land below the San Pedro Springs Reserve just west of San Pedro Creek. The land was ... More
San Antonio River Walk, 418 Villita Street, San Antonio, Bexar County,...
Significance: Its Native American name was Yanaguana, which means "refreshing waters," but the San Antonio River (as a Spanish priest named it in 1691) has not always been so appreciated. Its infrequent, but ex... More
Ursuline Academy, Academy Building Addition, 300 Augusta Street, San A...
Significance: This building was the first expansion of the Ursuline Academy since its founding in 1851 and is evidence of the growth and immediate success that this institution achieved. Survey number: HABS TX-32-B
Menger Hotel, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-35 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction
Ursuline Academy, Chapel, 300 Augusta Street, San Antonio, Bexar Count...
Significance: This building forms a significant part of the Ursuline Academy buildings and is one of the more stylistically noteworthy of the group. Erected at about the same period (1866-1870) as the Dormitory... More
Fort Sam Houston, Military Post of San Antonio, Commanding Officer's Q...
Significance: This large two-story brick residence was built for the Commanding Officer of the Military Post of San Antonio and his family. When completed in 1888, the structure was the most notable residence o... More
Argyle House, 924 Patterson & Argyle-Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Bexar...
Survey number: HABS TX-36 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1890 Subsequent Work
Hap McQueen, ex-slave, Woodville (Beaumont)
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Rosa Washington, ex-slave, El Paso
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Portrait photo of Ellen Butler, ex-slave, Beaumont
420080. District no. 27. Picture no. 207. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More