{"nrhp_refnum":"84000026","name":"South Alamo Street-South Mary's Street Historic District","other_names":["King William Neighborhood","See Also:Alamo Methodist Church","Ja"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by the San Antonio River, S. Alamo, S. St. Mary's, and Temple Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.41225787500005,"lon":-98.49143618232122,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 125 acres and 474 structures south of downtown San Antonio, Texas, bounded by South Alamo, South St. Mary's and Temple streets and the San Antonio River. Most buildings date from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.","why_significant":"The district keeps most of its late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century fabric, showing the density and type of development that once spread from the city core south to the river. It has a cohesive mix of vernacular frame houses, finely crafted eclectic houses and bungalows, with few intrusive structures. The truncated text does not include the full Section 8 statement.","narrative":"South of San Antonio's commercial center, between South Alamo and South St. Mary's streets and the San Antonio River, lies a residential district of 474 structures on roughly 125 acres. Its shape was set by old irrigation ditches and the river. Developers including Ernst Wehrhahn, the partnership of Hardin B. Adams and E. D. L. Wickes, and the Meerscheidt family laid out lots, and some sold completed houses. Most buildings are vernacular frame dwellings with decorative details, but the district also holds brick ell-plan houses, homes with jigsawn trim and Palladian openings, neoclassical houses, and blocks of bungalows. Houses along Crofton Avenue and East Guenther Street are the largest and most elaborate. Little was built after 1930, so the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century fabric remains largely intact. Of the 474 structures, 332 contribute to the district's character. Commercial buildings are mostly confined to South Alamo and South St. Mary's streets, and a neighborhood association and a local historic district have supported preservation.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Developers named include Ernst Wehrhahn, Hardin B. Adams and E. D. L. Wickes, and Axel and Paul Meerscheidt (with lumberman C. A. Stieren); no architect is named in the available text.","architectural_style":"Vernacular frame dwellings, ell-plan houses, neoclassical, and bungalows, with late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century eclecticism","criteria":[],"status_note":"Less than 1% of the district's structures are unoccupied; 332 structures contribute and 142 do not. Change since 1930 has been limited to conversions to multifamily use, porch remodelings, additions and recladding.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.848499-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/9711/40971165/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84000026.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000026/55f5d089a4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000026/55f5d089a4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wynne-Candy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Alamo_Street-South_Mary%27s_Street_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wynne-Candy</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:South_Alamo_Street-South_Mary%27s_Street_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001349","name":"King William Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/king-william-historic-district-72001349/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971165","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999639"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/south-alamo-street-south-marys-street-historic-district-84000026/"}