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Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; part of San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District 83: Maverick Building: Maverick Building: January 24, 1995 : 606 N. Presa: San Antonio: Part of San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District 84
After long deliberations including the offer of $227 million in subsidies, a 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2) site on the far south side of San Antonio was selected as the location for the new 2,000,000-square-foot (190,000 m 2) assembly plant. [3] [4] Toyota broke ground at the new plant site on 17 October 2003. [5]
The building was a product of the Federal Public Works programs enacted to relieve widespread unemployment during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Its construction accomplished several goals—generating employment, housing all federal agencies in a single building, and streamlining San Antonio's quickly expanding postal needs.
The carriage house predated the main house and all other structures on the property. Built in 1875, the frame and stone carriage house was restored in 1976–77. [8] The servants quarters was erected in 1877 and restored in 1983–84. [9] The one-story brick structure known as the river house once contained San Antonio's first natatorium. [10]
The lavish Opera House was a theatre which seated 1500 and an exclusive men's club, the San Antonio Club, kept rooms in the building. 307 Alamo Plaza A three-story masonry building, this vacant structure was probably built in the 1950s, replacing the Old Mexican Consulate.
By 1947, the new building with four lanes to auction vehicles opened and soon the partners realized the general public was purchasing their vehicles at the auction instead of their dealership franchises. This action prompted the partners to make Manheim Auto Auction a dealer-only enterprise, making Manheim the largest auto exchange in 1959. [2]
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. [9] Brady Building. – Empire Theater: 200 / 204 E Houston St. 103857 Built in 1913 as a vaudeville venue, and currently dba the Charline McCombs Empire ...
San Antonio (/ ˌ s æ n æ n ˈ t oʊ n i oʊ / SAN an-TOH-nee-oh; Spanish for "Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 United States census. [12]