{"nrhp_refnum":"86002186","name":"Saint Anthony Hotel","other_names":["Saint Anthony InterContinental San Antonio"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"300 Travis St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.427358370000036,"lon":-98.48895149199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 10-story masonry and steel-frame hotel occupying a full block on the south side of Travis Park at 300 East Travis Street, San Antonio, Texas. It was built in stages from 1909 to 1941 and blends Spanish Colonial exterior detailing with classical interiors.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the hotel as a landmark of San Antonio's early 20th-century modernization, considered a decade ahead of its time in 1909. It cites the hotel's claimed firsts, including complete air conditioning, electric-eye doors and a drive-in garage and registration facility. The hotel also hosted distinguished visitors and helped reshape the city's skyline and downtown. Federal reviewers asked for stronger justification of its exceptional significance because its present form dates from 1935-1941.","narrative":"Occupying an entire block on the south side of Travis Park in downtown San Antonio, this ten-story hotel grew from two early towers into a single unified building. The first eight-story block went up in 1909 at Travis and Navarro streets, an annex followed in 1910, and remodeling in 1935 joined the sections and raised them to ten stories. An east block with a multilevel garage was added in 1939-1941. Its exterior, with red tile roof, wrought-iron grilles and stepped parapets, draws on Spanish Colonial architecture, while the lobby known as Peacock Alley has coffered ceilings and classical piers. Cattlemen A.H. Jones and B.L. Naylor financed the original towers, designed by J. Flood Walker. The hotel was described as a decade ahead of its time and as a force in turning San Antonio into a modern city. It claimed to be the first fully air-conditioned hotel, with electric-eye doors and a drive-in garage and registration facility. A 1983 restoration emphasized the 1935-41 era.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1909; 1910; 1935; 1939; 1941)","architect_builder":"J. Flood Walker, Architect (1909, 1910); John M. Marriot, Architect (1935); F.S. Jones, Architect (1939 and 1941); Willard E. Simpson, Engineer","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival exterior with classical interior detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a hotel; reopened in May 1983 after a 20 million-dollar restoration that highlighted the 1935-41 period.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.917122-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/9712/40971235/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002186.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002186/46f5951a28-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002186/46f5951a28-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gaberlunzi","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Anthony_Hotel_SA_2011-12-11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaberlunzi</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:St_Anthony_Hotel_SA_2011-12-11.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971235","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_St._Anthony_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7400983"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/saint-anthony-hotel-86002186/"}