San Antonio City Cemeteries Historic District, Old - San Antonio, Texas
Posted by: BruceS
N 29° 25.170 W 098° 28.011
14R E 551718 N 3254582
Historic cemetery complex on east side of San Antonio.
Waymark Code: WM3B4N
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/08/2008
Views: 80
With the rapid expansion of San Antonio in the mid-nineteenth century their existing city cemetery was becoming full. In 1853 the city selected this site as its new burial ground. The area had previously been occupied by a gun powder mill. By 1855 the Alamo Masonic Lodge and the International Order of Odd Fellows had opened cemeteries adjacent to City Cemetery #1. Over the next 50 years a total of 31 cemeteries had opened on the Powder House Hill including those for different religions, social organizations and races. The city cemeteries are operated and maintained by the San Antonio Parks Department.
Street address: Roughly bounded by Nevada, New Braunfels, Paso Hondo, Palmetto, Potomac, St. James, Pine, E. Commerce, Dakota, Monument San Antonio, Texas
County / Borough / Parish: Bexar County
Year listed: 2000
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Historic function: Funerary - Cemetery
Current function: Funerary - Cemetery
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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