San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District

The San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District is an amalgamation of residential and commercial sites. 197 contributing properties and 50 non-contributing properties were taken into consideration when evaluating the area for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and also for the Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (RTHL). The more than a century of economic growth and business/tourist development beginning in the mid-19th century is reflected in the city's architecture.

San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District Show map of Texas San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District Show map of the United States
Coordinates	29°24′40″N 98°29′34″W / 29.41111°N 98.49278°W / 29.41111; -98.49278
Architect	Multiple
NRHP reference No.	100002128
Added to NRHP	February 23, 2018

The commercial buildings showcase a wide variety of architectural styles and movements. Among the prominent architects who were involved in designing this area of San Antonio were Atlee Ayres, Alfred Giles, James Riely Gordon, Robert H.H. Hugman, Herbert M. Greene, Adams & Adams (Carleton W. Adams and his uncle Carl C. Adams) and Millard Sheets.

Listed below are 37 properties denoted as significant to the designation of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas. Four of the properties are also included on La Villita historic district. The 214-acre geographical boundaries covered by this NRHP designation are the San Antonio River Walk and surrounding blocks, bounded by Cameron, Augusta, Sixth, Bonham, losoya and Tolle Place.

San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District

Property	Image	Address	NRHP	RTHL	Notes	Ref(s)
		314 / 316 E Commerce St. (Old) Alamo National Bank Bldg. 1984.	101807
		105 S. St. Mary's St	1046455
Aztec Theater and Building		104 N St. Marys St.	101332
		213 Broadway	104134
Otto Bombach House		231 S Alamo St.	101625		(La Villita) 1972 – Built by German immigrant Bombach in the mid-19th century. Acquired and restored by the San Antonio Conservation Society.
Brady Building. – Empire Theater		200 / 204 E Houston St.	103857		Built in 1913 as a vaudeville venue, and currently dba the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre.
Builders Exchange Building		152 E Pecan	103832
		401 E Houston St.	104123
		202–214 Broadway	104149
		603 Navarro St.	1061705
		201 N St. Marys St.	103841
		503 Villita St.	101628	5029001072	(La Villita) Home of Mexican general Martín Perfecto de Cos, who therein signed the Articles of Capitulation on Dec. 9, 1835, ending the Siege of Béxar.
Jeremiah Dashiell House		511 Villita St.	101627		(La Villita) Built ca.1840 by Jeremiah Yellott Dashiell, one of the physicians who built Louisville Medical College in Kentucky.
		239 E Commerce St. 1972	1013635
		214 W Salinas	101734
Gunter Hotel		205 E Houston St	103872
		1015 Navarro St.	1150388
		515 Villita St.	101626		Formerly Martinez house, (La Villita) 1972 The Fig Tree Restaurant operated for a number of years at this address.
		111 W Travis St.	101211
Majestic Theatre		224 E Houston St.	103861	5029005972	Also a National Historic Landmark
		606 N. Presa/400 E Houston St.	104056
		119 Taylor	103953
Milam Building 2014		115 E Travis	101393
The St. Anthony Hotel		300 E Travis St. Hotel St.	104033		Built in 1909 by affluent cattlemen, as a luxury hotel for wealthy tourists.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church		315 E Pecan	104030 A	5029005056	Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor and Lyndon B. Johnson were married at St. Mark's by Rev. Arthur R. McKinstry on November 17, 1934.
		102 W Crockett St.	139008	5029000752	Built by German immigrants in 1854, and chartered in 1857, notable guests included Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant.
		432 W Market St	101255
		235 E Commerce St.	101338
San Antonio Municipal Auditorium		100 Auditorium Cir.	1179658
Scottish Rite Cathedral		308 Avenue E	104214	5029004612
Smith-Young Tower		310 S St. Marys St.	110964
Staacke Brothers Building		309 E Commerce St.	101679 A	5029005085
Stevens Building		315 E Commerce St.	8400614	5029005116
		411 E 6th St.	104287	5029005461	Designed by architect J. Riely Gordon for German immigrant August Thiele.
		131 Taylor	103954	5507017893
		220 Broadway	104152220
Ursuline Academy		300 Augusta Street	102071	5029003828

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas

References

1. "Recent Listing: San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District | THC.Texas.gov – Texas Historical Commission". Recent Listing: San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
2. "Adams, Carleton W." www.tshaonline.org. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
3. Wolfe 2017, pp. 1–4.
4. "San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District – Atlas Number 100002128 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
5. "Alamo National Bank Building – Atlas Number 2084001574 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
6. "Details – Alamo National Bank (1929) – Atlas Number 2006000364 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
7. "Aztec Theater – Atlas Number 2092001403 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
8. "Barr Building – Atlas Number 2085000766 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
9. "OTTO BOMBACH HOUSE". Society Properties – The Conservation Society of San Antonio. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
10. "Brady Building-Empire Theater – Atlas Number 2099000283 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
11. "Builders Exchange Building – Atlas Number 2094001335 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
12. "Details – Burns Building – Atlas Number 2099000284 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
13. "Burns Building – Atlas Number 2099000284 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
14. "Central Trust Company Building – Atlas Number 2082004492 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
15. "Details – City Public Service Company Building – Atlas Number 2095001422 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
16. "General Cos House". Texas Historical Markers. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
17. "Articles of Capitulation Historical Marker". THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
18. "Details – Cos House – RTHL 5029001072 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historical Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
19. "The Dashiell House". HmDB. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
20. "Casa Villita". The Cultural Landscape Foundation. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
21. "First National Bank of San Antonio – Atlas Number 2072001348 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
22. "Details – Garcia-Garza House – Atlas Number 2083003091 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
23. "Gunter Hotel – Atlas Number 2006001233 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
24. "Havana, The – Atlas Number 2086000725 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
25. Wolfe 2017, p. 5.
26. "Henshaw (Martinez) House NRHP Inventory Form" (PDF). THC Texas.gov. United States Dept of the Interior. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
27. Garza Jr., Rocky (February 5, 2021). "Beer garden to replace Little Rhein Steak House, among other major La Villita changes". San Antonio Heron. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
28. "Lee, Robert E., Hotel – Atlas Number 2096000063 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
29. "Majestic Theatre – Atlas Number 2075001952 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
30. Rivard, Robert (December 17, 2014). "Maverick Building, Storied But Shabby, in New Hands". San Antonio Report. Retrieved September 6, 2021.; "Maverick Building – Atlas Number 2094001593 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
31. "Details – Maverick-Carter House – Atlas Number 2098000844 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
32. "Milam Building – Atlas Number 2015000246 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
33. "Saint Anthony Hotel – Atlas Number 2086002186 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
34. "A. R. McKinstry, 97 – Ex-Episcopal Bishop". NYTimes.com. December 29, 1991. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
35. "Details – St. Mark's Episcopal Church – Atlas Number 2098000103 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
36. Camereon, Minnie B. "Casino Club". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
37. "Details – San Antonio Casino Club Building – Atlas Number 2080004078 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
38. "Details – San Antonio Drug Company – Atlas Number 2094000453 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
39. "San Antonio Loan and Trust Building – Atlas Number 2076002006 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
40. "Details – City of San Antonio Municipal Auditorium – Atlas Number 2081000624 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
41. "Scottish Rite Cathedral – Atlas Number 2096000068 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
42. "Smith-Young Tower – Atlas Number 2091001682 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
43. "Details – Staacke Brothers Building – Atlas Number 2080004079 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
44. "Stevens Building – Atlas Number 2084001614 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
45. "Thiele House". San Antonio Registry. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
46. "Details – Thiele House and Thiele Cottage – Atlas Number 2083003092 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
47. "Details – The Toltec – Atlas Number 2010000498 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
48. "Details – Travelers Hotel – Atlas Number 2015000617 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
49. "Ursuline Academy – Atlas Number 2069000201 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. THC. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
50. "Ursuline Convent and Academy – Atlas Number 5029003828 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historical Sites Atlas. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

Additional sourcing

• Wolfe, Mark (2017). "San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District" (PDF). United States Department of the Interior.