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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM283U_main-plaza-plaza-de-las-islas_San-Antonio-TX.html
Spanish urban planners in the New World knew how to create a vibrant community: its two interconnected building blocks were a cathedral and a plaza. This spatial structure compelled the citizens of New Spain to revolve around a civic center, timi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM283S_ursuline-academy-augusta-street-bridge_San-Antonio-TX.html
San Antonians had few places to educate their children before 1851 when Catholic Bishop Jean Marie Odin recruited members of the Order of St. Ursula to start a school for girls on the river at the northern edge of town. The school grew quickly, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KCL_herrera-house_San-Antonio-TX.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KCK_kitchen_San-Antonio-TX.html
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. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KCG_tejada-house_San-Antonio-TX.html
This house appears on the 1873 city map and was probably built by Jose and Refugia Duran Tejada, who bought the land in 1855 from Concepcion Ruiz. Ernest Hessler, who already owned the two houses to the west on Presa Street, bought the property in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KCF_hessler-house_San-Antonio-TX.html
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 so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KCD_hessler-house_San-Antonio-TX.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KCA_the-weaving-building-and-kiln_San-Antonio-TX.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KC9_bolivar-hall_San-Antonio-TX.html
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. Bo…
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