Menger Hotel

Menger Hotel (HMKG0)

Location: San Antonio, TX 78205 Bexar County
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N 29° 25.486', W 98° 29.168'

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Menger Hotel & Motor Inn

Early San Antonio boarding house keeper, Wm. Menger in 1859 opened fine stone hotel, the "new" Menger, beside Alamo Plaza. To host Indians, presidents, poets, actors, generals, singers, public of the world. Served venison, quail, mutton, beef, soup made of San Antonio River turtles. Bar's vintages had ice imported by Gulf steamers and expressed to San Antonio in special wagons. Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders were recruited here.
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HM NumberHMKG0
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Marker Number3334
Year Placed1965
Placed ByTexas State Historical Survey Committee
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, September 6th, 2014 at 12:10am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 549844 N 3255157
Decimal Degrees29.42476667, -98.48613333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 25.486', W 98° 29.168'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 25' 29.16" N, 98° 29' 10.08" W
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Area Code(s)210
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 204 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio TX 78205, US
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