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Post by neferetus on Nov 13, 2007 12:05:31 GMT -5
The Franciscan missionaries led a cloistered existence. That is why it was customary in Spanish mission construction for the church to be connected directly to the chambers and offices of the friars of the mission. One only need look at the other San Antonio missions to attest to the truthfulness of this statement. Alamo architectural expert and artist, Craig Covner, once suggested that the reason the Alamo church is set back from the quadrangle is that the first church may've initially been built flush with the Long Barrack and facing out onto the quadrangle, or plaza. Upon its collapse, the builders had to decide whether to clear away all the rubble and then build a new church on the same spot, or merely use the rubble from the first church to construct a new one directly behind it. If you look at the above variation on the Edward Everett plat, by moving up the existing church, it perfectly fills the gap between the church and the rest of the quadrangle walls. Hence, the back wall of the old church became the front wall of the new.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 13, 2007 15:02:04 GMT -5
Maybe thats what Cornblith used as his reference.
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Post by neferetus on Nov 13, 2007 15:03:37 GMT -5
Maybe thats what Cornblith used as his reference. But I did the drawing! ;D
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Post by neferetus on Nov 15, 2007 22:35:28 GMT -5
Alamo architectural artist, Craig Covner, shows the changing face of the Long Barrack over the years. The top drawing shows the Long Barrack at the time of the battle in 1836. By 1849, the U.S. Army had reroofed the barrack to look like the second drawing. The bottom drawing shows what the barrack looked like after the Hugo and Schmeltzer storefront came down. If you study all three drawings, you will be able to see which doors and windows are original to 1836 and which are not. (Illustration from Frank Thompson's book, THE ALAMO A CULTURAL HISTORY)
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Post by neferetus on Nov 16, 2007 11:05:03 GMT -5
re-creation of the Alamo hospital in the Long Barrack.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 16, 2007 11:22:51 GMT -5
That looks like the US 1814 Musket leaning up on the wall (the same muskets that where used in North West Passage)
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Post by neferetus on Nov 16, 2007 11:55:31 GMT -5
That looks like the US 1814 Musket leaning up on the wall (the same muskets that where used in North West Passage) Wow, you really know your stuff, Mike. I wonder, though. Do you suppose there's a little of Dr. Beekeeper's Fix-em in those bottle by the window?
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 16, 2007 13:07:23 GMT -5
Maybe we should go and check...
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Post by neferetus on Nov 16, 2007 20:04:42 GMT -5
Maybe we should go and check... All right, but keep your mouth shut. Can they smell, they'll know we're coming!
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Post by Greg C. on Nov 18, 2007 10:42:22 GMT -5
Maybe thats what Cornblith used as his reference. But I did the drawing! ;D And a good one it is too!
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 18, 2007 12:53:27 GMT -5
Just remove the new church and cut the low barracks in half and whammy, Cornbliths Alamo.
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Post by neferetus on Nov 18, 2007 13:15:56 GMT -5
Seems like.
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Post by neferetus on Nov 20, 2007 0:53:07 GMT -5
Another view of the hospital display in the Long Barrack.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 20, 2007 11:05:45 GMT -5
Where does the door lead too?
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Post by neferetus on Nov 20, 2007 11:35:40 GMT -5
Where does the door lead too? The room at the very (north) end of the Long Barrack. Perhaps they use it for storage. At any rate, it is not open to the public.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Nov 20, 2007 12:30:41 GMT -5
Makes you wonder how much stuff is hidden from the public.
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Post by seguin on Nov 20, 2007 23:07:57 GMT -5
Nice display pic! I love those pics from inside the Alamo...
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Post by neferetus on Nov 20, 2007 23:15:59 GMT -5
Makes you wonder how much stuff is hidden from the public. That's why the DRT is in the process of building an even larger museum. They have so much stuff in storage that they have not been able to display it properly, due to lack of space.
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Post by neferetus on Nov 20, 2007 23:16:52 GMT -5
Nice display pic! I love those pics from inside the Alamo... Notice how the walls have been plastered over, a' la 1836.
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Post by seguin on Nov 21, 2007 0:11:00 GMT -5
Nice display pic! I love those pics from inside the Alamo... Notice how the walls have been plastered over, a' la 1836. Right! That´s a neat detail. It adds to the realism...
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