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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28KM_elias-and-lucy-edmonds-house_San-Antonio-TX.html
Former Confederate officer and Virginia state legislator Elias Edmonds married Lucy Noyes Hall in 1871, and they moved to San Antonio that year. In 1877, they built one of the first houses in the King William neighborhood. Elias was a successful …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28KI_alfred-giles-house_San-Antonio-TX.html
Alfred Giles is remembered as a major architect who designed many edifices throughout Texas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in 1853 in Hillingdon, Middlesex County, England, Giles spent his early days as an architect's apprentice…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28JK_gustav-blersch-house_San-Antonio-TX.html
This house is one of three standing antebellum structures in the King William Historic District. Gustav Blersch, a German immigrant, importer and retail dealer, built this two-story limestone home in 1860 with designer Gustave Freisleben and con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28GE_moses-austin_San-Antonio-TX.html
(Panel 1) Born in Connecticut, October fourth 1761; moved to Philadelphia in 1783, thence to Virginia in 1785 and to Missouri in 1798. Arrived in San Antonio on December 23, 1820. Died in Missouri June tenth, 1821. (Panel 2) Moses Austin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28D4_site-of-de-la-garza-house-gardens-and-mint_San-Antonio-TX.html
Erected on this site in 1734 for prominent Bexar citizens Geronimo and Javiera Cantu de la Garza, the de la Garza family home was designed by Geronimo's brother-in-law Pedro Flores Valdez. The complex occupied an entire city block and was crafted …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28D3_site-of-guenthers-upper-mill_San-Antonio-TX.html
Trained as a millwright in his native Germany, Carl H. Guenther (1826-1902) started his San Antonio operation in 1859 at the site of the present Pioneer Flour Mills. In 1868 he built another dam and mill upstream at this location. Because it was c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28BO_site-of-united-states-san-antonio-arsenal_San-Antonio-TX.html
Originally housed at the Alamo, the arsenal was established at this location in 1858. The facility initially included an office building, magazine, and commander's quarters. A portion of the San Pedro Acequia (ca. 1730) carried water across the pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM283Z_plaza-de-armas_San-Antonio-TX.html
One of oldest permanently settled locales in Texas, this area was first explored by Spaniards in 1691. The Presidio (Fort) of Bexar was relocated here in 1772 and for many years, Plaza was enclosed on three sides by adobe fortifications. During …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM283Y_st-marys-institute_San-Antonio-TX.html
Many immigrants from both the United States and Europe were attracted to the Republic of Texas after it became independent from Mexico in 1836. Among the new Texans were missionaries of various faiths, including the French Catholic priest Jean Mar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM283V_spanish-governors-palace_San-Antonio-TX.html
Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of The United States U.S. De…
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