COLLEGE STATION — A renowned stone conservator said the idea of restoring the Alamo’s weathered facade may be a thorny one, forcing conservationist to decide which period of history to ...

While future plans are being readied, two experts have spent more than six hours a day for the past month perched atop a crane, studying crumbling areas of the Alamo church's mold-dotted facade.

Costly steps may be required to slow the flaking of limestone that dissolves architectural details and historic graffiti from the Alamo facade, officials said. The Alamo still bears the scars of ...

One large 15-pound section. from on top of the second column from the left on the Alamo’s iconic west-facing facade, had come loose in 2012, and was kept in storage. It was put back into place ...

HOUSTON (AP) - A study by a team of Texas A&M-led architecture researchers employing lasers and digital images shows the iconic west facade of the Alamo in downtown San Antonio is slowly eroding.

While future plans are being readied, two experts have spent more than six hours a day for the past month perched atop a crane, studying crumbling areas of the Alamo church's mold-dotted facade.

Even the central building, the Alamo chapel, could have as much as 18 inches of its facade buried beneath pavement and gravel. 'THE ERASING TEXAS HISTORY ACT': Cort McMurray on a house bill that ...

HOUSTON (AP) – The iconic west facade of the Alamo in downtown San Antonio is slowly eroding, a study by a team of Texas A&M-led architecture researchers using lasers and digital images shows.

The famous western facade will be visible, but the Alamo Church interior will be off-limits to visitors. The Alamo is in the midst of a $550 preservation project, which includes restoring the ...

"The Alamo" had an estimated $12 million budget, huge for its time. The 4-foot-thick Alamo facade was modeled off a 1936 map of the historic building — drawn up for the Texas centennial that ...

The 4-foot-thick Alamo facade was modeled off a 1936 map of the historic building — drawn up for the Texas centennial that year — and set construction took nearly two years. Unlike the real ...

The iconic west facade of the Alamo in downtown San Antonio is slowly eroding, a study by a team of Texas A&M-led architecture researchers using lasers and digital images shows. The loss isn't ...