StreetscenesFolder-St.Joseph1892CommerceSt.

Street Scenes

Photo crop exposure date: unknown.
Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1871-1898
Subject: Photo crop of a book page with caption. View is NNE. Taken from Commerce Street showcasing St Joseph’s Roman Catholic parish church and the rectory beyond. The church occupies the probable second site of San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo) before it was moved to its present location in 1724. The cornerstone of St. Joseph’s was laid in 1868, and it was completed in 1871. The steeple was added in 1898.