San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District explained

San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District
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Coordinates:29.4111°N -98.4928°W
Locmap Label:San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District
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Architect:Multiple
Added:February 23, 2018
Refnum:100002128

The San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District is an amalgamation of residential and commercial sites. 197 contributing properties and 50 non-contributing properties were taken into consideration when evaluating the area for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and also for the Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (RTHL). The more than a century of economic growth and business/tourist development beginning in the mid-19th century is reflected in the city's architecture.[1]

The commercial buildings showcase a wide variety of architectural styles and movements. Among the prominent architects who were involved in designing this area of San Antonio were Atlee Ayres, Alfred Giles, James Riely Gordon, Robert H.H. Hugman, Herbert M. Greene, Adams & Adams[2] (Carleton W. Adams and his uncle Carl C. Adams) and Millard Sheets.

Listed below are 37 properties denoted as significant to the designation of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas.[3] Four of the properties are also included on La Villita historic district. The 214-acre geographical boundaries covered by this NRHP designation are the San Antonio River Walk and surrounding blocks, bounded by Cameron, Augusta, Sixth, Bonham, losoya and Tolle Place.

Property! scope="col"class="unsortable"
ImageAddressNRHPRTHLNotes
(Old) Alamo National Bank Building314 / 316 E Commerce St. (Old) Alamo National Bank Bldg. 1984.101807[4]
Alamo National Bank Building105 S. St. Mary's St1046455[5]
Aztec Theater and Building104 N St. Marys St. 101332[6]
Barr Building213 Broadway 104134[7]
231 S Alamo St. 101625(La Villita) 1972 – Built by German immigrant Bombach in the mid-19th century. Acquired and restored by the San Antonio Conservation Society. [8]
Brady Building. – Empire Theater200 / 204 E Houston St. 103857Built in 1913 as a vaudeville venue, and currently dba the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre. [9]
152 E Pecan103832[10]
Burns Building401 E Houston St.104123[11]
Calcasieu Building202–214 Broadway104149 [12]
Central Trust Company Building603 Navarro St. 1061705[13]
201 N St. Marys St. 103841[14]
503 Villita St.1016285029001072(La Villita) Home of Mexican general Martín Perfecto de Cos, who therein signed the Articles of Capitulation on Dec. 9, 1835, ending the Siege of Béxar.[15] [16] [17]
511 Villita St. 101627(La Villita) Built ca.1840 by Jeremiah Yellott Dashiell, one of the physicians who built Louisville Medical College in Kentucky.[18] [19]
First National Bank Building239 E Commerce St. 1972 1013635[20]
Garcia-Garza House214 W Salinas 101734[21]
Gunter Hotel205 E Houston St103872[22]
1015 Navarro St. 1150388[23]
Henshaw House515 Villita St. 101626Formerly Martinez house, (La Villita) 1972 The Fig Tree Restaurant operated for a number of years at this address. [24] [25]
Robert E Lee Hotel111 W Travis St.101211 [26]
224 E Houston St. 1038615029005972Also a National Historic Landmark[27]
Maverick Building606 N. Presa/400 E Houston St. 104056 [28]
119 Taylor103953[29]
Milam Building 2014115 E Travis101393[30]
The St. Anthony Hotel300 E Travis St. Hotel St.104033Built in 1909 by affluent cattlemen, as a luxury hotel for wealthy tourists.[31]
St. Mark's Episcopal Church315 E Pecan104030 A 5029005056Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor and Lyndon B. Johnson were married at St. Mark's by Rev. Arthur R. McKinstry on November 17, 1934.[32] [33]
San Antonio Casino Club Building102 W Crockett St. 1390085029000752Built by German immigrants in 1854, and chartered in 1857, notable guests included Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant.[34] [35]
San Antonio Drug Company432 W Market St 101255[36]
San Antonio Loan and Trust Building235 E Commerce St.101338[37]
San Antonio Municipal Auditorium100 Auditorium Cir.1179658[38]
Scottish Rite Cathedral308 Avenue E1042145029004612[39]
310 S St. Marys St. 110964[40]
Staacke Brothers Building309 E Commerce St.101679 A5029005085[41]
Stevens Building315 E Commerce St. 84006145029005116[42]
411 E 6th St. 1042875029005461Designed by architect J. Riely Gordon for German immigrant August Thiele. [43] [44]
Toltec Apartments131 Taylor103954 5507017893[45]
220 Broadway104152220[46]
300 Augusta Street102071 5029003828 [47] [48]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Recent Listing: San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District THC.Texas.gov – Texas Historical Commission . Recent Listing: San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District . Texas Historical Commission . 6 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Adams, Carleton W. . www.tshaonline.org . 6 September 2021.
  3. Web site: San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District – Atlas Number 100002128 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  4. Web site: Alamo National Bank Building – Atlas Number 2084001574 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  5. Web site: Details – Alamo National Bank (1929) – Atlas Number 2006000364 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  6. Web site: Aztec Theater – Atlas Number 2092001403 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  7. Web site: Barr Building – Atlas Number 2085000766 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  8. Web site: OTTO BOMBACH HOUSE . Society Properties – The Conservation Society of San Antonio . September 6, 2021.
  9. Web site: Brady Building-Empire Theater – Atlas Number 2099000283 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites . THC . September 6, 2021.
  10. Web site: Builders Exchange Building – Atlas Number 2094001335 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  11. Web site: Details – Burns Building – Atlas Number 2099000284 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  12. Web site: Burns Building – Atlas Number 2099000284 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  13. Web site: Central Trust Company Building – Atlas Number 2082004492 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  14. Web site: Details – City Public Service Company Building – Atlas Number 2095001422 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  15. Web site: General Cos House . Texas Historical Markers . September 6, 2021.
  16. Web site: Articles of Capitulation Historical Marker . THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE . September 6, 2021.
  17. Web site: Details – Cos House – RTHL 5029001072 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historical Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  18. Web site: The Dashiell House . HmDB . September 6, 2021.
  19. Web site: Casa Villita . The Cultural Landscape Foundation . September 6, 2021.
  20. Web site: First National Bank of San Antonio – Atlas Number 2072001348 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  21. Web site: Details – Garcia-Garza House – Atlas Number 2083003091 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  22. Web site: Gunter Hotel – Atlas Number 2006001233 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  23. Web site: Havana, The – Atlas Number 2086000725 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  24. Web site: Henshaw (Martinez) House NRHP Inventory Form . THC Texas.gov . United States Dept of the Interior . September 6, 2021.
  25. News: Garza Jr. . Rocky . Beer garden to replace Little Rhein Steak House, among other major La Villita changes . 5 September 2021 . San Antonio Heron . 5 February 2021.
  26. Web site: Lee, Robert E., Hotel – Atlas Number 2096000063 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  27. Web site: Majestic Theatre – Atlas Number 2075001952 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  28. Web site: Rivard . Robert . Maverick Building, Storied But Shabby, in New Hands . San Antonio Report . September 6, 2021 . 17 December 2014.
    Web site: Maverick Building – Atlas Number 2094001593 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  29. Web site: Details – Maverick-Carter House – Atlas Number 2098000844 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  30. Web site: Milam Building – Atlas Number 2015000246 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  31. Web site: Saint Anthony Hotel – Atlas Number 2086002186 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  32. News: A. R. McKinstry, 97 – Ex-Episcopal Bishop . NYTimes.com . 1991-12-29 . 2017-08-07.
  33. Web site: Details – St. Mark's Episcopal Church – Atlas Number 2098000103 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  34. Web site: Camereon . Minnie B. . Casino Club . Handbook of Texas Online . Texas State Historical Association . September 6, 2021.
  35. Web site: Details – San Antonio Casino Club Building – Atlas Number 2080004078 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  36. Web site: Details – San Antonio Drug Company – Atlas Number 2094000453 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  37. Web site: San Antonio Loan and Trust Building – Atlas Number 2076002006 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  38. Web site: Details – City of San Antonio Municipal Auditorium – Atlas Number 2081000624 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  39. Web site: Scottish Rite Cathedral – Atlas Number 2096000068 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  40. Web site: Smith-Young Tower – Atlas Number 2091001682 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  41. Web site: Details – Staacke Brothers Building – Atlas Number 2080004079 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  42. Web site: Stevens Building – Atlas Number 2084001614 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  43. Web site: Thiele House . San Antonio Registry . September 6, 2021.
  44. Web site: Details – Thiele House and Thiele Cottage – Atlas Number 2083003092 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  45. Web site: Details – The Toltec – Atlas Number 2010000498 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC . September 6, 2021.
  46. Web site: Details – Travelers Hotel – Atlas Number 2015000617 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  47. Web site: Ursuline Academy – Atlas Number 2069000201 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historic Sites Atlas . THC . September 6, 2021.
  48. Web site: Ursuline Convent and Academy – Atlas Number 5029003828 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission . Texas Historical Sites Atlas . 5 September 2021.

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