EPISODE · Jan 6, 2026 · 13 MIN
Mission de Valero (later known as The Alamo), San Antonio, Texas, founded by Fray Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares (1718); restored by Ayers & Ayers Architects (1936)
from Settler Nationalism in America · host University of Texas at Austin Architectural History Program
In this podcast, Joy Delight Presbre discusses they ways 19th century missionaries and 20th century travel agencies and preservationists used mission architectures to construct a white social imaginary to replace the native subjects of San Antonio with new definitions of white indigeneity.
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Mission de Valero (later known as The Alamo), San Antonio, Texas, founded by Fray Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares (1718); restored by Ayers & Ayers Architects (1936)
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