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Mision de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur, Southeast corner of Alameda Avenue & Zaragosa Drive, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

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Mision de San Antonio de la Ysleta del Sur, Southeast corner of Alameda Avenue & Zaragosa Drive, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

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Significance: The layout of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is an example of the New Mexican style of mission churches which were built during the 17th and 18th centuries, characterized by their linear, boxlike forms, with little emphasis on exterior decoration. Although there are no known original interior features surviving, and the east facade has been changed radically, the building retains a great amount of symbolic significance to local residents and members of the Tigua Indian Tribe, for whom the mission was originally built.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-118, FN-119, FN-120, FN-121,FN-122, FN-123, FN-124, FN-125
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1716
Survey number: HABS TX-3104
Building/structure dates: 1682 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1907 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1744 Subsequent Work

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Cary, Brian, transmitter
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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