Ximenes Chapel

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

Ximenes Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	47 Haven for Hope Way, San Antonio, Texas
Coordinates	29°26′3″N 98°30′13″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

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.