Main Plaza and Court House, San Antonio, TX, 1908
- Card type
- Lithograph
About this postcard
A tinted view across the tree-shaded walks of Main Plaza toward the red-roofed Bexar County Courthouse, its tall Romanesque tower with a conical cap rising above palms and broadleaf trees. A few horse-drawn rigs stand in the plaza. James Riely Gordon designed the courthouse, completed in 1896, and it remains a landmark of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Texas. Main Plaza was laid out in the eighteenth century as the center of the Spanish colonial town, with San Fernando Cathedral facing it, and by the time this card was mailed it sat in the middle of a busy commercial downtown.
Postcard Details
Friesburg Highlands, NJ
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , San Antonio, TX |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Rotograph Co. |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Miss Charlotte Barnett, Friesburg, Highlands, NJ |
| Place depicted | Main Plaza, San Antonio, TX |
| Publisher | The Rotograph Co., New York, NY |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Thin white border; tinted lithographic/halftone printing with visible surface wear and a faint circular cancellation offset ghosted in the sky area. Postmark: SAN ANTONIO TEX. NOV 30 5-PM 1908. Undivided back with red "POST CARD" heading and "This side for the Address."; vertical red imprint along left edge: E 17672, The Rotograph Co., N. Y., City. (Germany.); light edge/corner wear and a few foxing spots. |
Cite this card
Main Plaza and Court House, San Antonio, TX, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-plaza-and-court-house-san-antonio-tx-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.