Formed in 1883 to serve the Fort Sam Houston community, St. Paul's Parish at once made plans for this edifice. The RT. Rev. R.W.B. Elliott, First Bishop of the Missionary District of West Texas donated the site. Miss Mary Coles of Philadelphia, . . . — — Map (db m179649) HM
Although Bexar County had three popular mineral water spas at one time, none of the others equaled Hot Wells Hotel's reputation for luxury.
Hot Wells guests could choose from a variety of facilities: 3 swimming pools, 45 private bathing . . . — — Map (db m213243) HM
Dams Have Been Built along the San Antonio River since the early 1700s when missionaries and Native Americans diverted water from the river into hand-dug ditches (acequias) to irrigate their crops. A system of dams and ditches assured the . . . — — Map (db m213253) HM
This, the oldest continuously-used Spanish built diversion dam in Texas. Has provided irrigation water since its construction sometime between 1731 and 1745. The portion originally 270 feet long, is built on a natural rock foundation. A east wing is . . . — — Map (db m213283) HM
Founder of Mission San Jose Born August 18, 1657 Valencia, Spain Died August 06, 1726 Mexico City, Mexico
Fray Margil received his holy orders at age twenty-five in Spain. For the next forty-three years he traveled by foot as far south as . . . — — Map (db m163837) HM
Hot Sulphur Baths First Attracted Health Seekers to San Antonio's south side in 1892 when Charles Scheuermeyer used water from a nearby artesian well to fill an indoor pool at Southwestern Park. The well was used in 1893 to supply an elaborate . . . — — Map (db m213252) HM
In 1892 Well Drillers Were Surprised when their well produced 103°F sulphur water instead of the clear artesian water they were hired to locate. Unable to use this water, the State of Texas which owned the well, leased it to Charles . . . — — Map (db m213224) HM
Hot Sulphur Baths First Attracted health seekers to South Bexar County in 1892 when Charles Scheuermeyer used water from a nearby mineral well to fill an indoor pool at Southwestern Park. The property was later redeveloped by local brewery owner . . . — — Map (db m213225) HM
In the early years, mission Indians lived in small detached houses called jacales. In 1755, eighty-four of these jacales lined "streets" in what is today the plaza. But after 1768, as conflicts with Apaches and Comanches increased, the . . . — — Map (db m32738) HM
This thornless Moraine Honeylocust from the Kennedy estate at Hyannisport, Massachusetts was presented to the San Antonio River Authority through the efforts of Senator Edward M. Kennedy and was planted on April 24, 1966 in memory of
John . . . — — Map (db m213280) HM WM
"It is truthfully the best of the Americas, and not in the like of the others; nor in all the frontier does the King have an outpost better constructed and easier to defend..."
Fr. Juan Agustín de Morfi, 1777-78
Mission San José and its . . . — — Map (db m33997) HM
Visitors To Hot Wells Hotel enjoyed nearby attractions, including sightseeing at the Spanish colonial missions and San Antonio International Fair and Exposition, held from 1888 until 1907. As Hot Wells' popularity grew, recreation and amusement . . . — — Map (db m213239) HM
Hot Wells Was A Health Resort and an elegant hotel where visitors bathed and performed water gymnastics in hot mineral rich pools. When not bathing, guests strolled the 100-acre site along the San Antonio River and enjoyed golf, tennis, and . . . — — Map (db m213226) HM
No one knows why this intricate carving is now called "the Rose Window." Possibly dedicated to Saint Rose, its baroque beauty is entangled in many San Antonio legends that whisper of its mystery.
The artistry lavished on the church wall . . . — — Map (db m34069) HM
The missions of San Antonio were far more than just churches, they were communities. Each was a fortified village, with its own church, farm, and ranch. Here, Franciscan friars gathered native peoples, converted them to Catholicism, taught them to . . . — — Map (db m33990) HM
"The church...is a large, beautiful gallery of three vaults with a very pretty cupola...for its size and good taste, it could be the parish church of a great town."
Fr. Juan Agustín de Morfi, 1777-78
The church was central to the . . . — — Map (db m34077) HM
"From this roof one can hunt without risk, in comfort and with good success. I saw so many ducks, geese, and cranes in a nearby field that, as I said, they covered the ground, and so close to the house that it would be impossible to miss the . . . — — Map (db m34065) HM
This road linked the mission of San Antonio with each other and with the rest of Texas and Mexico. The Mission Road carried information, supplies and trade goods, and warnings of attack or danger. Some of the travel routes used by residents of the . . . — — Map (db m33985) HM
Founded in 1905, Rotary International is headquartered in Evanston, Illinois and is the world’s oldest service organization. This plaque is erected on the occasion of the 92nd Annual Convention in which more than 20,000 Rotarians from over 120 . . . — — Map (db m30193) HM
One in a network of ditches begun by the Spanish and their Indian charges at the founding of San Antonio in 1718. Hand-dug and made of dressed limestone, the acequia diverted water from San Antonio River through fields belonging to San Antonio de . . . — — Map (db m195103) HM
Native San Antonian Henry B. Gonzalez spent 45 years in elective public office (city, state, federal) doing what he liked most - serving the people of San Antonio. As his seniority in Congress grew, he developed a greater role in serving the entire . . . — — Map (db m31890) HM
Mayer Halff (1836-1905) immigrated to Texas from Lauterborg, Alsace Lorraine, France, in 1850. In partnership with his brother Solomon, he opened a mercantile business in Liberty and began a cattle ranching enterprise. They moved to San Antonio in . . . — — Map (db m82808) HM
There is something in the nature of man that will not tolerate the unexplored. Always he finds his perimeter of ground too small, and restless stirrings prod his feet until he has gazed from every peak.
Following this elusive music hundreds of . . . — — Map (db m30215) HM
Alejo de la Encarnación Pérez, infant son of Maria Juana Navarro Pérez, was the youngest known survivor of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo. From 1861 to 1864 Alejo served in the Confederate Army. After the Civil War he served the city of San Antonio in . . . — — Map (db m201644) HM
A Veteran of San Jacinto
Born in San Antonio
1797
Died November 1. 1879
His Wife Teresa Ramon Menchaca
Born in July, 1796
Died February 7, 1874 — — Map (db m201642) HM WM
Veteran in the Texas War for Independence 1835 - 1836 One of the Storming Party Who Entered Bexar December 5, 1835 an Honored Citizen Soldier and Ranger of Texas — — Map (db m201639) HM
A Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence Born in San Antonio February 27, 1795 Died January 13, 1871 His Wife Margarita de la Garza Navarro Born October 17, 1801 Died July 8, 1861 — — Map (db m201641) HM WM
A Veteran of San Jacinto, and three of his companions were killed by Indians, as were seven members of a rescue party on the following day — — Map (db m201633) HM
A guide to the Texas Army 1835 • • Born in San Antonio, February, 1815 • • Died September 8, 1894 His Wife Micaela J. Olivarri Born June 10, 1844 Died May 5, 1917 — — Map (db m201645) HM WM
Near this site on Nov. 26, 1835, occurred the Grass Fight, one of the least decisive but certainly most unusual battles of the Texas War for Independence. For more than a month, the Texan forces, composed of both Anglo- and Mexican-Texans, had . . . — — Map (db m201636) HM
Built about 1890, this stately late Victorian house combines various influences and styles. The architect was M. T. Eckles, and builder was T. R. Hertzberg, a local businessman. In 1909 Judge Sidney J. Brooks, noted lawyer and first judge of 57th . . . — — Map (db m235103) HM
German craftsman Carl Schulze (1861-1917) came to San Antonio in the late 1880s and, with his brother Otto, became one of the town's leading homebuilders. This house, built about 1891, served as a residence for Carl and his wife, Agathe (Sobeczek), . . . — — Map (db m235091) HM
Mexico native Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940) spent a short but prolific life as a violinist and composer. He came to San Antonio in 1926 and became concertmaster at the Aztec Theatre. He also performed and taught at the San Antonio College of . . . — — Map (db m213306) HM
This house was built before 1855 on a Spanish land grant made to Dionicio Martínez and María de Luna. It was sold to the Travieso family in 1865, and to A.H. Shafer in 1888. Shafer listed his address in the 1889 and 1891 City Directories here on . . . — — Map (db m227393) HM
El Presidente Benito Juárez encabezó la Reforma que consolidó el México moderno, defendió la soberanía nacional contra la intervención extranjera e impulsó el desarrollo económico del país.
As one of the creators of modern Mexico, President . . . — — Map (db m82940) HM
Construction of Bolivar Hall was begun in 1940 and completed in 1941. The combination library, museum, and community center was dedicated to the promotion of inter-American peace, and was named in honor of South American patriot, Simon Bolivar. . . . — — Map (db m82915) HM
Otto Bombach, a carpenter, built this combination house and store in 1856 before moving to Mexico. His wife lived here and managed the property until it was sold in 1869. Victor Bracht, author of Texas in 1848, lived here briefly, and in . . . — — Map (db m82888) HM
Margarita Pérez de Rodríguez, consort of Compañía de Béxar soldier Jose Antonio Rodríguez, was given this land "in satisfaction of her constitutional allowance." She sold the property in 1851 to San Antonio postmaster John Bowen, who conveyed it to . . . — — Map (db m82896) HM
Marshal Luis Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, was born at Rio de Janeiro, August 25, 1803, he died in his seventy-seventh year at Santa Monica, May 7, 1880, the Duke of Caxias, the only holder of that title in the history of Brazil, was that . . . — — Map (db m243255) HM
The 20th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signing ceremony which occurred in this place on October 7, 1992 between the countries of Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America. From left to right (standing) . . . — — Map (db m82883) HM
Dolores Alderete (d. 1852) had this adobe and cedar post residence constructed about 1818. The widow of Ygnacio Gil, she had earlier received the site as a grant from the Spanish government for the military service of her husband. Originally the . . . — — Map (db m213447) HM
In 1810, Don Jose Miguel de Arciniega (1793- 1849), a maker of Texas, entered the Spanish military at the age of 17. After the Mexican War for Independence in 1821, Arciniega held many municipal posts, including San Antonio Alcalde in 1830 and . . . — — Map (db m213308) HM
Ernest Dosch and Ulrich Rische, proprietors of the Deer Horn Saloon, built this house sometime in the early 1880's. The family of Simon Gans, a dealer in cotton, wool, and hides, lived here until Dosch sold the home in 1906 to the Clauss Family. . . . — — Map (db m227386) HM
Built in 1810. On Jan. 22, 1811, Captain Juan Bautista de las Casas recruited forces here for first overthrow of Spanish rule in Texas by arresting governor, and other high officials.
On March 2, 1811, Juan Zambrano led counter revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m213309) HM
Built about 1890, this home was constructed on land bordering the Mission Concepcion Acequia (Canal). In 1896 the site was purchased by Prussian native William Ernst (1830-1904), a former mail carrier between Fredericksburg and San Antonio. Ernst . . . — — Map (db m61089) HM
The site of this house was granted to Eduardo Hernández - by the Mexican Government in 1831. Justo Esquida purchased the land in 1839, and in 1846, sold "one house and lot" to James M. Downs. In early 1850, shortly after Texas became a state, many . . . — — Map (db m227391) HM
Samuel McAllister bought land near his store in 1854, and contracted with Franklin D. Faville for construction of this house at a cost of $660. In 1855, Faville acquired the house from McAllister in satisfaction of an unpaid debt. Erasmus A. . . . — — Map (db m227349) HM
José Amador was given this property by the Spanish Government in 1817. His heirs sold it to P.L. Buquor in 1847. Later that year, James Gray bought the land and built this house, which he sold to French consul Francois Guilbeau in 1853. Another . . . — — Map (db m82893) HM
The Curbier Family, which was granted land in La Villita after the 1819 flood, sold this property in 1854 to Rafael Herrera, husband of their daughter Vicenta. Herrera built this house and owned it until 1897. The property, which extended back to . . . — — Map (db m82900) HM
Juana Francisca Montes de Flores inherited this property from her husband, Jose Leonardo de la Garza, and sold it to Ernest Hessler in 1869. Hessler built this house before 1873, when it appears on the city map. He never lived here, and in 1891 sold . . . — — Map (db m82912) HM
Like 208 South Presa, which it resembles, this house was probably built shortly after 1869 on land purchased by Ernest Hessler from Juana Francisca Montes de Flores. The structure, which appears on the 1873 city map, was rented when Louis Foutrel . . . — — Map (db m82913) HM
Great early San Antonio leader, a native of North Carolina. Moved to Illinois, then to Missouri, where he was sheriff of Rawls County in 1824. Came to Texas with Green DeWitt in 1826 and settled at Gonzales.
Smith moved to San Antonio in 1828 . . . — — Map (db m82880) HM
Benito Juarez, a simple Indian peasant with a sublime understanding of constitutional government, deposed and eliminated Emperor Maximilian, the European interloper, and thereby saved constitutional government for the American continent as well as . . . — — Map (db m243253) HM
As early as 1877, this land was the site of an adobe residence where Mrs. Kate Womble operated a boarding house popular among travelers to San Antonio. The house appeared on the 1873 city map. The Sanborn Insurance maps show it as late as 1904. The . . . — — Map (db m82910) HM
La Villita, “The Little Village”, settled about 1722 as “The Town of the Alamo". Here General Martin de Perfecto Cos signed the Articles of Capitulation to Texians December 11, 1835 and General Santa Anna's artillery battery . . . — — Map (db m82886) HM
La Villita, located on the south bank of the San Antonio River a short distance south of Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo), was settled in the 1700s. Situated on the river’s high bank near the mission, villa, and presidio, the area was . . . — — Map (db m128808) HM
In 1846, the Rev. J.W. De Vilbiss bought a Methodist Church site (across street) in this block. He set up a bell, to denote worship site, but did not build when lot title proved defective. In 1879, German Methodists erected this Gothic Revival . . . — — Map (db m61253) HM
Mariano Romano Losana bought this land in 1859, and probably built this house soon afterward. It was purchased by Rafael Lopez in l866 and sold again in 1871, when the deed referred to “the house, out houses, fences and all other . . . — — Map (db m82894) HM
In 1911, Leon and Anna Peters contracted for construction of a two-story brick building and one-story workshop costing $8,000. The structures replaced two small adobe houses which stood on the site. The Peters operated New York Star Cleaning and Dye . . . — — Map (db m227389) HM
Opening at this site in 1898 as "St. Philip's Saturday evening sewing class for black girls", this college was found by the Rt. Rev. James Steptoe Johnston (1843-1924), Episcopal Bishop of western Texas, who considered education a tool toward . . . — — Map (db m82879) HM
Don Jose de San Martin was born at Yapeyu, on the river Uruaguay Febuary 25, 1778; he died in his seventy-seventh year at Boulogne, France August 7, 1850. A vigorous, able clear sighted soldier and statesman San Martin did more than any other man . . . — — Map (db m243279) HM
This frame house is located on land granted to Dionicio Martínez and María de Luna in 1819 after a disasterous flood destroyed properties closer to the river. The house was built by A.H. Shafer, a local plumber, after he purchased the property in . . . — — Map (db m227390) HM
"On my honor and my life I swear that this arm shall never rest until it has delivered America from the yoke of the tyrants."
Simon Jose Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar, patriot, statesman and liberator through whose efforts the light . . . — — Map (db m227731) HM WM
The 64 charter members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church included families who migrated to Texas from Germany in the 1840s. Organized on Dec. 26, 1857, by the Rev. Philipp F. Zizelmann (1824-1902), a native of Wurttemberg, Germany, this was . . . — — Map (db m213318) HM
St. Philip‘s College was begun in an adobe house just north of this building in 1898. Originally a parochial day school, it grew into a grammar and industrial school with a boarding department. This two-story brick building was constructed by the . . . — — Map (db m82898) HM
This house appears on the 1873 city map and was probably built by José and Refugia Durán Tejada, who bought the land in 1855 from Concepción Ruiz. Ernest Hessler, who already owned the two houses to the west on Presa Street, bought the property in . . . — — Map (db m82911) HM
This caliche block home was built by Robert Caile (d.1879) soon after he purchased the property in 1857. Caile, who came to Texas from England, later enlarged the residence with an addition during the post Civil War period. A part of the 1812 . . . — — Map (db m213313) HM
Colonel Jeremiah Y. Dashiell, a physician who served as paymaster in the U.S.-Mexico War, bought this land on the San Antonio River in 1849. Dashiell was stationed in South Carolina in 1856, when he sent his wife and daughter money and instructions . . . — — Map (db m82892) HM
Erected as a school for children of German settlers, these historic buildings have served numerous educational and cultural purposes:
1858 – German–English school founded by "The Lateiner”, a group of German intellectuals. . . . — — Map (db m82882) HM
This property was the site of a small caliche house that stood at 105 Nacional Street. Because of its poor condition, the house was demolished during the restoration of La Villita in 1939. The property had been owned by José Maria Monjaras and . . . — — Map (db m82914) HM
La Villita neighborhood reflects the influence of immigrants as San Antonio grew, from Spanish settlers in the late 1760s, to German, Swiss and French families coming in the 1840s. Records indicate William and Mary Ann (Mozer) Richter, both German . . . — — Map (db m213307) HM
During the Late Cretaceous of West Texas, 85 million years ago, trees like this one were high canopy, tropical evergreens reaching heights of over 130 feet.
Petrified wood is a fossil that forms when plant material is buried by sediment and . . . — — Map (db m239101) HM
Ludwig Mahncke was born in Mecklenburg-Strelitz (now Germany) in 1846. Mahncke married Katarina (Kemp) in 1871 and the couple had two daughters. The family left Germany and arrived in the United States in 1882, settling in San Antonio shortly after. . . . — — Map (db m65740) HM
This building served as a painting studio for Julian Onderdonk, the Onderdonk family of artists and their students. Large windows take advantage of the north sunlight for creating artworks.
Originally built in the backyard of the family home at . . . — — Map (db m239086) HM
The Celso Navarro House was built in about 1835 by José Antonio Navarro, Texas patriot and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. For his son Celso, it was built along the San Pedro Creek at what was later designated 512 Camaron Street. . . . — — Map (db m239088) HM
The Ruiz House, built around 1745 originally stood at what is now 420 Dolorosa Street facing north on Military Plaza. It was occupied in about 1760 by a tailor, Juan Manuel Ruiz, who had come to San Antonio from Spain. José Francisco Ruiz, for whom . . . — — Map (db m239099) HM
In 1841 John Twohig – a San Antonio pioneer, Texas patriot and prosperous merchant - erected this house on a site which was part of the garden of the Veramendi Palace within a curving bend on the San Antonio River at St. Mary's and Commerce Streets. . . . — — Map (db m239098) HM
This small structure made from cedar posts donated by O.A. Gruene of Gruene, Texas, just north of New Braunfels. The posts are set in vertically, rather than horizontally, in palisaded construction. It is a type of building that is symbolic of the . . . — — Map (db m239087) HM
These plazas, or squares, are absolutely necesarias for the health, comfort and convenience of the public, and all are equally interested in maintaining them for the people .. no obstruction of a permanent character should ever be allowed upon . . . — — Map (db m215052) HM
56 Canary Islanders founded a village, "San Fernando de Béjar", after arriving March 9, 1731.
They walked nearly 1,200 miles from Veracruz, with children, livestock and all their worldly possessions, for more than six months after a . . . — — Map (db m179534) HM
In years gone by, the southern portion of Main Plaza was devoted to the restaurant purposes of the Mexicans, and there one could obtain at any time a plate of chili-con-carne, frijoles, tamales, or whatever his taste might crave in the way of . . . — — Map (db m30206) HM
By the Early 1720s the mission, presidio, and villa, established by the Spanish on the upper reaches of San Pedro Creek, had been moved downstream and closer to the San Antonio River. The mission was located on the east side of the river, and . . . — — Map (db m214538) HM
This Multi-Layered Urban Cultral Site, which was uncovered by archaeologists during construction, is a testament to the confluence of ethnic groups who have directly shaped the unique culture of San Antonio. The sediment encapsulated under these . . . — — Map (db m214344) HM
The dancers who... were many young Americans...sought earnestly to act gracefully toward their partners, but in comparison with the natural charm and grace of their companions, the contrast was very obvious. This national difference was still more . . . — — Map (db m188818) HM
At first called "Devil's Rope" by cowboys, barbed wire was patented in 1873 but found little favor with Texas cattlemen until the late 1870s, when its use and practicality were shown in a sensational demonstration here in San Antonio. Its . . . — — Map (db m61084) HM
The administrative government of Bexar County, besides being the oldest in Texas, is distinguished by having served under nine governments. The community served under Spanish rule from May, 1718, until January, 1811, when it was taken over by . . . — — Map (db m53972) HM
One block south of the O'Henry house is the Casa Navarro, a historic adobe homesite that was owned by José Antonio Navarro (1795-1871). Navarro, a prominent San Antonio rancher and merchant, served as a Texas legislator under the governments of . . . — — Map (db m179458) HM
Cock fighting may be designated as a peculiar institution of old San Antonio and one that is not forgotten today though it is not so publicly engaged in as formerly. There are citizens now living in this city who can remember when on Sunday . . . — — Map (db m215043) HM
Originally named Presidio Street because it formed the north boundary of the historic Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, it was renamed Commerce to indicate its importance to the city's business activities. Other portions at various times were named . . . — — Map (db m214349) HM
Here stood the early Court House, City Council Room, etc., and where occurred the Indian Massacre in 1840, and where the Court was captured in 1842. De Zavala Daughters of the Heroes of Texas. 1924. — — Map (db m142413) HM
Theories about the origin of the name (painful in Spanish) vary. The most likely is that it was named for the Via Dolorosa, held by tradition to be the path Jesus Christ followed to his crucifixion. Another popular belief is that the wives, mothers, . . . — — Map (db m214541) HM
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