St. Joseph Catholic Church, San Antonio

The St. Joseph Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio. This Gothic Revival house of worship was the fourth Catholic parish in the city. It occupies the probable second site of the Missión San Antonio de Valero (later known as the Alamo), before it was moved in 1724 to its present location.

The cornerstone of the church was laid in 1868, and it was finally completed in 1871 to serve a growing community of German immigrants. In the 1870s, Friar Henry Pfefferkorn, founder of the Liederkranz (male singing choir), painted the Annunciation and Assumption murals on the side altars. Stained glass windows, imported from the Emil Frei Art Glass Factory in Munich, Germany, were installed in 1902.

St. Joseph's is an example of what the Chinese describe as a nail house. In 1944, Joske's department store (whose site would eventually become part of the Shops at Rivercenter complex) offered to buy the church grounds in order to develop it commercially. Parishioners unanimously refused to move from the site and so, instead, Joske's had to build around the three sides of the church, earning it the moniker "St. Joske's" with the locals.