San Antonio City Cemeteries Historic District, Old - San Antonio, Texas - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

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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