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it as a mission in 1718 so it was built before that.
The original construction dates to 1718 and the building known as the Alamo was built in 1744.
Authorised 1718 and built 1744 as the San Antonio de Valero Mission
The Alamo was built as a chapel after 1744, it is all that remains of the mission of San Antonio de Valero, which was founded in 1718 by Franciscans and later converted into a fortress.*Alamo, the. (n.d.). Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 14, 2007, from Reference.com website: http://www.reference.com/browse/columbia/Alamo
The Alamo was built as a chapel after 1744, it is all that remains of the mission of San Antonio de Valero, which was founded in 1718 by Franciscans and later converted into a fortress.*Alamo, the. (n.d.). Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 14, 2007, from Reference.com website: http://www.reference.com/browse/columbia/Alamo
Alamo Mission in San Antonio was created in 1744.
No specific dates, but construction started in 1724, and it was completed in 1744. Originally it was known as: Mission San Antonio de Valero.
Construction began in 1744. It was finished in 1758. Based on when construction finished, the Alamo was 78 years old in 1836.
The Alamo was built with blocks of locally-quarried limestone.
The official Alamo website indicates that construction began in 1724 and was completed in 1744, it took about twenty years to construct the Alamo compound. Construction of the church in the Alamo began in 1744, but was halted in 1762. The US Army began renovations to the church in 1850, the Long Barracks was restored to its original configuration in 1968. So, what you see today has taken over 200 years! See Related Links below.
According to the Texas State Library & Archives Commission, the Alamo was built in 1718, making it 118 years old at the time of the Battle of the Alamo.