This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...and the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church on Gante street was built from a part of the old wall. The main church fronting on San Francisco street was bought and occupied for some years by Christ Episcopal Church, but later was sold to the Catholics. In the Franciscan group there were seven churches and chapels, famous ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...and the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church on Gante street was built from a part of the old wall. The main church fronting on San Francisco street was bought and occupied for some years by Christ Episcopal Church, but later was sold to the Catholics. In the Franciscan group there were seven churches and chapels, famous throughout Mexico. On San Juan de Letran, Independencia and Gante streets, some of the old facades can still be seen. All of the seven churches have now disappeared, with the exception of Our Lady of Aranzazu. THE JOCKEY CLUB.--On the opposite side of the street, and in the same block, stands the handsome clubhouse of the Mexican Jockey Club, commonly known as the House of Tiles. It is entirely unique and has an air of Old Spain about it. It was built in the eighteenth century by the Count del Valle, and used by him as his residence. Its fagade is entirely encrusted with porcelain tiles of blue and white, which were imported from China, and which were, at that time, worth their weight in silver. The entrance is massive and elegant and the interior no less striking. On the ground floor to the left is the library, which contains a valuable collec tion of books. The grand stairway is a fine piece of work. It is practically Entrance to the Alameda. between the city and Guadalupe, and meets are held unchanged from olden times. A large lamp with alabaster globes is at the turn of the landing; it was under its shadow that the Count del Valle met. his death at the hands of an assassin. Porcelain tiles are also used largely in the decoration of the interior, and "tumbago," a bronze composite, brought from China in Spanish galleons, is used for the railings. The Jockey Club was organized in the year 1881, and numbers among its members the mos...
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