Alamo Heights in Bexar County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Patsy P. and Walter Scott Light House
300 Argyle Avenue
— Built in 1961 —
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 8, 2023
1. Patsy P. and Walter Scott Light House Marker
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1961.
Location. 29° 28.529′ N, 98° 28.163′ W. Marker is in Alamo Heights, Texas, in Bexar County. Marker is at the intersection of Morton Street and Argyle Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Morton Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 Argyle Ave, San Antonio TX 78209, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Argyle (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Headwaters Sanctuary (approx. 0.4 miles away); San Antonio Spring "Blue Hole" (approx. half a mile away); Bridge Over the San Antonio River (approx. half a mile away); Brackenridge Villa (approx. half a mile away); Brackenridge Villa Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Lourdes Grotto (approx. 0.6 miles away); Motherhouse (approx. 0.6 miles away).
Regarding Patsy P. and Walter Scott Light House. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
The Light House, designedby Brooks Martin with Harold Wong, is one of the finest midcentury modernist residences in the San Antonio area. Constructed in 1961, the house appears as a glass jewel box floating in a garden at the northwest corner of Argyle Avenue and Morton Streets in Alamo Heights. Martin employed slender steel columns on an innovative concrete foundation to support a flat roof with deep overhangs, shielding the home's interior from the hot Texas sun filtering through its glass walls. Utilizing principles common to modernist residential dwellings of the first half of the twentieth century – especially those built in southern California – Martin's design seamlessly blends the Light House with its designed landscape, considering the placement of large trees in his site plan and cutting spaces for them in the overhanging roof eaves. The house opens to patios and gardens on all sides. In 1962 the Texas Society of Architects recognized Martin with an AIA Award of Merit for his design of the Light House …
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Also see . . . Light House (PDF). National Register nomination for the property, which was listed in 2011. (Prepared by Patsy Light and Ryan Schmidt, assisted by Rachel Leibowitz; via National Archives) (Submitted on October 28, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 8, 2023
2. Patsy P. and Walter Scott Light House Marker
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 8, 2023
3. Patsy P. and Walter Scott Light House
Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 28, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 94 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 28, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
