{"nrhp_refnum":"81000624","name":"City of San Antonio Municipal Auditorium","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 Auditorium Circle","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.431146514000034,"lon":-98.48831394999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-09-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture","Religion","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 12-sided, oval, domed public arena on about six acres at the north edge of downtown San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, built in 1926 as a memorial to American soldiers killed in World War I.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is one of the finest Spanish Colonial Revival public buildings in Texas, designed by Atlee B. Ayres & Associates. It has also hosted many social, political, religious and cultural events, including Fiesta activities, concerts and civic gatherings, over roughly half a century.","narrative":"San Antonio's Municipal Auditorium is a large, 12-sided, oval arena crowned with a dome, set on about six acres at the north edge of downtown. Completed in 1926 as a memorial to American soldiers killed in World War I, it is clad in Indiana limestone over reinforced concrete, with a steel truss supporting the dome. The south entrance is its focal point: a five-bay arcade between two towers topped by brightly patterned mosaic-tile domes and red clay tile roofs. Atlee B. Ayres & Associates designed it in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, which the nomination ranks among the finest in a Texas public building. Inside, the arena seated over 5,800 people. It hosted the Pioneers Ball, Fiesta events, symphony and opera performances, political gatherings, prize fights and the large funeral of Mayor John Tobin. A January 1979 fire destroyed the floor, seating and painted stage curtain, and the building stood vacant while voters funded renovation in 1981.","period_of_significance":"1926","architect_builder":"Atlee B. Ayres, Robert M. Ayers, architects; George Willis, Emmett Jackson, contractors","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant and deteriorated after a January 1979 fire gutted the interior; the building remains structurally sound, and a $9.1 million bond was approved in April 1981 for renovation.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.524825-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/9712/40971207/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/81000624.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000624/d99b098672-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000624/d99b098672-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_of_San_Antonio_Municipal_Auditorium.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">25or6to4</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_of_San_Antonio_Municipal_Auditorium.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971207","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Municipal_Auditorium","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16899688"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/city-of-san-antonio-municipal-auditorium-81000624/"}