Espada Rd., San Antonio, Texas. County/parish: Bexar.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 23, 1972. NRIS 72001351.
6 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Mission San Francisco de la Espada (also Mission Espada) is a Roman Rite Catholic mission established in 1690 by Spain and relocated in 1731 to present-day San Antonio, Texas, in what was then known as northern New Spain. The mission was built in order to convert local Native Americans to Christianity and solidify Spanish territorial claims in the New World against encroachment from France. Today, the structure is one of four missions that comprise San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971072