{"nrhp_refnum":"72001349","name":"King William Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Bonham, James Butler, Elementary School"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Durango, Alamo, Guenther Sts. and the San Antonio River","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.414287737500075,"lon":-98.49314010630317,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A tree-shaded residential historic district of Victorian and turn-of-the-century homes just south of downtown San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, along the San Antonio River. It covers about 46 acres and was established mainly in the second half of the nineteenth century.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that the district contains a notable concentration of opulent Victorian houses and mansions with Italianate towers, mansard roofs and fancy scrollwork. It was built up largely by prosperous German businessmen, many following miller Carl Guenther. Of fifty structures on King William Street, forty-three contribute to its nineteenth-century character.","narrative":"King William Historic District is a neighborhood of Victorian and turn-of-the-century houses beside the San Antonio River, a few blocks south of downtown San Antonio. Large trees, lawns, and picket and iron fences frame rows of houses and mansions, many with Italianate towers, mansard roofs or elaborate scrollwork. The land was once an irrigated farm of Mission Concepcion, later subdivided after passing through several private owners. Carl Guenther, a German miller, established a mill and home there in 1859, and prosperous German merchants, bankers and manufacturers followed, building imposing homes along King William Street. Notable examples include the 1873 Wulff House, the 1880 Groos House, the 1876 Steves Homestead, the Polk Mansion, and the late Greek Revival Oge House, built in 1860 as quarters for the Arsenal's commanding officer. Of fifty structures on King William Street, forty-three contribute to the district's character. The area declined in prestige in the early twentieth century, but restoration began in the late 1960s.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian, including Italianate, Greek Revival and eclectic Renaissance-derived houses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated good and altered; occupied, mainly private residences and a museum. Restoration had begun by the late 1960s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.645539-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/9711/40971153/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/72001349.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001349/6e643c52fe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001349/6e643c52fe-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Carol M. Highsmith","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villa_Finale_historic_mansion,_San_Antonio,_Texas_LCCN2010630910.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Carol M. Highsmith</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villa_Finale_historic_mansion,_San_Antonio,_Texas_LCCN2010630910.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971153","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_William_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21527223"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/king-william-historic-district-72001349/"}