6701 San Jose Dr
San Antonio, TX 78214
(210) 922-3218
Please be aware that hours vary at each Mission Site Mission Concepcion: 9 am- 5 pm, Monday-Sunday Mission San Jose: 9 am- 5 pm, Monday- Sunday Mission San Juan: 10 am- 5 pm, Monday-Sunday Mission Espada: 10 am- 5 pm, Monday- Sunday Page Expectations and Guidelines: Welcome to the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Facebook Page. We hope this will become a place where you feel comfortable sharing information and experiences about San Antonio Missions NHP with one another. While this is an open forum, it is also a family friendly one, so please keep your comments and wall posts clean. Please be considerate of others' opinions. In addition to keeping it family friendly, we ask that you follow our posting guidelines here. If you do not comply, your message will be removed. We do not allow graphic, obscene, explicit or racial comments or submissions, nor do we allow comments that are abusive, hateful or intended to defame anyone or any organization. We do not allow attempts to defame or defraud any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency nor do we allow comments that suggest or encourage illegal activity. External links do not constitute official endorsement on behalf of the National Park Service or the Department of Interior. Comments, posts or external links that do not contribute to dialog and discussions about Glacier National Park may be deleted. You participate at your own risk, taking personal responsibility for your comments, your username and any information provided. Federal regulations prohibit advertising on government sponsored web pages. This includes promotion or endorsement of any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency. Statements or external links that drive viewers to commercial web sites are considered advertising. Such posts and/or links are subject to deletion. People who continue to post prohibited content and/or links may be subject to page participation restrictions and/or removal from the page. We reserve the right to determine whether the intention of a post is to advertise a commercial venture. These rules are ultimately subject to emerging National Park Service social media management policies, and therefore may change as conditions warrant. For official information about San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, please visit our Web site at: http://www.nps.gov/saan/index.htm Thanks!
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo is a historic Catholic mission in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The mission was named in part for the Marquis de San Miguel de Aguayo, José de Azlor y Virto de Vera. Many buildings on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, borrow architectural elements from those found at Mission San José.The mission was founded on February 23, 1720, because Mission San Antonio de Valero had become overcrowded shortly after its founding with refugees from the closed East Texas missions. Father Antonio Margil received permission from the governor of Coahuila and Texas, the Marquis de San Miguel de Aguayo, to build a new mission 5mi south of San Antonio de Valero. Like San Antonio de Valero, Mission San José served the Coahuiltecan Indians. The first buildings, made of brush, straw, and mud, were quickly replaced by large stone structures, including guest rooms, offices, a dining room, and a pantry. A heavy outer wall was built around the main part of the mission, and rooms for 350 Indians were built into the walls.A new church, which is still standing, was constructed in 1768 from local limestone. The mission lands were given to its Indians in 1794, and mission activities officially ended in 1824. After that, the buildings were home to soldiers, the homeless, and bandits. Starting in 1933, the Civil Works Administration and then the Works Progress Administration provided the labor to rebuild and restore the grounds of the mission. Some of the funding for the restoration came from money allotted by the United States for the Texas Centennial Exposition held in Dallas in 1936. The mission walls and Indian quarters were re-built, and the granary was restored.
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