San Geronimo de Taos

oia — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:57:45 +0000

San Geronimo de Taos maritzaq Tue, 06/29/2021 - 14:59

The adobe homes, ceremonial kivas, archeological remains, and the ruins of an original San Geronimo de Taos and its 1850 replacement reflect this coming together of American Indian and Spanish culture. Fray Francisco de Zamora came there in 1598 to establish a mission, and 1620, the first Catholic Church in the pueblo, San Geronimo de Taos, was constructed. Reports from the period indicate that the native people of Taos resisted the building of the church and the imposition of the Catholic religion. By 1660, the native people killed the resident priest and destroyed the church. Only several years after its rebuilding, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 began and the Taos Indians again destroyed San Geronimo and killed two other priests. By the turn of the 18th century, San Geronimo de Taos was under construction for a third time, and another replacement was constructed in the American period in the 1850s. In 1992, the Taos Pueblo was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

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HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

NPS-Taos

Geolocation

36.4486, -105.5539

Historical Designation

National Historic Landmark

Current Use

living church

Current Condition

preserved

Current Integrity

good

Jurisdiction/Ownership/Management

Interpretive Program

Site Access

Principal Building Materials

adobe

wood

Plan Type

hall

Principal Facade Features

twin tower belfry

stepped wall

choir loft

balcony above entrance portal

Ancillary Features

kivas

Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña

oia — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 23:31:38 +0000

Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña oia Wed, 06/23/2021 - 16:31

Oldest mission site yet discovered in Spanish Texas, the oldest European site yet discovered in East Texas and the oldest site yet discovered known to bear the name Tejas. It served as the headquarters of the three western College of Queretaro Missions under the direction of Fray Isidro Felix Espinosa. Mission Concepción was founded in 1716 in what is now eastern Texas in the homeland of the faming Hanai Indians. Due to a lack of supplies, epidemic and the war between the French and Spanish, the Mission was moved briefly to the Austin area around 1730 and finally re-established in San Antonio in 1731 as Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña where it is now an important part of the San Antonio Missions National Historic Park.

NPS-Acuña

Geolocation

29.3622, -98.4797

Historical Designation

National Register of Historic Places

Current Use

park

Current Condition

preserved

Current Integrity

good

Chronology of Preservation Treatments