Marker Inscription
Military
Historic Place
Alamo, The
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About this site
Alamo, The is a historic place in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 1966. It is one of 73 historic places documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 503 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.4252, -98.4858 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is San Antonio Section, National Council of Jewish Women (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Barbed Wire Demonstration, Pan American Round Table, and Cemetery on the grounds of the Alamo.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2066000808. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Founded as Mission San Antonio de Valero in 1718 and moved to its present site in 1724, the Alamo later became a fortified compound whose 13-day siege ended on March 6, 1836, when Mexican troops overwhelmed roughly 189 Texian and Tejano defenders during the Texas Revolution. The U.S. Army used it as a quartermaster depot after 1845, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 before becoming part of Texas's only UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015.
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Nearby in Bexar County
Historical Marker
San Antonio Section, National Council of Jewish Women
San Antonio · 2000
Historical Marker
Pan American Round Table
San Antonio · 1991
Historical Marker
Barbed Wire Demonstration
San Antonio · 2000
Cemetery
Cemetery on the grounds of the Alamo
San Antonio · 2019
Historical Marker
Menger Hotel
San Antonio · 1976
Historical Marker
De Zavala, Adina
San Antonio · 1994
Historical Marker
Menger Hotel
San Antonio · 1965
Historical Marker
Alamo Low Barracks and Main Gateway
San Antonio · 1994