King William Walking Tour

910 South Alamo

Ernst and Adolphine Wehrhahn lived in a stone house at the corner of their property which was bounded by South Saint Mary’s, S. Alamo, and Cedar. Erhard Guenther, president of Pioneer Flour Mills, purchased the property from Mrs. Wehrhahn in 1913 and, in 1920, demolished the circa 1873 Wehrhahn house (the limestone block basement is all that remains) and built this building. Fred Alters Drug Store, one of the first tenants, faced South Alamo (902 South Alamo),other tenants, Geyer Produce Company and Piggly Wiggly #5, carried addresses in the 600 block of Garden (South Saint Mary’s). When Guenther added a new wing to the southeast in 1925, The Garden Street Bakery was the first tenant (611 South Saint Mary’s). Other early tenants were the Garden Fruit Store and Alamo City Meat Market. In 1948 the building housed the Home-Ond Grocery Store No. 6, and the Azteca Film Distribution Company, and it was home to Rosario's restaraunt until 2023. The building remained in the Guenther estate until 1968. Other owners were Jose and Rebecca Gutierrez, Humberto and Bruna Rosas (1971), Bruna Rosas Trust (1975). It is currently home to Bodega Luna Rosa and Fisher Heck Architects.

915 South Alamo

Michael Eckenroth came from Bavaria to San Antonio in the 1850s. He married Marie Menges, who had migrated from Bavaria with her parents as a young girl in 1859. In 1867 Mr. Eckenroth bought this lot from Joseph Schmitt for $300. He built this Texas German Vernacular house, which appears on August Koch’s 1873 Bird’s Eye View Map of San Antonio. Mr. Eckenroth operated a blacksmith shop at the corner of Market and Navarro Streets where he also manufactured carriages. Marie Eckenroth died in 1883 when her tenth child was born and Mr. Eckenroth passed away in 1887. As a part of the estate settlement Jacob Arthur and Emma Gaul bought the house. Emma was the widow of Michael Eckenroth’s son, Will. The Gauls lived here until 1951. J.D. and James C. Lindsey DBA the Texas Equipment Company bought it the next year. Other owners were Rosa and Pedro Miniel (1962), Edward G. and Rosa N. Olivarri (1981), Catherine Nored (1993). The current façade was added after 1951 but the original house still exists. Its north wall is visible from Turner Street.

918 South Alamo

The Wehrhahn family built this house about 1912 and rented it for a short time before selling it to Michael Stark in 1914 for $7500. In 1917, Mr. Stark sold the property to Erhard Guenther. Again, it was rented and became a rooming house managed by Mrs. Leone Pearson, and later it was apartments. In 1968 Mr. Guenther’s heirs sold the house to Jose and Rebecca Gutierrez. Humberto and Bruna Rosas bought it in 1971.

919 South Alamo

There was a small limestone structure on this lot as early as 1873. Mr. Eckenroth (915 South Alamo) likely built it and used it as a rental. William H. Braden bought it in 1923. He and his wife, Emma, hired Henry D. Rheiner, to plan and build “a one-story brick and tile building”…except plumbing and wiring.” They also made substantial improvements, which probably included the second floor, in 1926. William was raised by his grandparents, Edward who came to San Antonio from Germany in 1848 on the John Holland, and Catherine who arrived on the Probus in January 1845. She settled with her parents in Castroville, Texas. The couple married on January 28, 1851. Edward was a contractor and his son, Edward, Jr., owned one of the first plumbing businesses in San Antonio. William learned the plumbing trade from his uncle and opened his own business, Braden Plumbing Company, about 1921. The Bradens lived here “above the business” and sold their property to Pedro R. and Nori R. Miniel in 1954. Edward G. and Rosa N. Olivarri bought the property in 1981 and Catherine Nored in 1993.

922 South Alamo

John C. and Ava Reister roomed with the Barbecks at 247 Washington Street for several years before they purchased this lot from Carl and Laura Fromme (226 South Alamo) in 1910. J.C. earned his living as a travel and freight agent for the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway (SA&APR). In May, 1911 the Reisters hired Charles T. Fincham, an architect and con tractor, to design and build this house. The contract called for Mr. Fincham to construct their two-story, ten-room residence within 90 days at a cost of $5000. The couple had additional work done in 1912 by J.W. Oldham. Mr. Reister died in 1917 and his widow, then Ava Smith, sold the house to Erhard Guenther in 1927. About 1959 it was made into apartments. Other owners were Jose and Rebecca Gutierrez (1968), Humberto and Bruna Rosas (1971).

923 South Alamo

In February of 1921, Lawrence M. Samuels, whose Art Glass Company was located at 308 South Alamo, bought the lots at 907-915 South Alamo. There was a house located at 913, which remained a rental until 1924. In 1925 Samuel’s business borrowed $22,000 from the San Antonio Building and Loan Association, using this property as security. By 1926 Samuels Glass Company was listed in the city directory at 907-915 South Alamo. Most probably the house at 913 was torn down and the existing building was built in 1925 or early 1926. The lots (four and five) facing Madison were purchased in 1935, which would indicate the building on lot 4 (now labeled 212 Madison) was constructed after that time. The entire property was sold to Louis E. Sanders in 1951 and had multiple owners and uses after that date, including as a plastics factory during the late 1960s.Steve Yndo and Dan and Linda Rutherford formed King William Lofts, L.P., in 2000 to develop the property, which was already owned by the Rutherfords. Jim Poteet was the architect, and the building became the King William Lofts, one of the first industrial properties developed as living space in San Antonio.

926 South Alamo

This red brick Victorian House was built by Ernst Wehrhahn, probably in the mid-1880s. Elegantly wrought, the house exhibits the fine details present in many of Mr. Wehrhahn’s houses including a hipped roof with a front faced gable and a rectangular bay window. Its many telling, 1880s South Texas details include the stone quoins at the corners and the heavy, turned spindles of the porch railing. The windows are surmounted by arched stone lintels and some even retain their triple hung sashes. It has kept its basic shape, although a portion of the wrap around porch has been enclosed.In 1887 the house was listed in the city directory as 26 Mill and was rented to Herman Riedel. Mr. Riedel was in the hardware business with Julius Tips (1035 South Alamo), selling stoves, tin ware, and agricultural implements at 18-20 West Commerce. The next renters were the Zoellner family which included father Louis, a salesman at A.B. Frank Company, mother Emma, son Isaac, a clerk at the Dubinski Electric Company, and four daughters who lived here from about 1894 until about 1896. The house was conveniently located between the headquarters of the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway at the corner of Houston Street and Alamo Plaza and the depot at the corner of Flores and Aransas (now South Alamo) and was often rented to its employees including G.W. Butcher, superintendent of the SA&APR (1898-1900) and Ed. McClannahan, SA&APR ticket agent (1902-1904). The next owner, Carl Fromme, came to New York in 1853 as a sixteen-year-old on the ship Sir Robert Peel. By 1875 he had migrated to Texas and married Laura Langwell. The Frommes bought the house from widow Adolphine Wehrhahn in 1908, and, within a month, were issued a building permit for a “bath and closet addition… $150”. Carl died in 1923 and Mrs. Fromme sold the property to Erhard Guenther in April 1926. It was rented as a single family house and, about 1959, divided into apartments. Other owners were Jose and Rebecca Gutierrez (1968), Humberto and Bruna Rosas (1971). It is now an office.

930 South Alamo

Rosa Torrey (Harn) was born in New Braunfels, Texas to early Texas settlers. Her father, John Torrey (1817-1873), came to Texas about 1838 and formed, with his brothers David and Thomas, a trading business. Her mother, Laura Dittmar, landed at the port of New Orleans on December 26, 1849 with Rosa’s grandmother Rosalie Julie Sophie Friedericke Leske. The Torrey family moved to San Antonio and lived in a rooming house run by the widowed Mrs. Torrey. In November, 1895, Rosa married Robert C. Harn, a widower twenty years her senior. He managed the Texas Lightning Rod Company and, after he died in 1909, Rosa built this house as a rental on lots she had purchased from Adolphine Wehrhahn. Mrs. Harn lived here from 1920 to 1927 and then sold the property to Erhard Guenther, possibly in preparation for her marriage to Peter Martinson (143 Cedar). Other owners were Jose and Rebecca Gutierrez (1968), Humberto and Bruna Rosas (1971). It is now home to the Southtown Dental Group.

931 South Alamo

In May, 1852, Catherine Speiser, her parents, Pierre and Cather ine Jud, and several of her siblings disembarked from the Globe in New Orleans. The family made their way to San Antonio and settled in La Villita. Catherine married Franklin Bitter in 1856 and by 1865 was a widow with several children. She married Christian Speiser, a successful butcher, in 1867. On January 31, 1871, Mr. Speiser bought four lots here from John R. and Martha Shook for $3520. The lots had originally been part of the Thomas Devine Homestead, and were later owned by Devine’s sister-in-law, Catherine Elder Mitchell (209 Washington). Mr. Speiser built this Texas German Vernacular house, probably in the 1880s, just to the south of his home, which is no longer standing. After the Speisers died, Catherine’s brother, Peter Jud, purchased the house and gave it to his son, Peter H. Jud, who lived here with his wife, Bertha, from 1910 until he died in 1946. The Juds’ daughter and son-in-law, Adele and Frank J. Steiger (see 415 Cedar), moved here and cared for Bertha until her death in 1963. The Steigers’ daughter, Evelyn, who had lived here as a teenager and graduated from Brackenridge High School, became the owner and lived here with her husband, Lawrence Courtney Barker. Their daughter, Janice Barker Schwab, became the owner in 2012.

935 South Alamo

This frame house looks very much as it did when Christian Speiser built it about 1890. Charles F. Bitter, Catherine’s son from her first marriage, had joined his stepfather, Christian, and his mother’s brother and nephew, the various Peter Juds, in the family business as butchers. They were owners of their shops and also operated as middlemen, buying and slaughtering cattle for the meat they sold. Charles inherited this house in 1898. He and his wife, Pauline, never lived here but their youngest daughter, Louise, did. She and her first husband, Henry M. Alexander, moved here about 1929. According to the San Antonio Light at 4:30 in the morning of 14 June 1932 Henry Alexander was “shot three times through the chest and…died” and Louise was “shot …(and was) near death at Santa Rosa Infirmary.” The death at first thought a murder was later ruled a suicide. After Louise married William E. Hood, in 1947 they lived here. Other owners were Adolph Chavez (1973), Southwest Partners (1996), Peggy Welsh (1998), Gregory and Marsha Kinney (2002).

936 South Alamo

The house that was originally here was built for George Race about 1906. By 1948, it was listed as the Rosewell Apartments and had eight units. The main house was destroyed sometime after 1973. The structure at the back of the lot was built about the same year as the original house and now serves as law offices. The owner is the Bruna Rosas Trust.

940 South Alamo

Frank and Al Wilder (see 230 Adams, 1202 South Alamo, and 111 Wickes) built a house here about 1903. William and Hazel Goodspeed sold it to O.K. and Dorothy Morgan in 1965. The house was demolished and the current structure built between 1965 and 1967 to house the Morgans’ business, Texas Sundries. Ben Ham purchased the property in 1978 and operated Ben’s Vending Services here until 2016, when he sold it to a limited liability company.

943 South Alamo

Part of this property belonged to Christian and Catherine Speiser (931 South Alamo) and part to John T. Brackenridge (951 South Alamo). W.D. Beraud purchased both lots and built a large house here in 1901. A.A. and Mary Thomas paid $13,500 for and operated the Thomas School here. When A.E. Martin and E.A. Woerner bought the property, in 1945, it was probably a vacant lot. They built this structure before 1951 and occupied it as the Martin and Woerner Motor Company, a used car dealership. James H. Cleveland purchased the property at an IRS tax sale in 1963. DIMEX Properties bought the property in 2008 and operates here as The Friendly Spot, namesake of an earlier neighborhood good time establishment (1001 South Alamo).

951 South Alamo

Built in 1896 and run as a boarding house by Johanna Bracey after the death of her husband, this house originally sat at 3103 West Houston. In 1998 it was slated for demolition and was purchased by Robbie and Daniel Boone who moved it to this lot, renovated it and ran it as The Alamo Street Victorian Inn. Mark Hurly bought it in 2012 and it is now used for offices. John T. Brackenridge built a house here in 1901. It was moved, in 1984, to 230 Madison.

955 South Alamo

James Cloud, in 1866, sold this property to John E. and Friedericke Glaeser. John, a stonemason, built a small dwelling here. By 1900 John had constructed a small storage building/storefront on the corner of the lot and was running a saloon in it. In 1914 when Emil and Ella Schmidt purchased this property, Emil was custodian at the Beethoven Hall. He began a grocery business with the Glaesers’ youngest son, Fred Louis. The store was called Glaeser and Schmidt, but the partnership did not last long; by 1915 Schmidt was the sole owner of the business. Schmidt expanded the store to its current dimensions in the late 1920s or early 1930s. By 1948 it carried the name of Schmidt's Red and White Grocery and, as late as 1980, it operated as a full grocery store with a meat counter and fresh vegetables. Adolph V. and Eudelia C. Chavez purchased the property in 1980. It is now home to Tito’s Mexican Restaurant.

1001 South Alamo

Ernest Oelze, Sr. purchased this lot in 1867 and built a small, stone dwelling which is shown on the 1873 bird’s eye view map. Swedish immigrant Joachin Blesi purchased the property from Oelze in April, 1876 and the Blesi family, Joachin, Carolina, their six daughters and three sons, lived in the small stone cottage. Joachin’s widow, Carolina, was here until about 1919 when she moved to her daughter’s home at 331 Cedar. Grover C. Cain bought the property for $6000, demolished the small home, and built, equipped and leased a service station. In 1930 Cain sold the station, along with five other locations, to the Grayburg Oil Company for $200,000. In 1964 G.P and Virginia Burger purchased the property, which they had been operating as the Burger Service Station since 1948. Adolph V. and Eudelia C. Chavez purchased the building in 1972. It was home to the original Friendly Spot in the 1970s and early 1980s, and subsequently, a long-term home for Craig Pennel’s Tienda Guadalupe.

1004 South Alamo

This triangular lot was originally part of three lots purchased by Gustave Haenel from Ernst Wehrhahn for $500. Haenel built his home here (circa 1866) but it was demolished when Alamo Street was widened about 1909. (See 1008 South Alamo and 111 Cedar). His daughter Helen Hegemann inherited this lot in 1918. The small structure that sits here now was probably built by Helen and her husband, Otto, Helen sold the building to Rosco A. and Lillian F. Wiley in 1946. Patrick McMonigal bought it from them that same year and, sometime before 1952, it became the Shamrock Ice Station. In 1960 Bruno Dzanski and Edgar English operated it under the name E&B Ice House. When Bruno and Dominika Dzanski purchased the property in 1973 it became the B&D. It is now a barbecue restaurant operated by Steve Newman. The building has two murals, one by Richard De La O and the other by Los Otros.

1007 South Alamo

The original stone house built by Edward Kurka, after he purchased the lot from Thomas J. Devine in November 1870, still exists under the current façade. In 1871, Mr. Kurka and his wife, Marie, sold the house to Frederick William Schunke. William moved here with his wife Emilie and eight of their ten children. Mr. Schunke died about 1884 and the 1885 city directory lists Emilie,a widow, here with five of her children: Charles, was employed by Charles Hummel, Johanna was employed by Joske Bros. as a saleslady, Emily was a teacher at the Fourth Ward Public School, William was a collector for Frobese & Santelben, and Max, the youngest, was a broom maker. In 1897, Louis Fries, husband of Johanna, redeemed the house for back taxes and sold it to Louis Voelcker in 1902. The property changed hands three times before O.L. Kinsley bought it from a bankruptcy in April 1913, which described the original long, narrow one-story stone house as being in “such a condition as that it can be rented only to such tenants as are not sure to pay their rents.” George and Kate Howland bought the house in 1918. It is unclear exactly when the older house was expanded to two stories, but William and Marie Perner likely made the additions after they bought the house in 1928. Other owners were Willie and Jack Skelton, Adolph Wagner (1932), Fermin and Petra Garza (1947), Michael A. Zaccaria (1977), BL&M Partnership (1984) and The Recassa Trust (1994). John Convrey and Julie Hasdorff bought the property in 1999, and in the process of a complete restoration, exposed the limestone rubble walls of the original house. In 2005, with help of contractor Jay Monday and architect Joe Stubblefield, they built the structure at the rear on the foot print of a 1930s garage.

1008 South Alamo

Gustav Haenel (see 1004 South Alamo and 111 Cedar) constructed this house sometime between 1896 and 1900. The 1901 city directory lists Warren D. Druse, city marshal, and W.A. Druse, who worked for Collins Manufacturing Company, as residents. The Druse family is also shown at this address in the 1900 US Census. Both these sources list the address as 940 Alamo.A daughter of the Haenels, Ottilie Heuermann, purchased this house from the other heirs in 1921 and lived here until 1956. Her estate sold it to Virgil and Beatrice Henderson, chiropractors, who kept an office here. Pearl Lee Botkin, Virgil’s step daughter, sold to Justin D. and Jason B. McMinn in 2013.

1009 South Alamo

The house that is now hiding behind this business façade was built about 1869 by Henry Pursch, a boot and shoemaker. When he bought the lot from Thomas J. Devine on the last day of 1868, he paid $350 and the revenue stamps cost fifty cents. Pursch and his wife, Elizabeth, made this their home until they sold it to J.F. and Elizabeth Wellage in 1901. Ed. Gebel bought it in 1911 for rental property, and about 1924, he added the storefront to the house and leased it to American Dye Works. E. Rodrigues Romo, an employee, and his wife, Anita, lived on the property for a number of years. The business was still located here in 1960. Martha Gebel Norbury, the widow of Ed. Gebel’s son, Milton, sold the property in 1981 to Julia Cauthorn, Jay Monday and Susan Monday. Isaac and Judith Maxwell (129 Crofton) purchased it in 1993 and it was Isaac’s studio and shop. The property is owned by a limited liability company.

1011 South Alamo

Thomas J. Devine sold Dolores Cloud two lots at this location in 1870. In 1872 Dolores and her husband, James, sold them to Adolph and Ada Krakauer for $800. Two years later August Schulz bought them for $900 and built this Texas German Vernacular house. The first city directory, in 1877, shows this as his residence and his occupation as the operator of a meat market in stall number 2 at the Alamo Market. He and his wife, Lizette, lived here until about 1893 when the couple divorced and he deeded the property to her. She moved to 1504 South Presa Street, listed herself as a widow in the city directory and, from 1893, the house was a rental. Other early owners were J.F. and Elizabeth Wellage (1907), Mr. and Mrs. William V. Dielmann (1911) and C. W. Meyer (1911), Kenneth Wimer (1927), Consuelo Maurer (220 Beauregard, 1927). Jude R. Bishop (1990). Betty Yndo purchased it in the early 1990s, completed a total renovation and it was an office for King William Realty. The current owners, Sam H. and Connie H. Lock, bought it in 2006.

1014 South Alamo

Gustav Haenel (111 Cedar) sold this lot to Charles and Julia Horn in 1875 and that same day the couple borrowed $1000 from H.G. Froebel. The collateral included this lot and “…one steam engine located at…the powder mill place.” Their small stone house was demolished in the 1930s. The replacement structure was home to The Original Spanish Kitchen, and later the Ten Fourteen Nightclub. Jay Monday, Gerald Goldstein, Michael Looney and Mary E. Schultz bought it in 1982 and was the home to Rosarios (910 South Alamo), China Latina, and, since 2014, has been owned by a limited liability company. It was home to Hot Joy until mid 2024.

1017 South Alamo

Leon Morris married Daisy Schreiver in Fayette, Texas in 1895, moved to San Antonio, and became a postal clerk. The couple lived at 131 Adams and then, in 1904, purchased this lot from Lizette Schulz (1011 South Alamo) and had this Victorian house built. Mr. Morris died in 1917, but this continued to be the family home until 1920, when Mrs. Morris and her son, Lester, sold the house to W. Tomas and Carmen Moore. The Moores sold it to W.P. O’Connell in 1931. Katie Rader, who made her living by taking in boarders, lived here for 25 years before finally purchasing the house in 1945. Other owners were O.J. and Augusta Harris (1947), Karl Strieber (1950), Graciela Cisneros (1961), Southside Credit Union (2000). It served as a branch office and is now owned by a limited liability company.

1021 South Alamo

E.J. Wilson, Jr. bought this lot from Kate May (124 City Street) in October 1900 and in August, 1901; he contracted with architect William N. Hagy to design and build this house (a Victorian with a later brick façade). C.H. and Pauline Vass bought it and sold it in May, 1902, to Octavia C. Pyron. She was a widow and lived on her Mexican War Pension of $8 per month. Her oldest daughter, Clara Pyron Muller, lived with her and after Clara died, in 1931, a niece, Adele Coryell, and her husband, George Coryell, inherited the property. Other owners were Louis and Rebecca Garza (1962), and Estulio Garza (1987).

1024 South Alamo

In 1884 Julia and Charles Horn hired the International Building and Loan Association to build a wooden house here. The payments were $15 a month. Horn worked as a miller, a driver, and as a water works inspector, among other things. Of the Horns’ six children at least three of them, Charles, Jr., Julius and Ida, lived their adult lives in this house. For some time, Julius was in partnership with his brother-in-law, Albin Seidel, as a grocer. In later years he sold insurance. Ida kept house. In 1946 the family sold the house to Ward Bench, who added a new facade for his business, Bench Radio Services. In 1956 he sold it to Rudolph C. and Amparo C. Leos. Rudolph was a warehouseman at Kelly Air Force Base and Amparo ran The House of Beauty here until they sold to Craig E. and Nadine Thompson in 1993. It was home to the restaurant Feast from 2011 until 2019. In November of 2024, Little Em’s Oyster Bar moved into the space.

1028 South Alamo

This lot was part of the property that Ward R. Bench, a Kelly Field employee before he opened his radio business, purchased from Julius Horn in 1946 (see 1024 South Alamo). He sold the lot to Dr. Arnold Albert in 1960. Albert and his wife, Helen, hired Marvin Cobb to build the structure that is here now. It first served as a medical clinic; in 1996 it was purchased by Viejo San Antonio and now is home to the nonprofit San Antonio Independent Living Services.

1032 South Alamo

Gustav Haenel bought the two lots at 1032 and 1036 from B.F. and Adelina de V. Dane in December, 1881. These Texas German Vernacular houses are built of local stone and are similar in layout but are not identical. In 1884 he sold the north lot at 1032 to his son, Edward, and probably built the house for him possibly in preparation for Edward’s marriage to Lucia Jane Cox in 1885, but the couple never lived here. The first tenant was Edward’s sister Ottilia (1008 South Alamo), who was living here with her husband, William Heuermann Jr., in 1885. Gustav’s grandson, Edward Jr., lived here for a short time and then, in 1921, the Haenel family, sold the house to E.A. Mendel. One of the more interesting tenants was Thomas H. Plampin, a lithographer, who along with several of his children listed their connections with the Socialist Party in the 1934 city directory. Other owners were Conrad A. Goeth and Dr. Arnold Albert (1960). The King William Association (KWA) purchased the house in 1991 and it was KWA Headquarters until 2014, when the organization moved to 122 Madison.

1036 South Alamo

Gustav Haenel bought the two lots at 1032 and 1036 from B.F. and Adelina de V. Dane in December, 1881. These Texas German Vernacular houses are built of local stone and are similar in layout but are not identical. 1036 South Alamo was built about 1882 by Mr. Haenel. Among the early tenants was Jens J. Olsen, Sr., who lived here from 1889 to 1893, before he built his own house at 412 Pereida. In March, 1919, Gustav’s heirs sold the property to Lena Ward. Henry Ward inherited it from his mother and sold it to W.M. and Annie Rogers. They were the first and only owners to live here. Other owners were Richard and Berta Sanchez (1970), Phillip W. Harrel (1984), and Raymond Garcia (1999). It is currently home to ChurroStar.

1023, 1035, and 1037 South Alamo

The Link House • 1023 South Alamo The Algelt/Julius Tips House • 1035 South Alamo The Eickemeyer/Heinen House • 1037 South Alamo There are three main structures within this compound. 1023 South Alamo | The small, stone house in the northwest corner was built in the 1990s. 1035 South Alamo | George Altgelt bought three lots here in 1885. He built a one-story home here (77 Mill Street) and, in 1891, sold it to Julius Tips, a hardware merchant. Julius and his wife, Emilie, contracted with Conrad Flaig on April 4, 1900 to add a second story. Architect Carl von Seuter designed the changes and the contract gave him the right to require Flaig to “dismiss any workman…the architect may consider incompetent.” Julius died in 1914 and Emilie sold the house to J.T. Sheehy in 1926. He sold to H.F. Bernhard in 1945. Sometime between 1924 and 1954 a commercial front was added to the building and it was used for various businesses. The building was owned by a number of people including Donald M. Little, Michael G. Looney, Julia Cauthorn and Jay Monday before Arthur and Ellenor Link purchased it in 1993. 1037 South Alamo | Edward Tips, a first cousin to Julius (see above), visited Germany and, in the fall of 1890, returned to the United States with a young German-born wife, Anna. Mrs. Jaco bine Eickemeyer, a relative or traveling companion of the young couple, had a wood-frame structure built here about 1891.The Tips lived here until 1893, when they moved to Germany with their son Carlos and Mrs. Eickemeyer. According to Anna’s passport application, they moved “on account of my health.” Edward William Reuss, proprietor of the City Drug Store, purchased the house. He and his wife, Mary, lived here until 1903 and sold the property to J.D. and Cora E. DuPuy. Sometime between 1904 and 1911, stucco and a Neoclassical façade were added to this house and the out building at the southwest corner of the lot was constructed. Anton P. and Elizabeth Heinen bought the house in 1911. Mr. Heinen and his brother, Daniel (427 Adams), owned the Manhattan Bar on Alamo Plaza. Other owners were Rudolph C. and Amparo C. Leos (1024 South Alamo) (1964), actor David Bowen (1977). Arthur and Ellenor Link purchased all three of these properties in 1993, renovated the two old houses, lived on the property, and ran it as The Columns on Alamo, a bed and breakfast. Other owners were Tim Sulak and Brian Wollard (2008), Alison Dudley and Craig Clingan (2010), KDUB properties (2013).

1102 South Alamo

Adolph Junck emigrated to Texas with his parents, Gustavus and Emilie Junck, in 1852. Adolph married Hedwig Schultze in 1874 and in 1883 he bought this lot (his older step brother Carl Griesenbeck lived at the corner of South Alamo and Johnson) from Adela de V. Dane and hired Gustav Haenel (111 Cedar) to build this one-story Texas German Vernacular. The second story was added sometime before 1924. Most of his life Mr. Junck was in the insurance business and was prosperous enough to visit Germany with his daughters, Agnes and Eugenia, in 1912. He died in 1916, and his daughters lived here until they died, Eugenia in 1924 and Agnes in 1963. Glen and Vera Haskin bought the house in 1963 and, in 1974, sold to architects E.B. Flowers, Isaac Max well, Mark Schott, and Charles Schubert. They completely renovated the house and used it as offices. Jesse Sturgeon purchased the property in 2012 and it now serves as an event venue.

1110 South Alamo

In 1891, August and Bertha Haye (129 Wickes) bought the three lots at the point of South Alamo and Pereida Streets from realtors Adams and Wickes. Mr. Haye built a grocery store on the corner with living quarters upstairs, where his twin sons, Erich and Adolph, were born. He also built three other structures to the north of the store but this Folk Victorian house is the only one of them still standing.He sold this house in 1906 to Meta, his daughter by his first marriage, and her husband, Adolph Dreiss. Meta sold it, in January, 1911, to her widowed stepdaughter, Mrs. Ida Dreiss Koch. Ida’s husband, John, as a very young man had come from Germany with his parents. He moved to San Antonio and was hired by Adolph Dreiss to work in the Dreiss Drug Store at the corner of Alamo and West Commerce Streets. There John met his future wife, Ida Dreiss, and according to family lore, it was love at first sight. After his premature death, Ida and her daughters, Eda, a clerk with Central Bank and Trust, and Elizabeth, a teacher at Brackenridge High School, and Lilly lived here. Shortly before their deaths in the 1980s, the sisters sold their house to The Beethoven Maennerchor. 1110 South Alamo is currently home to Pizzeria Vesuvio.

1111 South Alamo

In March 1883, Edward Elmendorf purchased these two lots, which were originally part of Thomas J. Devine’s development. An architect by profession, Mr. Elmendorf was issued a permit in July, 1884 to build a brick building, valued at $1000, and may have designed the house himself. Originally it was a one and a half story structure with a bay window on the south front and a wooden porch on the north front. After he died in 1893, his widow, Mary, moved with her four small children near her parents (434 South Pereida) and later into her childhood home at 220 Arciniega Street. She returned to this house about 1918 and lived here until she sold the property to the Benedictine Sisters in 1938. The Sisters named their new home St. Scholastica Convent. It was vacant for a number of years in the 1990s, then sold to Dwight Hobart, who with architect Davis Sprinkle renovated it and it became the Liberty Bar.

1115 South Alamo

Henry Elmendorf, mayor of San Antonio from 1894 to 1897, and Edward Elmendorf (1113 South Alamo) were the sons of Charles Elmendorf, who had come to New Braunfels from Germany in 1844. In 1877 Charles established a hardware business on Military Plaza in San Antonio and both sons worked for him. Henry and his wife, Emily, lived here. When the Elmendorf Estate sold the property to R. McMonigal in 1919 he paid $6000 in cash, $10,000 in Liberty Bonds and $9000 in promissory notes. The house became St. Vincent de Paul Home for the Aged and the Congress of Benedictine Sisters bought it in 1929. In the 1950s, St. Benedict’s Hospital was built here and on the Griensenbeck property next door. The 1950s structure was modified by a partnership of Christopher Hill, James Lifshutz and Stephen Yndo beginning in 2003 and now is St. Benedict’s Condominiums. The architect was Davis Sprinkle.

1146 South Alamo

After a succession of owners: Bentura Hinojosa, Thomas Pereida, H.B. Adams and E.D.L. Wickes, F.A. Piper, and Charles Schreiner, these six lots were purchased by Joseph Courand Jr. in 1906. Joseph Jr. was born in Castroville, Texas in 1859, shortly after his father, Joseph Courand Sr., had come from France. Joseph Jr. married Julia Franklin in Galveston and returned to Castroville, where he owned substantial property including the Vance House. In 1902 the family moved to San Antonio and lived at 127 Crofton. This Neoclassical house with its semi-circular porch and low para pet wall was designed for the Courands by architect Leo M.J. Dielmann. In 1909 they moved into their new home, then numbered 105 Adams Street. The Courands lived here until their deaths, hers in 1925 and his in 1946. The Courand heirs sold the house to the Missionary Society of the Oblate Fathers of Texas in 1950 and until 1963 it was home to the Mary Immaculate League and the Oblate Philippine Mission. Other owners were James Watson (1971), Mission Salvation (1972), Michael A. Zaccaria (1977). Robert and Nancy Shivers purchased the house in 1988 and are returning it to its original configuration. It serves as their home and law office. In the late 1990s, author Paulette Jiles wrote her first novel, Enemy Women, in a small office in the Shivers’ basement.

1150 South Alamo & 102 Wickes

In February, 1908, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South bought two lots here from Joseph and Julia Courand for $3000. The newly formed congregation built the house at 102 Wickes, where they held services until the church was erected in January 1912. The cottage then served as the parsonage. Architect Beverly W. Spillman designed this Mission Revival Style Church. In 1976 Alamo United Methodist Church sold the building to William and Marcie Larsen, who used it as a dinner theater. 102 Wickes was included in the sale and was used as a residence and changing area for the actors. The structure was sold to Paul Alan Boskind in 2005.

1202 South Alamo

The lots in this block were part of the Pereida Suerte, which developers H.B. Adams and E.D.L. Wickes purchased in 1871. Flora K. Adams, widow of H.B., sold the two lots at this corner to Charles Deussen in November, 1896. Frank and Montie Wilder (230 Adams, 940 South Alamo, and 111 Wickes) bought them from Mr. Deussen in May 1901. The Wilders built this Victorian cottage and lived here briefly before selling it to Jennie K. Collins in 1903. Mrs. Collins’ daughters by her first marriage, Hattie Byrn Wiggins and Clifford Bryn Lindsey, inherited the house in 1922. In 1944 they sold it to Earl and Lucy Stenger. In 1949 Juan and Sara Santos bought the property and they lived here until the mid-1960s, and sold it to Audelia Mayorga in 1970. In 1976, her son, Mark, inherited the house and sold it to Michael Casey in 1979. Mr. Casey sold to a limited liability company in 2015.

1203 South Alamo

Carl Frederick Griesenbeck built his house here before 1890 and Mable Woodward, the last resident, sold it to Thomas H. Howell in 1965. The house was demolished and the current structure built circa 1965. It is now owned by a limited liability company.

1210 South Alamo

In 1901, Frank Wilder sold this lot to Edith Kinchloe. On June 18, 1901, she and her husband, Robert Lee, hired the firm Collins and Shepherd Contractors and Builders to construct this Victorian house designed by Robert L. Pierce. The contractors were required to complete the work “by July 26, 1901 provided the weather will permit.” It cost $1595. After Edith died in 1906, Robert, an engineer on the SA&APR, transferred to Karnes County and remarried. He died in 1926, and his widow, Otelia, lived here and lost the house. In 1937 Alice Henry bought the property and lived here until 1951. The next owner and resident, Dorothy D. Dickens, divided the house into apartments about 1958, and sold it in 1966. There were five different owners before attorney Michael Casey acquired the property in 1976.

1211 South Alamo

Emily Griesenbeck Scudder received this lot and the one at 1215 South Alamo from her father and step-mother, Carl and Wilhelmina Griesenbeck. In 1909, after she and Carl Frederick Scudder divorced, she built this house to provide an income. The house remained in her family until great-grandchildren Carl F. Scudder, III and Christopher H. Scudder, sold it to Bernadette McKeon in 1991. Marcelo J. Valdez received the property in 1998 and it is now owned by Alejandro Montez, Jr.

1212 South Alamo

Flora K. Adams sold two lots to Edward M. Goldstein on October 15, 1895. Several days later, he and his wife, Josephine, signed a Lien Contract in which O.A. Balcom agreed to “construct and complete in a good, workmanlike manner…a two-story seven room dwelling house, fencing and shed.” Mr. Goldstein and his family lived here until they sold the property to M.K. Ransom in 1909. Later that same year, Ada E. McCoy purchased the house. After her husband, Jesse K., died in 1933, Ada and her daughter, Elda, sold the house to C.E. Fairchild, Ada’s brother, for a small sum of money but retained a life estate for the two of them. Ada died in 1942, and after Elda died in 1958, Meryl Fairchild, executor of her father’s estate, sold the house to Santiago Gonzales. Sybil Casey bought the house from his estate, and it has been the home of her son, Michael Casey, since 1977. Mr. Casey was president of the KWA from September 1979 to August 1981.

1215 South Alamo

This lot and three adjoining ones to the south were owned in turn by Thomas J. Devine 1889, A.J. Fry, B.F. Yoakum, and finally, Kate O’Sullivan Maloney and Felipe N. Robertson of Mexico, who purchased the lots for $3550. Other owners were W.A.H. Griesenbeck, Emily Griesenbeck Scudder, and J.E. and Rosetta Guggenheim. In 1908, Nelson M. Karney, who was president and general manager of the San Antonio Foundry Company, and his wife, Stella, bought the property, and John C. Dielmann built a “two-story, shingle-roofed house” for them. The cost of materials and labor was $2700. There is speculation that Dielmann’s son, Leo M.J. Dielmann, was the architect for this Neoclassical house. Mr. Karney died in 1936, and Mrs. Karney sold the house to R.E. Jefferies in 1944. The Jefferies family sold the house in 1964 to Henry and Diane Beltran (233 Washington). Michael Casey (1212 South Alamo) and Andrew Beach have owned the house since 1994.

1218 South Alamo

On June 14, 1900, when the Hassetts and McCarthys paid Eugenia A. Wickes Nease and her husband, David A., $600 each for these two lots, the two families lived next to each other on Wickes Street. The lot at 1218 went to Daniel Steven and Margaret Hassett (323 Wickes), and the other one, at 1220, was bought by Florence L. and Mary McCarthy (327 Wickes). When the couples purchased the lots, Florence was an engineer on the Southern Pacific Railroad and Daniel was a foreman on the SA&APR. It has been said that the families were related but if there was a familial relationship it was not a close one. The Hassetts hired Hugh H. Fultz, a carpenter, in July, 1901 to build this brick two-story house and to complete it in 30 days. The McCarthys may also have hired him. The two Victorian houses are identical. In 1935, after Mr. Hassett had died, Margaret sold their house to L.C. and Mary Lane. By 1948, the house had been sold again and converted into apartments. The Elvin V. Steward family owned the house from the 1950s until Cecilia Salazar bought it in 1965. She sold the property to Donald Keesee in 2005, but retained a life estate in the house.

1220 South Alamo

On June 14, 1900, when the Hassetts and McCarthys paid Eugenia A. Wickes Nease and her husband, David A., $600 each for these two lots, the two families lived next to each other on Wickes Street. The lot at 1218 went to Daniel Steven and Margaret Hassett (323 Wickes), and the other one, at 1220, was bought by Florence L. and Mary McCarthy (327 Wickes). When the couples purchased the lots, Florence was an engineer on the Southern Pacific Railroad and Daniel was a foreman on the SA&APR. It has been said that the families were related but if there was a familial relationship it was not a close one. The Hassetts hired Hugh H. Fultz, a carpenter, in July, 1901 to build this brick two-story house and to complete it in 30 days. The McCarthys may also have hired him. The two Victorian houses are identical.The McCarthys lived at 1220 S. Alamo until 1947, when Mr. McCarthy sold it to R.D. and May Bell Jefferies. In 1948 the Jefferies sold the house to Susie Singleton, who lived there until it was purchased by Jose and Ber nardina Gomez in 1953. Other owners were Sydney J. Francis (1977) (see 112 and 425 King William), Mark Luitjen (1980), The Edward Patrick Walsh Family Trust (1992), Caroline Murgia (311 Adams) (2003).

1223 South Alamo

In 1902, Anne Oge Bertrand bought this lot from Kate O’Sullivan Malo ney of London, England and Felipe Robertson of Rancho de Miraflores in the Republic of Mexico. Anne and her husband, Charles, built this Victorian cottage. Charles died and, after a short second marriage, Anne Oge (Bertrand) Wicks sold the property to her sister, Josephine Oge Flannery (138 King William). The Oge sisters were daughters of Louis and Elizabeth Oge and grew up at 209 Washington. H.C. and Eva Lawson bought the house in 1925 and lived here for 42 years. Mr. Lawson operated Lawson Cactus Garden from greenhouses in the back of the house. Walter Mathis (401 King William) bought the property and removed a house that sat to the south of this one. In 1975, he sold it to John Roy and Russi Menger Crain, who renovated the house. John Roy designed and built the structure to the south of the house, which served as his office, studio and, fittingly, a greenhouse. They sold to Max Hensley in 2006.

1231 South Alamo

This is the oldest house in the 1200 block of South Alamo. Thomas J. Devine sold the lot to Sarah M. Martin in March 1889. Her son, Charles J. Martin, signed a contract with P.F. Doyle on September 18, 1890, in which he agreed to pay $3600 for the construction of a two-story brick, eight-room residence conforming to plans drawn by architect B. F. Trester Jr. In 1898, when Charles’ job as a locomotive engineer took him to Yoakum, Texas, the entire Martin family signed the deed that sold the house to William Schmitt for $4500. William and his wife, Mary, sold the house in 1906 to W.G. Taylor, and neither they nor any of the seven or eight subsequent owners lived in the house until Mary Beckett bought the property in 1914. She and her husband, Richard, sold the house in 1917 to Raymond and Edward Neumann, and it was rented again. In the mid 1930s, Richard W. and Edith J. Poston purchased the house and did business here as the Poston Transfer Company. After Richard died in 1940, Edith, by training a registered nurse, continued to run the company and by 1948, it specialized in local and long-distance hauling. She sold the property to F. De los Santos in 1958. Walter Mathis purchased the house in 1974. Dr. Ralph and Barbara Wells bought it in 1975 and accomplished a complete renovation. While serving in the United States Army, Dr. Wells was internist for President Lyndon B. Johnson. The property is now owned by his widow, Ruth Wells.

1302 South Alamo

The patriarch of the Dreiss family, (Albert) Henrich Albert Friederich Dreiss came from Wurttemberg and settled in New Braunfels in 1850 but, before 1870, moved his family to San Antonio where he worked with George Kalteyer in the San Antonio Drug Company. Albert’s second son James Edward Dreiss, Sr., bought two lots here from developer Alex Meerscheidt in 1901. He and his wife, Emily Dreiss, built a house here numbered 407 East Guenther. Their descendants sold it to Southwest Wheel & Equipment Company in July 1950, and the turn-of-the-century house was demolished. The building that sits here now was built in the 1950s. The mural on the Alamo Street wall was conceived by Molly Shaffer as a way to deter graffiti in 2008. It was funded by the King William Association and painted by artist Jane Madrigal.

1311 South Alamo

Bruce Pittman built this John Larcade-designed house in 2007 and sold it to Frank Ruttenberg in 2011.

400 East Guenther

The house which occupied these lots was demolished about 1968 and the San Antonio Mexican Baptist Church was built here. The church was removed in the 1990s and the condominiums located here now were designed by architect Lewis S. Fisher and built by developer James Lifshutz in the early 2000s.

409 East Guenther

This home was built in 1891 for Conrad von Huberich, realtor. He, in partnership with George Toullerton, bought these two lots and the two adjoining lots to the south from H.B. Adams and E.D.L. Wickes. In 1898 when the Huberichs sold the house for $11,000 to Green and Eva Davidson, the proceeds were paid to Huberich’s wife, Emma. Mr. Davidson was a stockman and cattle dealer. His family lived here, except for a short time in the 1930s when they lived in San Diego, California. In 1941, their son and executor, Thomas Quincy Davidson, sold the property to E.A. Hatton. For a brief time, the house was rented. In 1944, Mrs. John S. Gething purchased the house as a home for her daughter, Margaret, and herself. They furnished the house with beautiful antiques, and it was a source of pride for them. After her mother’s death in 1958, Miss Margaret Gething continued to live here until she passed away in 1975. She left the house and furnishings in a trust which supports the house as a museum that is open to visitors each year during fiesta week.

421 East Guenther

Investor August Faltin had this Victorian house built between 1900 and 1904. It is a mirror image of the house at 427 East Guenther differing only in that it is wood frame. Conrad von Huberich (409 East Guenther) rented here for a couple of years beginning about 1903. After Mr. Faltin died in 1905, his widow, Clara, sold the house to Maude Byrnes who was living in Dewitt County. David Byrnes, Maude’s husband, was a locomotive engineer for the SA&APR, and at times, his job required them to live in other cities and they rented to others during their absences. G.R. and Sarah Zadek rented here from 1907 to 1915. Mr. Zadek was a partner in Berman and Zadek, a wholesale dealer in liquors, wine, and was the San Antonio agent for Budweiser Beer. The Byrnes were back in San Antonio in 1910 but lived at 130 Crofton. The family lived here from 1920 until they sold the house in 1943 and moved to a smaller home at 207 Wickes. Vance and Effie Smith bought the house and their heirs sold to Edward Roquella and Luz Elena Day in 1977. Ed is an avid gardener and naturalist and also served as president of the KWA from September 1992-August 1993.

422 East Guenther

In 1891 Alfred Ash built this house and sold it to his mother, Hannah Ash the next year. The family lived here briefly, before his father died in 1893, and then returned to Palestine, Texas. Mrs. Ash sold the property, in 1906, to Claude V. and Lillian Birkhead and the next year ownership passed to W. G. and Anna Taylor. In 1908, J.P. Fink bought the house, where he and his family lived until 1914. The next owners and residents were John W. and Elizabeth Fitch. In 1919 Emil and Tillie Lindgren bought the house, but the following year, after his wife died, Mr. Lindgren and his children sold it to Edward and Christena Ludeke. In 1938, Christena, a widow, and the Ludeke’s son, Warren, sold the house to J.E. Webber. The house was converted to apartments and, during World War II, a fire in the house resulted in loss of exterior detailing. Layton L. Rogers bought the house in 1946 and lived here until he sold it to Mrs. Ilse Griffith in 1973. Ilse was a neighborhood preservationist, an active member of the KWA and possessed of a dry wit. She served as president of the KWA from 1974 until 1976. Her namesake, Ilse’s Attic, where King William merchandise is sold, is a fixture of the King William Fair each April. She died in 1999 at the age of 99 and the house was sold to Sharon J. Daly. Other owners were Kathleen J. Hancock and John W. Derose (2002), Erica Olivia Maloney and Bryan Miller (2012), Mona Lowe (2015), and Patti S. Stewart (2017).

426 East Guenther

In 1908 Florence L. and Mary McCarthy (1220 South Alamo Street) built two small Victorian houses at 426 and 430 East Guenther. They are almost identical. In 1919 the McCarthys’ son, Thomas M. McCarthy, married Christine Hilger and moved to this house. The younger McCarthys lived here until Christine died in 1955--his parents had deeded the house to him in 1940. In 1960 Victoria Aleman, whose sister Antonio Calderon lived next door at 430 East Guenther, purchased the house. Edmundo A. and Carolina C. Sanchez owned it during the early 2000s and Joachim Singlemann purchased it in 2011.

427 East Guenther

Investor August Faltin built this Victorian house, the brick twin to the one he built next door at 421 East Guenther, between 1900 and 1904. Faltin’s widow, Clara, sold it to F.C. Hunnam, a real estate agent, in 1907. Over the next seven years, there were four owners: William and Bertha Schultz (1909), Charles G. Taylor (1911), Adolph Holz (1911), and W.C. Sullivan (1916). In 1922 the house was purchased by Arthur M. Garcia and in 1938, Pedro Sanchez Navarro bought the property from the Laredo National Bank but was often not in residence. The 1940 US Census lists him here and he registered for the draft in 1942 using this address, but he was working for Scoby Fire Proof Storage in Tampico, Mexico. In the late 1940s he rented the building to the Bonn Avon School (117 Madison). Pedro and his wife, Blanca, moved back here in the 1970s and sold the house, in 1980, to Alice Bertuccelli-Walls. Other owners were Guadalupe and Josefa Garcia (1984), John S. and Lynn M. Dickey (1988), Ralph A. and Carol A. Medina (1998).

430 East Guenther

In 1908 Florence L. and Mary McCarthy (1220 South Alamo Street) built two small Victorian houses at 426 and 430 East Guenther. They are almost identical. In 1918 the McCarthys sold this house to Mrs. Claudia K. Johnston. She and her family lived here until about 1953 when Mrs. Johnson’s daughter-in-law, Beatrice, sold it to Mrs. Antonia A. Calderon. Alberto Calderon received the property from his mother in 1970, and, in 1998 he gave it to his daughter, Bertha Calderon Berlanga.

502 & 508 East Guenther

When Richard Gehlert, a ticket agent for the Mallory Steamship Line and later for the SA&APR, purchased this lot in 1891 there was a small structure in the northwest corner, possibly a carriage house for a never-built larger home. By 1896 he and his wife, Janet, had converted it into a tiny dwelling which did not have an adequate foundation. The same year the Gehlerts bought this lot, Ernst Wilhelm Raba, son of an Imperial Austrian Army Captain, left Friedland, Bohemia, Austria at the age of 17. He traveled zwischendeck (steerage) on the ship Dania and landed in New York. He came to San Antonio, lived with his sister, Augusta Raba Neumann and worked as a photographer for N.A. Callagan. By 1895 he had opened his own studio, Raba and Brack, near Alamo Plaza. He became one of the city’s foremost photographers. His obituary calls him the official photographer for Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. Family lore provides a romantic picture of Raba’s courtship of Marie Fuhrwerk which began with secret notes and continued under the eye of Marie’s uncle W.A. Fuhrwerk, rector of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, who married them on September 13, 1899. Ernst and Marie bought this house in 1902 and by 1904 had expanded the rear house to its current configuration. In December, 1929 they hired Ed. Steves and Sons to build the structure at the front of the lot for $5230.98. Its Mission Revival façade served as the entrance to Mr. Raba’s studio from 193O until his death in 1951. Mrs. Raba sold the property in 1958 to William Dellerman. The house was converted to apartments and in the 1970s the elevated walkway was added. Other owners were James Shepherd (1975), Michael Zaccaria (1977), Apolonio Flores and Alex Salinas (1981), Heiko and Alicia Roppel (2005), David Anton Armendariz and Marisol L. Perez (2015).

503 East Guenther

Developer Carl August Stieren built this Victorian house in 1891 and lived there with his wife, Hedwig Remer, until May, 1899. During construction C.C. Braden, the first concrete sidewalk contractor, left his mark on the concrete basement floor. O.E. and Marie Lochausen purchased the house and made it their home for the next eight years. Abraham Ruddell and Sarah Minerva Hunter Byrd bought the house from them, and it was their residence until they sold it in 1919 to John J. and Mary Donaldson. Mrs. Donaldson died in 1928. Mr. Johnson, who served in Company K of the Illinois Infantry during the Civil War and was a friend of Abraham Lincoln, died in the house in 1937. One of their daughters, Mrs. Dolly Harpham, owned the home until 1951. In 1953 the property was sold to Dr. Harry G. Wilson and his wife, Dorothy. Dorothy sold the house to Craig and Lola Austin in 1985. Craig was president of the KWA from September 1995 until August 1996. Diana W. and Scott V. Cano purchased the house in 2004 and sold to Belinda V. Molina in 2008. She and her husband, developer Stephen Yndo, live here. Stephen was president of the KWA from September 2003 until August 2005.

510 East Guenther

Benno Theodor Goldbeck, an employee of the A. B. Frank Company, bought this lot from Axel Meerscheidt in 1891. He and his wife, Ida, hired Jacob H. Wagner and Conrad Flaig, doing business as the San Antonio Plainings (sic) Mill Company, on December 12, 1891, to build this Queen Anne style house. Construction on the two-story frame structure was to start on January 1, 1892 and be complete by March 1, 1892. It cost $2400, including a $300 estimate for plumbing. Their son Ernest Omar Goldbeck, a twentieth century commercial photographer widely known for his panoramic shots of groups and city skylines, was born November 4, 1892 while the family lived here. The Goldbecks refinanced their construction loan twice and eventually defaulted on the payments and lost the house about 1901. By 1903 the family was living at 204 Villita Street and Calvin Goodloe, the next owner, was living here. In 1904 he sold the house to Milam M. and Caroline Fitzgerald. Milam was listed as Deputy U.S. Marshal during the few years they lived here. He served in the Confederate Army and his death certificate lists his occupation as trail driver. Mary de Zavala bought the house and sold it to Edgar N. Reifel in 1934 and he converted it into apartments. In 1946, he and his wife, Minnie Reifel, sold the house to Joseph A. and Pearl J. Kemp. It served as their residence as well as a source of income from the rental units. James K. Neal purchased the property from Mrs. Kemp’s estate in 1981, sold to John J. Gagliano in 1983. James and Debbie McKissick bought it in 2017 and accomplished a complete renovation which included the reconstruction of the exterior porches.

516 East Guenther

In 1891 Charles A. Zilker, manager of the Southern Ice and Cold Storage Company, paid Axel Meerscheidt $1900 for two and one-half lots here. He built this Victorian house with its walled dormer, multiple porches and detailed spindlework in 1896. Mr. Zilker and his wife, Pearl, lived here until 1912. The property was a rental until 1950, when Mrs. Zilker, then a widow, sold it to Melvin O. and Margie Dickens. They lived here from 1964 and sold it in 1969 when Don, Richard, and Bruce Langson bought it and made it into apartments. In 1975 Charles Schubert and Anne Schubert purchased the property and restored it to a single-family dwelling. Charles was president of the KWA from September 1993 to August 1995. Jesse Sturgeon became a co-owner in 2014.

101 Crofton

The house that sat here for half a century was built by developer Axel Meerscheidt in 1891. According to his daughter, he built it to draw others to his new subdivision, which surrounded the property. The house, then numbered 515 East Guenther, was a grand structure, almost a twin to his partner’s house next door at 503 East Guenther. Axel and his family lived here until 1898, when he and his wife, Olga, sold the house for $14,000. The house burned and was demolished before 1952. Roger and Sondra Maino bought the empty lot in 1982 and developed it as condominiums.

102 Crofton

Patrick Henry Swearingen moved to San Antonio and built a house here in 1892. He died in the influenza epidemic of 1919, but the city directory lists the Swearingens at this address, then 529 Guenther, until the death of the matriarch of the family, Winifred McCraw Swearingen, in 1938. The original house was destroyed, and the current structure was built sometime between 1952 and 1971. Gene Briscoe Sr. sold this property to Guadalupe R. and Angie Mendoza Garza in 1963.

105 Crofton

Originally the side yard of the Meerscheidt house (101 Crofton), this lot was replatted and now serves as the home of the Mockert House. This ornate Victorian with its front-facing gable and double windowed dormer was built on the Mockert homestead (1610 South Flores Street). In that location, it belonged to Henry Phil and Barbara Schoomann Mockert, grandparents of Sondra Maino. Sondra and her husband, Roger, purchased this property in 1982, moved the house here, and renovated it. Subsequent owners include Victor A. and Olivia A. Abrego (1992), Todd A. Joyner and Paula Wiese Joyner (1995), Dixie A. Deeter (2001), Claudio F. Zeballos and Margaret Mann-Zeballos (2004), Gene S. Walker, (2010), Stephen K. and Christina K. Lecholop (2013).

107 Crofton

Sophie F. Engelke (224 Adams), born Fredericka Sophie Elisabeth Heineke in Wittenberge, Prignitz, Brandenburg, Germany, arrived at the port of Galveston on October 13, 1850, aboard the Brasilien. Her family settled in Austin County, and there, as a seventeen-year-old girl, she married Frederick A. Engelke on Christmas Eve in 1856. After his death in 1889, she moved to San Antonio with several of their thirteen children and, in April 1892, bought this lot. She had this Albert Beckman designed Queen Anne Style house built, and sold it to Carolina and Adolph W. Hartung, Sr. in 1899 for $12,000. The Hartungs sold the house in 1907 to Carlos Michaud. Dolores Wilhelmi, widow of Charles (111 Crofton), lived in the house from 1908 until her death in 1911. Her minor children received the property in a settlement of their parents’ estate and sold to Mary E. Spellessy, a native of Cork, Ireland, in 1922. Thomas and Minnie Tarin Vann rented the house in 1926. He advertised himself as “The Coffee Man” and ran his business from a rear building. A 1926 ad offered “Wholesale and Retail Coffee, The Famous Manhattan Blend.” The Vanns purchased the house in 1931. Two years later they divorced and divided the property. Mrs. Vann was deeded the main house; her property ended “5 feet West of the back steps.” His property began at the back of hers and extended to the river. Within a year both Vanns had remarried, Thomas to Edna O’Hagan and Minnie to Edgar N. Reifel. Mr. Vann expanded the back building (demolished sometime after 1980) and lived there until his death in 1950. His widow, Edna, eventually sold her property to Marcella O’Hagan Mondin, her daughter. Minnie Tarrin Reifel lived in the front house off and on until about 1975. Other owners were Cruz P. Sellers (1979), Joseph B. and Carolyn H. Labatt, who bought both properties in 1990. Subsequent owners were Kathleen Mansmann (1993), Candace A. Jacobs and Martin J. Yates (2005), Michael C. and Barbara S. Taylor (2009).

111 Crofton

Theodore Vinke built this Victorian house in 1893 and, in 1895, sold it to Frank J. Gonder. Franks’s wife, Caroline, was one of fourteen children born to George and Frances Dullnig. George was born in Austria, came to San Antonio as a child and founded a wholesale grocery and dry goods business on Alamo Plaza. Frank was a clerk in his father-in-law’s store. In 1907, Frank and Caroline Gonder sold the house to Carlos Michaud, an associate of Delores Wilhelmi and her husband, Charles. After Dolores died in 1911, there were several lawsuits, including a lis pendens, which resulted in ownership of this property being transferred to the Wilhelmi’s orphaned, minor children and ultimately to the youngest child, Maria De Los Dolores Wilhelmi. Henry and Jennie Boerner (326 King William) bought the house from her in 1925. After Henry died in 1934, Jennie, who was the daughter of Adolph and Pauline Sholz (see 532 East Guenther), deeded the house to Sebina Jensen in lieu of payment. In 1944, C.H. and Ola B. Cockrell bought the property and sold it to Walter M. and Cruz P. Sellers in 1971. Robert Mark and Jana Payne bought the house in 2013.

113 Crofton

This brick Victorian-style house was built in 1892 by Peter Younger, partner in the firm of Fenstimaker and Younger, brick contractors. In 1899, Mr. Younger and his wife, Edith, sold their home to Dr. Alfred C. McDaniel (117 Madison), who used it as a rental. In 1905, R.L. and Maybelle Bodkin bought the property and lived there for the next 61 years. When Mr. Bodkin, who outlived his wife, died in 1966, the house was sold to Miss Margaret Gething (409 East Guenther), and it now belongs to the Perry Gething Foundation.

114 Crofton

Winifred McCraw Swearingen (102 Crofton) bought this lot from Rudy and Lena Jacob in 1892. It remained a part of that property until 1964, when the owner, Gene Briscoe Sr., sold it to Albert Charles and Viola Perez (1964). Other owners were Cruz P. and Walter M. Sellers, Jr. (1975), Daniel and Evangeline Rivera (1987), and Therese H. Palacios (1989). This bungalow was moved to this location after 1971.

123 Crofton

On February 25, 1908, Albert Steves Jr., grandson of Edward Steves, Sr. (509 King William), married Annie Bell, daughter of Sam C. Bell, mayor of San Antonio from 1917 to 1921. Albert had purchased these lots just days before the wedding, and surely the house that sits here now was built by Ed. Steves & Sons. Four of the Steves’ children were born while the family lived here. Family lore describes trips to the grandparents’ homes via the river. In 1921, Theodore H. Flint, vice president of the J.J. Kuntz Lumber Company, bought the house. He and his wife, Anne, lived here until 1930, when they moved to Artesia, New Mexico, where Mr. Flint became a bank president. Luz Rojas y Torres bought the house in 1937 and sold it to Herminio and Santos Lopez in 1940. Juan and Marina Fraire bought the house in 1946 and converted it to apartments. Johnny Solis and Hope Kerr purchased the property in 1970, and it is now owned by Mrs. Kerr’s daughter, Julie A. Jordan.

126 Crofton

Developers Paul Meerscheidt and C.A. Stieren sold this lot to J.D. Miller in 1891 for $700. He sold it a year later to I.L. Martin, an attorney, for $850. Martin and his wife, Julia, built this small Victorian and lived in it a year or two before moving to Uvalde, Texas. In 1900, the renters were the Crowes: John, an agent for Wells Fargo, Elizabeth, and their son, John. In 1917, Travis and Helen Meredith bought the house from the Martins for $2400. Travis was a barber and a bookkeeper for A.A. Gray, a real estate company. He later was a records clerk for the Veterans Administration and finished his work life as a broker for State Farm. The Merediths sold the house to Joe M. Lopez in 1964, and Carmen Belasco acquired the property from the Lopez estate in 1966. Mrs. Belasco died in 1999, and her daughters, Beatrice M. Ramos and Sylvia B. Estrada, inherited the house.

127 Crofton

B. F. and Josephine McNulty bought this house from developer Paul Meerscheidt in May 1892. After living here 11 years, they sold the property to Joseph and Julia Courand. When the Courands moved to their new home at 1146 South Alamo in 1906, they sold the McNulty house to Michael C. and Margaret Travers. Michael was the chief clerk of the United States Army Commissary Department at Fort Sam Houston. After he died in 1923, Margaret went to work as a clerk for the United States Veterans Bureau. She died in 1955 and the property was sold to Emiliano Tamez, Jr., who lived here with his parents, Emiliano Tamez-Garza, previously the Mexican Consul in Eagle Pass, and Consuelo Rodriguez de Tamez. Isaac and Judith Maxwell purchased the house in 1993 and Mr. Maxwell, a San Antonio architect, made significant changes to the house. Gregory C. and Delores L. Ellis bought the house in 2014 and substantially renovated it, adding ancillary buildings and reinstalling the front porches under the direction of architect Stephen Alastair.

129 Crofton

Benjamin G. Barnes and his wife, Ermini, bought this house from Paul Meerscheidt in 1892 and sold it in September 1895 to Allen L. Swearingen. His cousin, Patrick Henry Swearingen (529 East Guenther), bought the house from him in 1899, but the 1900 U.S. Census shows Allen still living here with his sister, Lila, and an aunt, Josephine McCarty. In 1901, George B. and Loula Annie Bell Peyton bought the house and lived here 20 years. Here they reared their children, Fred and Bailey. The latter told tales of swimming in the river. In 1924, Mrs. Peyton, a widow, sold the house to Herbert St. John. E.A. and Minnie Mendel bought it in 1925 and in 1926 sold it to Hans and Amelia Werner. Hans, a widower, sold the house to Mrs. George E. Wright in 1940. She sold almost immediately to Mrs. Lida Elkins who lived here until about 1959. The next owner, Mrs. Ruby Harms, made the house into apartments. William Fink purchased the house in April 1971 and sold to Isaac and Judith Maxwell a year later. Architect Maxwell, known for his punched copper light fixtures, redesigned the house, inside and out. His design removed the floor of the upper porch as well as most of the second floor inside the house. It is now owned by Gailian D. and Alita Bagley, who returned the facade to its original appearance.

130 Crofton

C.C. Hazelton, an agent for the Wells Fargo Company, bought this Victorian cottage from developer Axel Meerscheidt in 1891, but lived in it only a year or two, then leased it to others. John M. and Bettie White purchased the house in May of 1900, and lived here with their two sons, J. Raymond and Cecyl. The Whites sold in 1909 to David and Maude Byrnes. Clyde Raymond Bodkin was the son of Robert and Mabel Bodkin (113 Crofton), and, in January 1914, soon after he and Mae Edith Smith married, they bought this house. The Bodkins sold to Ezekiel and Mary Anderson in 1920. Forty-seven years later, widow Mary Anderson sold the house to her son-in-law and daughter, David and Evelyn Blaylock. Peter H. and Mary G. Gryska bought the house from the Blaylock estate in 1993. Gloria Pins Arecchi, who served as president of the King William Association from September 1984 to August 1986, purchased the house in 1994.

133 Crofton

The weather vane atop this Albert Beckmann-designed Late Victorian Style house includes the construction date—1892. The letter V carved above the front window is the initial of the first owner, Christian Ulrich Voechting. Voechting immigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from Prussia in 1857, married, and established a career as an investment broker. After his wife, Frederika, died in 1889, he and two of his daughters, Tekla and Marie, came to San Antonio and had this house built. In 1894, before returning to Milwaukee and his profession, he sold the house to Edward and Anna Tewes for $13,000. Mr. Tewes had come from Germany with his mother, two sisters, and a brother in 1854, when he was twelve years old. The family lived first in Cuero, Texas. Edward, a Confederate soldier, became a cotton trader. He founded the town of New Berlin, Texas, and owned cotton gins and several general stores, including one in San Antonio and one in La Vernia, Texas. Anna died in 1920, and a decade later, Edward gave this house to his daughter and son-in-law, Mary Augusta and Louis Stieren, son of C.A. Stieren (503 East Guenther). Mr. Tewes died in 1936 at the age of 94, and the Stierens rented the house until 1942, when they sold it to John G.A. and Ona Hoover Jost.After Ona died in 1959 and John in 1967, the house was owned by their oldest daughter, Mattie, and her husband, Koy Blackstock. The Josts’ youngest child, Texas Hoover Jost Sinnock, inherited the house in 1990. The Josts had lived in many places before arriving in the state where Texas was born, and family lore is that her name paid homage to their arrival at a final home. Her widower, Paul Sinnock, sold the house to Dr. Janet F. Williams and William B. McDonald in 1997. Architect McDonald designed the small two-story addition at the back of the house in 2014.

134 Crofton

Ernest and Lillie Meier bought lots here and hired W.N. Trice and Charles Nord to build this house in 1908. The work took 70 days and cost $4100. Mr. Meier, a druggist, owned Meier’s Pharmacy on East Commerce Street. Clara Toepperwein bought the house in the names of her minor children in 1924. Clara was the widow of Udo Toepperwein (Luckenbach, Texas, was named for Udo’s uncle Carl Albert Luckenbach), a practicing apiarist who owned Toepperwein and Mayfield Company, wholesale and retail distributors of beekeepers’ supplies. Clara lived here until about 1950. In 1953, daughter Lorine Toepperwein Kyser sold the property to Genevieve Jeffrey, who converted it to apartments and sold it to Dalton S. and Betty Watson in 1969. Richard and Linda Davis purchased it in 1977, renovated the house, and returned it to a single-family residence. Mr. Davis served as president of the King William Association from September 2010 until August 2011.

138 Crofton

In 1891, Morgan and Company, plumbers and pipe-fitters, owned by George Morgan, bought this lot from Axel Meerscheidt for $750. That same year, Rudolph Strohmeyer began working for Morgan, and by 1892, the two were partners in the company and, on a small scale, in land speculation. They used their land as collateral for a number of loans, and eventually it was sold at a sheriff’s sale for nonpayment of debt. In 1903, after redeeming the land, Strohmeyer, by then owner of his own firm, purchased it from Morgan for $400, borrowed $1500 and built this house. Mary Gleason, a public school teacher, bought the house in August 1906 for $2650 and sold it to F.C. Hunnam for $3000 in October. Other early owners were W.G. and Anna Taylor (1907), W.C. Allen, Jr. (1907), Stillwell and Martha Harcourt (1908), W.H. Jennings (1911), Ella Lowery (1914), Isaac Bledsoe (1918), Joseph Sanner (1920). The house was a rental property until Oriole Phillips purchased it in 1944. Later owners were Marius and Fannie Anderson (1947), Ernesto and Concha Lavin (1954), Vincent Reynolds (1968), David H. and Juanita Garcia (1969), Jeffrey C.Moore and Lorraine Moore (1984).

144 Crofton

Issac Patton Lockridge, a cashier at the Pacific Express Company, and his brother, Blackburn Lockridge, bought this house from Otto Meerscheidt in 1892 for $1950. In 1896, the residents of Travis County conveyed the property to Frank A. Crow, a brakeman on the San Antonio Local, and his wife, Falba. Short-term owners were Catherine Peeples and her son, George T. Lake (1902), J.H. Timm (1907). Several changes of ownership in 1908 brought small profits to the sellers. Miss Edna Polhemus bought the house in 1911 and lived here with her sister, Geneve, and their parents. Edna, a milliner, opened a shop on Commerce where Geneve and their mother, Harriet, were employed. The San Antonio Express, in a review, called Edna’s voice a “pleasing lyric soprano.” In February 1932, she was killed when a hit-and-run driver struck her car at the corner of East Guenther and Alamo Streets. Her sister, Geneve, by then Mrs. Cushing, inherited the property and, in 1957, sold it to Peter and Frances Noclanes. Other owners were Charles and Alice Franklyn (1960), Pat Sodke and Deborah Sodke (1974), David and Kathryn Eriksen (1980), Barbara Villegas (1983), Jose and Yvonne Castorena ( 2004).

146 Crofton

This Victorian cottage, with its cut-away bay window, bracket trim, and imbrication in the gable, was built for Frank Neumann, a cabinet maker for Hager, Moths & Breitling, and his wife, Mattie, about 1893. The Neumanns sold it to Thom as R.T. Orth in 1900, and he almost immediately sold it to Dr. James Hiram Earp, a physician for the Protective Insurance Union, and his new bride, Nellie May. Gus and Rebecca Dugger bought the house in 1906 and sold to James Carruthers. The Carruthers sold to Cornelius A. Baird, who executed a “de facto” trade with Conrad and Mary Flaig on January 28, 1908; this house for 148 Crofton. The property was a rental until 1947, when Mary Flaig sold it to A.N. Boatner, who sold it to George and Otilia Miville. Mrs. Miville lived here until her death thirty years later. Ethel Rutledge bought the house, and it became the property of her daughters, Muriel Foster and Anna Rose Rigsby, in 1983. Other owners were William Haigh (1992), Jeffery Pokorak and Julie Lueck (1993), Michael and Barbara Stern (2001), James and Johnny Heidleberg (2004), William and Sherri Wagner (2012).

147 Crofton

Benjamin G. Barnes bought three lots from Robert and Elizabeth Hanschke in February of 1900. Barnes and his wife, Ermini, hired G.F. Cross to build this two-story frame dwelling of eight rooms. Construction began in November and was completed by January 1, 1901. Barnes was a partner in Roach and Barnes Sporting Goods Store (they sold bicycles, Kodaks, and sporting goods at 218 West Commerce). He eventually became Vice President and Treasurer of the Central Trust Company. In 1906, the Barneses sold the house to Jeremiah and Helena Mooney Maher. The Mahers had moved to San Antonio in 1904 with three of her older brother’s orphaned children, whom they adopted in 1912. There is a deed, executed in 1913, selling the house, which was valued at less than $6000, to William A. Cocke for $20,000. Both Jeremiah Maher and William Cocke were heavily involved in real estate, and the sale of the house appears to have been part of another deal. There were a number of subsequent lawsuits involving the house and the men. In October of 1914, Jeremiah was doing business in Bryan County, Oklahoma, and the house was vacant. By 1916, the family was back in this house. The Mahers sold the house again, this time for $9000 to Joseph Bold. The house changed hands a number of times before William R. Tinney and his wife, Mary Toudouze Tinney, bought it in 1935. William was the operator of the Texas Theater; its façade is still a fixture on East Commerce. Mary was a real estate investor. Mary, a widow, sold the house to Charles P. and Bessie L. Curry in 1960. Other owners were Robert F. and Laura Warren (1984) and Maria and Dr. Robert Treviño (1987).

148 Crofton

Conrad Flaig, building contractor, bought this lot from Axel Meerscheidt in 1891 and built this house about 1907. He traded it to Cornelius A. and Sarah Baird in 1908 for the Baird’s house at 146 Crofton. The Bairds moved here, and it was their home until about 1920, when Cornelius died. Then the house was rented until Mrs. Baird sold it, in 1945, to Curtis L. and Opal Watson. Curtis lived here a few years, and then the house was rented again. In 1955, the Watsons, by then divorced, sold the house to Alma B. Marshall, a widow. The house was a rental until Tomas and Sara Alcala Rodriguez bought it in 1956. It now belongs to one of their daughters, Amelia Rodriquez Verduzco, and her husband, Albert.

150 Crofton

Edward W. Mills and his wife, Lillie, were the first to live in this Victorian cottage, which they bought from developer Axel Meerscheidt in 1891 for $2450. Early short-term owners were Calvin Goodloe (1905), Charles S. Rees (1907), L.D. and Minnie Perrin (1911). Comer W. Buckner, a conductor for the SA & APR, and his wife, Laura, lived at various addresses in the area before buying this house in 1912. Laura died on January 7, 1915, and the next month, Comer signed a Builder’s and Mechanic’s Lien with Albert Steves for $2000 in improvements to the house. Comer died in December 1915, and the property was eventually sold by the sheriff for back taxes. John C. Buckner, the Buckners’ son, redeemed the property and sold it to Ella Thomas in 1925. She transferred the property to her sister, Etta Ford, and it was sold to Josie Flores. The house was rented and often vacant until November 1946, when Timothy and Edna Mae Keohane bought it. Mr. Keohane sold ranch and farm supplies from here. Other owners were Estela Castañeda (1955), Ascension Arredondo (1962), Cristela Canales (1978), her sons, Agustin and David Canales (1979), and Alicia Herrera (1982).

151 Crofton

Dr. Edward Hertzberg and Helene Schneck married on January 17, 1898, and were living at 433 Madison when they purchased this lot and a half from Edward W. Mills (150 Crofton) in September 1903. The Builder’s and Mechanic’s lien, which they signed the next month, required Jacob Wagner to complete the two-story Eastlake-Victorian house in six weeks. The Hertzbergs and their three children were the first of three families to have owned this house. Dr. Hertzberg died at the age of 80 in 1951, and Mrs. Hertzberg, along with their eldest daughter and son-in-law, Helene and Theodore Simmang, died in a car crash on Bandera Road on New Year’s Day in 1955. Leonora (Nola) Feiler, their younger daughter, survived the crash but spent a year in a body cast and was never able to access the second story nor maintain the house. Lenora lived here until the 1960s. She and her surviving sibling, Edward, sold the home to Roger and Rubina Berry in 1971 for $15,000, which stretched the newlyweds’ budget. In retirement, Roger was a master gardener who specialized in lilies. Rubina was a teacher. After Roger died in 2010, Rubina sold to Craig Clingan and Alison Dudley in 2016.

155 Crofton

In December 1890, Theodore Hertzberg, father of Dr. Edward Hertzberg (151 Crofton), bought these two lots from developer Axel Meerscheidt and built this Victorian house before 1892. The design by architect M.T. Eckles includes exterior latticework, porches and a large front door with beveled glass. Theodore, a bit more than 70 years of age, was listed as an assistant editor of the Freie Presse Für Texas. In 1909, Theodore’s widow, Emilie Grothaus Hertzberg, who was 5’8” tall according to her 1914 passport, sold her home to Sidney J. and Clara Swearingen Brooks. Judge Brooks was born in Kentucky in 1866 and received part of his education in Texas. He attended the Universities of Virginia and Arkansas and was awarded a law degree in 1892. The Brooks’ son, Sidney J. Brooks, Jr., was one of the first cadets killed while training for World War I (1917). Brooks Air Force Base (now Brooks City Base) was named in his honor. Mrs. Brooks died in 1924, and the judge lived down the street with the family of his late brother-in-law and law partner, Patrick H. Swearingen. When Judge Brooks remarried about 1937, he and his second wife moved back to this house. In 1943, his widow, Lila Brooks, and his daughter, Clara May Trickett, sold the house. Other owners of the house were Henry C. Sanchez and his son, Raymond (1943), Victor and Leta Paetznick (1952), Charles E. Wade and Barbara Jackson (2005), Josephine N. Gill (2010).

156 Crofton

With $2615 provided by her husband, J.E.C. Pedder, Henrietta Pedder bought this delicately detailed Victorian cottage from Axel Meerscheidt in 1891. Patrick H. Swearingen (102 Crofton) bought it from her in October 1892 and a month later sold it to his sister, Clara, and her husband, Sidney J. Brooks, who was also Patrick’s law partner. While the Brooks lived here, Texas Governor Sayers appointed Mr. Brooks as a judge of the 57th District Court, and their children, Clara May and Sydney J. Brooks, Jr. (see 155 Crofton), were born. In 1909, they sold the house to J.M. Lynch and moved to 155 Crofton. Other owners were G. Denton (1911), Adolf Holz (1914), Johnathan and Kate Carlstrom (1915), Donald McKay (1918), J. P. and Babe Wantzloeben (1919), John and Sarah Perry (1923), Madge E. and Charles Gengler (1925), and G.C. Jenkins (1928). joint owners, Arthur Stanford and C. L. and Ernestine Shaffer (1944), Jimmy and Ngan Ying Louie (1965). The Louies sold the house to Jimmy’s father, Burton, the next year. Burton Louie, whose birth name was Ying Lim, had come from China in 1929 on the President Madison. Other owners were Emma Petty (1968), Pat Sodke and Sandra Sodke (1979), Mario Perez and Cheryl Smith, Edward and Kathy Flato (1985), Everett and Cynthia Collins (1996), Richard and Laura Singleton (2003), Barbara Jackson and Charles E. Wade (2004), Mark and Beverly Schwartzman (2005).

102 Constance

Charles, a mechanic at Kelly Air Force Base, and Eloisa Cleveland purchased these lots in 1943 from J.F. Perry, Jr. At the end of WW II they signed a Builder’s and Mechanic’s Lien with Joe Marotta to build a small house, which is listed in the 1948 city directory. Joseph R. and Carmen R. Van Meter purchased the property from Elosia Cleveland Allen in 2002. They accomplished a major renovation, keeping the old structure and adding a new wing designed by architect Charles Schubert.

524 East Guenther

C.A. Stieren and Axel Meerscheidt built a house here in 1892 for Francisca Remer, the widowed mother of their wives, sisters Hedwig and Olga. Mrs. Remer died in 1899, and Ross and Allie Davis (528 East Guenther) bought it and lived here until 1907, when they sold it to E.E. and Wilhelmina Cottrill. In 1914, the Cottrills signed a contract with Kuntz Albaugh Lumber Company for the construction of a house, but the footprint of the house did not change substantially. It is unclear if the house was demolished or extensively remodeled. George J. Sowell bought the house in 1920 and J.G. and Florence McGrail in 1927. Miss Augusta Boemer, a private duty nurse, bought the house as an investment in 1932. She lived here from the early 1950s until she sold it to Karl Felton Doerner III in 1978. Other owners were Olga U. Bruno (1982) and David McCullough Altgelt (2014).

528 East Guenther

After having this house built in 1891, W.W. Johnson, who worked for the Southern Ice Company, deeded it to his wife, Carrie. They lived here until, in 1904, they sold it to Charles A. Zilker (607 East Guenther). It was rented until 1915, when Ross and Allie Davis (524 East Guenther) bought it. After three years, they sold the house to the Voight family: Mina, and her daughters, Hildred and Fano, public school teachers. A younger sister, Isabel, a stenographer, lived here with them. This was their residence for the next 40 years. Fanora sold to Maria Luisa and Maria Antonia Garza in 1956. Other owners were Mrs. Addie V. Brown (1957), Leonor Jamie Martinez (1968), and the current owner is Rosie Lopez.

532 East Guenther

Family lore incorporates sailing ships and covered wagons into the story of William’s parents, Adolph and Pauline, and their journey to San Antonio. The elder Scholzes started the family business as a saloon on Alamo Street just south of the Plaza about 1877. It was later known as Workingmen’s Hall and Garden and then Scholz’s Garden. William worked with his father, and by 1904, his sister and brother-in-law, Jennie and William Boerner (1113 South Alamo), had joined him. That year, the three of them wrote a contract with Adolph Wagner to build a “business house” designed by architect James Wahrenberger on the site of Scholz Garden at a cost of $15,565. The newly constructed building became The Palm Garden. After it was destroyed by fire, William Scholz operated a saloon, a restaurant, and, after Prohibition, a tourist shop that sold fancy armadillo baskets. The Scholz House seems to have evolved into its present state. In 1891, less than a year after William G. Scholz married Eva Wolf, he bought this property from Axel Meerscheidt. On the two lots was a small wood-frame cottage. By 1896, Mr. Scholz had replaced it with a one-story brick house. The foundation stones are said to have been cut from the quarry at the Brackenridge Park Sunken Gardens. The Scholzes added a second story to their home about 1911. William G. Scholz died in 1926, and Eva two years later. In 1929, their children sold the family home. Beatrice Giles Dreiss, daughter of architect Alfred and Laura Giles (308 King William), bought the house in 1931 and lived here with her husband, Paul, until about 1940. The next owners, Felix, who worked at Kelly Air Force Base, and Santos Garcia, bought the house in 1951. This was their home until they sold it in 1965 to Jose and Concepcion Sanchez. Alice S. Perez received the property from the Sanchez estate in 2012.

602 East Guenther

Siblings Max Fues, Alex Fues, and Emilie Rosstauscher bought this lot from Axel Meerscheidt in 1891. Their mother, Johanna Sartor Fues, a daughter of Alex Sartor (217 King William), hired Hugo Schuetze to build this one-story shingle-roof cottage in 1907. After her brother Alex died in 1921 and her mother Johanna in 1928, Max sold his interest in the house to his sister Emilie (Rosstausche) Schelb, in exchange for her paying their mother’s debts. It was Emilie’s home until she died in 1950. Her heirs sold it to Mrs. Edna Tisdale and, in 1953, she sold it to Antero P. and Delfina W. Castillo. Tirso Sigg and Magaly Chocano owned the property from 2004 until 2018, when they sold it to Justin and Ariana Barbour.

603 East Guenther

Mortimer Julius Hewitt bought this Victorian house from Axel Meerscheidt in 1891, and it remained in the same family for over 60 years. Mr. Hewitt was married to Mary Siemering, daughter of August and Clara Schuetze Siemering (214 Madison, no longer standing). In the 1880s, Mr. Hewitt was a merchant dealing in cigars, tobacco, and smokers’ articles, and by 1891 had his own shop on Alamo Plaza. After he died in 1920, Mrs. Hewitt and her sister, Clara Siemering, ran the Hewitt News Service from this house. They were living here with another sister, Thekla Schuwrith, when Mrs. Hewitt died in 1942. Clara inherited the house, and, in 1953, her estate sold it to James H. and Margaret Belanger. Johnny and Camila Sandoval bought the house in 1957, and it is still owned by Mrs. Sandoval.

606 East Guenther

Edward Lange and Arthur Uhl bought this lot from A. and Jennie Saladino in May 1926, and the next month hired Meliff MacAlister Lumber Company to build this little bungalow for $3000. They originally sold the house to Charles F. Lavallade, but quickly repossessed it and, by 1928, had sold it to Alvin R. and Elizabeth Bushnell. Mr. Bushnell spent his working years as an oil dealer in Monterrey, Mexico, and died there in 1938. Elizabeth died in 1941, and John L. and Julia Pearce bought the house. Alice O. Power owned it from 1942 until 1944, when George R. Gabitzsch, a retired farmer, and his wife, Margaret, bought the property. After the widowed Margaret died in 1980, Raul (Sr.) and Minnie Barrera purchased it. The Barreras’ children were sold to Pamela B. McClain in 2012.

607 East Guenther

T.F. McGarity bought this lot from developer Axel Meerscheidt on January 23, 1891, for $600. He and his wife, Berta P., appear to have built a house prior to selling to Charles A. Zilker in May 1891 for $1700. In 1892, Ross Davis bought it from Zilker for the same price. Mr. Davis was an engineer at C.H. Guenther’s Southern Ice and Cold Storage Company, where Mr. Zilker was Vice President. The Davises sold to James S. and Ella Kaiser Dodds in 1901. The Alamo Title Company sold the house to Billy J. Wilson (1961). Other owners were Abel R. Villarreal (1963), Armando and Maria Elena Treviño (1964), Augustine and Genoveva B. Villarreal (1980), Frances G. Murguia (1984), Johnny R., Jr., and Domitila M. Sandoval (1986). They transferred the property to a limited liability company in 2009.

609 East Guenther

Thomas Nelson bought this lot from developer Axel Meerscheidt, and in 1898 he sold it to Conrad A. Goeth for $350. Two years later, Ross and Allie Davis bought it for $550. The Davises hired Otto Lindaw to build “a one-story frame house or cottage with a shingle-roof, containing six (6) rooms, a hall and two galleries or porches” for $1825. Details for their Victorian cottage not listed in the contract include the ornate spindle work and lacy brackets on the porches, the pedimented dormer, and front-facing gable with its bay window. They sold to A.R. Spillman, a traveling salesman, on April 25, 1902, for $3450. He and his wife, Ida, lived here until they sold to Adolph Grasso in 1914. The property was an investment and, in 1946, Adolph’s widow, Ella, sold it to H.L. and Jewel Guess. Arthur and Maria Valdez bought it in 1950 and gave it to their daughter, Elisa Valdez, in 1954. Other owners were Francisco M. and Elena E. Sanchez (1963), Betty Lancaster (1986), Frank Paul Rocha, Jr. (1992), Camilo Alberto and Maureen Strauss Gonima (2012), and Patrick Olin Strauss (2016).

610 East Guenther

Jose Maria Garcia de Villareal (317 Wickes) bought a number of lots from developer Axel and Paul Meerscheidt in 1892 and probably built this small Victorian house about then. His son, Porfirio Garcia, sold the house in 1902 to Hampton S. Baugh. When Mr. Baugh died in 1926, the property was inherited by his step-nephew, Beauvais Baugh Fox. The property was sold to A. and Jennie Saladino, then to Edward H. Langue, then Arthur Uhl, before Oscar P., and finally Myrtle Schuetze. Oscar was a fireman at Fire Station Number 2. He died in 1948, and Myrtle sold the property in 1970 to Alfredo Flores. Gus and Mary Benavides owned it for a short time and then sold it to Ramiro C. and Ofelia Treviño in 1975

614 East Guenther

W.H.C. and Margaret Miller Bowen sold these lots to John Bollons in 1903. The 1896 Sanford map shows a more elaborate “wood and concrete” house at 614 East Guenther, but the 1904 map shows two simpler, almost identical structures. John Bollons, who probably built the two houses in 1903, was born in Lincolnshire, England, and was a real estate developer in the early twentieth century. The houses, which have the same footprint and may have been identical, were rented until 1945, when Hattie Semlinger Bollons, John’s widow, and his other heirs sold them. Leslie and Florence Caldwell bought 614; they lived there for 12 years and sold it to Raul and Minnie Barrera. In 2015, the Barrera heirs sold to Mary Elizabeth Schultz. James A. Phillips bought the Folk Victorian house at 618. After he and his wife, Rowena, died, their heirs sold the house to Jay Monday in 1989. Janie Barrera later owned it and sold it to Mary Elizabeth Schultz in 2007.

617 East Guenther

In 1898 Benjamin G. Barnes (147 Crofton) bought this Victorian house from developer Paul Meerscheidt for $3000 and, in November 1899, he sold it to Jens J., Jr. (412 Pereida) and Zulema Garcia Olsen (317 Wickes). Zulema was a well-respected violinist and composer and when she died in 1907, her obituary, which appeared on the front page of the San Antonio Light, said that Sousa’s band had played her composition, The Columbia March, at the opening of the Chicago World’s Fair and that the Tuesday Music Club cancelled their meeting in honor of “one of the mothers of the organization.” Olsen, with his six young children, moved to 215 Mission Street. This house was rented and, in 1917, after Jens’ death in 1909, Mrs. Clara Olsen Eads, Jens’ sister and trustee, sold the house to the San Antonio Loan and Trust Company. C.E. and Grace L. Williams purchased the property in 1919 and lived here until their deaths, Charles in 1934 and Grace in 1940. Donald E. and Virginia Cavender purchased it in 1944. Virginia died in 1945, and in 1950, Donald and his second wife, Pauline, sold the house to Frederick E. Maples, who rented the house as a duplex. Liberty and Bess Ferlet bought the house in 1965. Baldemar E. and Josephina Chapa Villareal bought the property in 1976 and deeded it to their son, Baldemar Villareal, Jr., in 1999.

618 East Guenther

624 East Guenther

Ernest Emig, a carpenter, arrived from Germany in 1890, bought this lot from Axel Meerscheidt in 1891, built this Folk Victorian house, married Anna Schneider on May 14, 1892, and had a baby daughter by 1893. After Anna died in 1902 and Ernest in 1903, their four children were sent to live with others. Daughter Anna lived with the Rabas at 502 East Guenther; Ernest lived with John C. Dielmann as a foster brother to Leo (801 East Guenther); the youngest, Albert, lived with A.G. Wietzel. Daughter Maria worked for A.G. Duggar on Lavaca Street. As adults, the children sold the house to Neva E. Whyman in 1921. She and her husband, Allen, hired the Petrich-Saur Lumber Company to make $466.04 worth of improvements to the property. After several changes of ownership, Bertha Borgfeld bought the property in 1927. Herbert D. Meyers bought the house in 1931. Other owners were Eric J. and Inez Spielhagen (1957), Jay Monday (1988), Douglas and Neva Fesler (1989), and Elena Marie Flores (2017).

625 East Guenther

Fannie Ives Carothers purchased this lot and the adjoining one to the south from investor August Haye in February 1892. She had this Victorian cottage built in 1903. From the first, the house was a rental. After Carl Buehler bought it in 1908, the King-Magill Realty Co. ran an ad in the San Antonio Express on March 28, 1908, offering it as a “Six-Room Cottage” for rent at $30 per month. Newton H. White bought the house in 1920 for $4250. Short-term owners were J.R. and Annie Carson (1923), Flora Mason, a widow (1924), Edward Wilson, Joe Andera, Matthew and Olivia Gorman (1941), Henry W. and Fay Fennell Trahan (1943). Barbara Gentry, a nurse, bought this house in 1947, and she lived here until 1983, when she sold it to Joyce B. Blaul. Other owners were Betty L. Corsak (1986), David L. and Arden Dana-Pryor (1995), and Cari Smith Hill (2017).

627 East Guenther

This house was built about 1892, for Fannie Ives Carothers as a rental. The first tenant was Charles J. Lukin, principal of the Navarro Elementary School, and later superintendent of the San Antonio schools. Hilmar L. Guenther, son of Carl H. Guenther (205 East Guenther), rented it from 1893 to 1899. James W. Sullivan bought the property in 1907 and sold it to J.N., Jr. and Jessie Groesbeeck in 1909. They lived here until they sold to Lewis G. Stark Sr. in 1915. Lewis G. Stark, Jr., married Frances Haugh in 1932, and the young couple purchased the house from his father. John J. and Olga Caperton bought the house in 1946 and, in 1951, sold it to Wilba and Hattie Fuller. Bryce and Mary Milligan purchased the house in 1979, one month before the birth of their first child. The house was covered in lime-green permastone and asbestos siding with a concrete porch, no air conditioning, and a wood stove for heat. The Milligans restored the house.

628 East Guenther

Berta P. McGarity bought this lot in 1891, and she and her husband, T.F., sold it to Charles C. Harloff in 1901 for $420. There was a small house on the lot in 1904. Mary E. Swearingen, who lived with her daughter Clara Brooks (156 Crofton), bought it in 1908 as an investment. She had a larger house constructed (or expanded the old one) before her death in 1911. Her children sold the property to Frances Buchanan as her separate property. Buchanan and her husband, Charles, sold the house to Cecelia Thornton, a widow, in 1947. Other owners were Lucille Byrd (1963), Melchor and Lucia G. Morales (1973), and Linda Sue Couch (2010).

630 East Guenther

In 1891, developers Axel and Paul Meerscheidt built this house for their mother, Lena Meerscheidt, and their younger siblings: Max, Otto, and Martha. In 1896, Axel sold the house to Henry and Louise Wagner, and the family moved to Paul’s house at 302 Adams. Other early owners were William E. and Agnes Crawford Jackson (1902), Patrick and Mary Moynahan (1904), Dorothy and Christopher Boyle (1905). Aaron and Sara Schwartzmann bought the property in 1909, two years after they had emigrated from Russia on the ship Hanover. The manifest identified him as a tailor who was joining his sister, Lizzie Mazur, in San Antonio. She and her husband, Joseph, lived here with the Schwartzmanns until the Mazurs purchased the house in 1918. Arthur G. Roemer, a businessman who sold “paints, wallpaper, brushes, canvas and glass,” bought the house in 1921 as rental property. Other owners were Concepcion Tamez (Acosta) (1950), Raynaldo and Rosa Vela (Carvajal) (1962), Rosalinda Cortez (1978), and LSBC Family Properties (2014).

631 East Guenther

Hilmar Louis Guenther was the third son of Carl H. Guenther, founder of the Guenther Mills. He and his wife, Marie, were renting next door (627 East Guenther) when they bought this house from Moses C. Judson in 1901 for $4500. This Victorian cottage with its brackets under the cut-away bay windows, and double front-facing gables was the family home until Marie, a widow, sold the property to Angus and Alva McKay in 1943. Other owners were H. Ray and Judith A. King (1981), Roger A. and Elizabeth T. Perez (1988). Roger was president of the KWA from September 1999 until August 2001. Susan Gershenhorn and James Lazarus bought the house in 2006 and added the north wing of the house, which was designed by architect William B. McDonald, in 2014.

632 East Guenther

When Elizabeth Uhl purchased this lot from Axel Meerscheidt in 1896, there was a frame cottage on the lot. It was still here in 1920 when she, joined by her husband, Charles Max Uhl, sold it to A.J. Greiner for $2600. Clarence and Frances O’Leary bought the house from Greiner in 1923, and sometime before 1954, they enclosed the front porches. In 1965, Frances sold the house to Leonel M. and Adele C. Cortez. Maria and Hector Tovar bought it from them in 1993.

704 East Guenther

Developers Leroy G. Denman and Floyd McGown sold this lot to Harry Martin in 1908. He and his wife, Lura, wrote a contract with Albert Reichert in January 1909, which called for Reichert to build a “two-story frame dwelling house 40 X 30, shingle roof, with nine rooms, two halls, baths, front and rear porches, one side porch.” Mr. Reichert furnished the plans. Mrs. Martin, a widow, sold it in 1946 to Indelecio and Euleteria Diaz for $10,000. Their daughter Stella Diaz became the owner of the property in 1950 after she agreed to care for the property and make the payments. Elizabeth B. Melson inherited the house in 2009. She and her husband, Rubin D., sold to Marlys G. Dietrick and Michael G. Looney (705 East Guenther) in 2011.

705 East Guenther

Jennie H. Barnes purchased most of the Barbe Subdivision from Charvey Barbe’s widow, Clara, in 1901. Jennie and her husband, Amon, sold this lot to P.P. McManus shortly before selling the rest of the subdivision to developers Denman and McGowen in 1903. McManus and his wife, Rachael, had this two-story Victorian built about 1906. It is first listed in the 1907 city directory as 633 Guenther. They sold it in May 1909 to Theodore and Louise Heinen. Henry Radley, a real estate dealer, and his wife Augusta, bought the house in August 1909 for $4000 and lived here until about 1925. Napoleon and Annie Hatchett rented the house beginning in the early 1930s and, in 1942, bought it from the Radley family. Napoleon, who was a signalman for the Southern Pacific Lines, died in 1941. After Annie died in 1961, Zachariah Berry and Cloma Jackson purchased the house. They sold it to Michael Looney in 1979. Margaret and Edmon Benavides bought the house in 1984.

706 East Guenther

B.H. and Fannie Zuber bought this lot in 1906 for $850 and had this Craftsman bungalow built the same year. They sold it to Miss B. Elizabeth Bowsher in 1920. She sold later that same year to J.L. Gilpin, who was the first owner to live in the house. Charles A. and Clara Nuhn bought the house in 1923. Charles was a salesman for Peden Iron & Steel Company. Maria Castillo and Robert H. Perez, Jr. bought the house from Clara’s estate in 1974. Michael Looney purchased the property in 1980.

709 East Guenther

In 1899, Frank Rennert married Clara Groos, the daughter of Frederick Groos, a founder of the Groos National Bank. The couple had this Queen Anne-style house built in 1906 on two lots they bought, one from Claudia Barbein in 1905 and one from C.M. Ford in 1906. The house with its basket-handle arches over the front door and over the first-floor windows was designed by architect Leo M.J. Dielmann (801 East Guenter), well known for the many houses and buildings he designed in Texas. The 1907 city directory identifies Mr. Rennert as the manager of Rennert-Millette Company, cotton exporters and commission merchants. By the time he retired, Mr. Rennert was head of the Rennert Travel Agency, which still bears his name, though ownership has passed to other hands. Zachariah Berry and Cloma Jackson purchased the property in 1954 from the Rennerts’ son, Frank Werner Rennert, for $15,000. Mr. Jackson was a weigher for the Alamo Livestock Commission Company. Other owners were Dean and Hester Gibbons (1980), Cecilia H. and Belton Kleberg, Jr. (1986), Terry Armstrong (1994), and Hope and Carlos Cortes (2006).

716 East Guenther

Reinhold C. Lehman, a salesman for Morris Block and Company, bought this lot in 1906 from developers Leroy G. Denman and Floyd McGown and built this house about 1908. In 1920, his widow, Maud Lehman, sold it to Frank L. and Ida Douglas. Mr. Douglas was an SA & APR engineer. Bascom Bell (315 Stieren) and his fourth wife, Jennie, bought the house shortly after the two married in June 1929. Both had been widowed for two years when they married. Mr. Bell’s daughter, Lucille, a public school art teacher, and her husband, Avery C. Barron, owned and lived in the house from 1932 until they sold it to Frankie and Grace McFarland in 1956. Rodolfo and Bernadette Nava bought the property in 1968.

717 East Guenther

Fred C. Groos (231 Washington) bought this lot in 1906 for $600. He borrowed $2350 in December, built this Craftsman bungalow, and married Florence Clarkson (213 Washington) on the ninth of January 1907. They lived here for a short time and sold the house to J.G. and Claire Faubion in 1908. S.T. and Thomasine Lowry bought it in 1910. Bertha Stumberg (103 City) purchased it in 1912, and her daughter and son-in-law, Elsie and Marshall T. Hearne, moved here as newlyweds. Marshall was a special agent for the Union Central Life Insurance Company. In 1951, the Hearns moved to 103 City, possibly to care for her aging mother. In 1953, Mrs. Hearn sold this house to Ovidio and Sally Flores. Other owners were Zarchariah and Cloma Jackson (1966), Michael Looney (1978), Gerald Grevas and April Jessic (1979), Margaret and Arthur Cain (1984), Debra Salge (1986), and Jerry D. and Rebecca L. Witte (1997).

720 East Guenther

Michael Milgrom purchased this lot and the one to the south from Nathan Kallison in 1913 and built a house on each lot before 1915. The first year this bungalow was listed in the city directory, it was numbered 712 East Guenther and rented to R.Y. and Allene Adams. Mr. Milgrom and his wife, Frieda, sold the house to Alfred J. and Louise Tondres in 1918. Ed. and Clara Leach bought it in 1919 for $1940. They paid $1000 down and made payments of $40 per month. The estate of Clara Leach sold it in 1973 to Zachariah and Cloma Jackson (709 East Guenther). Leif and Sue Calberg bought it in 1980 and sold it to Bradley and Dina Toland in 1999.

721 East Guenther

Doctors William and Mary Robbie bought this lot and built this Craftsman bungalow with its unusual dormer in 1906. He was born in Canada to Scottish parents, and came to the United States with them in 1880. According to the San Antonio Light, Dr. William Robbie’s horse Foot Strong finished third in the Gentlemen’s Roadster harness race on October 8, 1908. Dr. Mary Robbie was the surgeon for the SA & APR, the first woman railroad surgeon in the United States. She lived here until she died of a black spider bite in 1940. That year, the estate sold the house to Mary L. Tinney (147 Crofton), and the house was a rental. Ted and Daisy Gallagher rented here for eleven years before they bought the house in 1961. Other owners were Dolores Garza (1967), Dolores Sanchez (1972), Mrs. Sanchez’s children: Jesse Sanchez, Sarah Flores, and Rachael Pesek (1979). Rosalino Garza became a part-owner in 2017.

724 East Guenther

Michael Milgrom bought this lot at the same time he purchased 720 East Guenther. He built the houses about the same time, and they were almost duplicates. Originally numbered 714 East Guenther, this house first appears in the city directory in 1915, rented to Thomas, a public accountant, and Lillian Curran. Charles L. Nutt and his brother-in-law, Claude Harkey, bought the house from Milgrom and his wife, Frieda, in 1918. The men earned their living at the Nutt’s Cash Grocery at 223 S. Alamo, which Charles had opened about 1915. While the families lived here, Charles L. Nutt Jr. worked as a clerk in the office of Atlee B. Ayers. He eventually became an architect and practiced in New York City. John R. and Madge Williams purchased the property in 1920. Mr. Williams began his work life as a truck driver, but by 1948, he was listed in the city directory as a watchmaker. Mrs. Williams died in 1926, and Mr. Williams died in 1953. The house was rented until their heirs sold the house to Philip A. & Clare Campbell in 1993.

725 East Guenther

Ernst Albert Thomas bought this lot in April 1907 and hired George W. Thomas to build this Victorian “five-room cottage” with its front facing gable and matching dormer. He married Hedwig Rummel that same year. Ernst was a violin teacher who taught at the Bonn Avon School and gave private lessons from his home. Joe C. and Sara Ramirez bought it from the Thomas estate in March, 1960. They lived there for a short time and then rented the house. In 1967, Carolyn Martinez became owner and resident.

728 East Guenther

Blant N. and Cynthia C. Miller purchased this vacant lot from the estate of Claudia B. McMahon in 2014 and had this house built.

732 East Guenther

W.E. Jackson (736 East Guenther) purchased this lot from Ernest R. Barbe in 1916. J.D. and Alice Phillips bought it in 1921 and contracted with John J. Kuntz to build several houses. This house was one of them. The cost was $3600. They sold this house to Lafe F. and Mary Barnhart for $4250. Mr.Barnhart was an engineer for the SA & APR. Vernon and Ruby Elizabeth Geyer purchased the house in 1927. Vernon, who in 1927 was an organist at the Alamo Amusement Company, grew up at 207 West Johnson, the son of Master Sergeant William E. Geyer. After Vernon and Ruby died, the house became the property of their son, William James Geyer, and his wife, Helen. Mrs. Geyer, who is active in the community and the KWA, still owns the house and lives here.

735 East Guenther

This house was built at 607 Garden Street, just to the north of what is now 921 South Saint Mary’s, in about 1903 by Valentine Scherrer. Mr. Scherrer, a German immigrant who listed his occupation as a Texas wine merchant, rented the house to others. In 1902, Adolphine Wehrhah, obviously aware of his occupation, had sold Mr. Scherrer the lot with the proviso that “said premises cannot be used as a place for selling beer or in running a saloon.” Like many present-day King William residents, she did not want a party next door to her home. When Erhard Guenther bought Mrs. Wehrhan’s circa 1873 home at the point of South Alamo and Garden (South Saint Mary’s) Streets in 1913, Guenther also bought the lot where this small Victorian with its front facing gable sat. In order to secure the sale, Mr. Scherrer bought the right to sell alcoholic beverages from Mrs. Wehrhan for $1. When Mr. Guenther built the southeast wing of 910 South Saint Mary’s in 1925, he moved the house to this lot. It sat empty for many years, and its first tenant is listed in the city directory after 1942. In 1975, Mr Guenther’s heirs sold the house to Maria Chavana (801 East Guenther), the first owner-occupant. Kristen and Richard J. Casey Jr., a respected Texas journalist and commentator, bought the house in 1986. During their time here, the Caseys made minor changes to the back of the house and planted a garden designed by Sarah Lake, one of the first neighborhood gardens to emphasize native plants. The next owner was noted Latina author Sandra Cisneros in 1992. She had the two-story building on the northwest corner of the lot constructed in 2005. Bryan Chih-Chang Lin and Gabriela Elizabeth Brzankalski purchased the property in 2014.

736 East Guenther

Claudia Barbe sold this lot to W.E. and Agnes Jackson in 1915. They hired L.D. Middleton, in April 1916, to build this bungalow for $2700. Agnes was the sister of Grace Crawford (128 City). Their father, John C. Crawford, was sheriff of Bexar County from 1850 to 1853. After Agnes died in 1918, Mr. Jackson moved to Jefferson County, Arkansas, and, in 1920, he and his second wife, Lillie Mae, sold the property to Mrs. R.C. Shaw. In 1946, George F. Dennis bought the house from her heirs, Robert Shaw Walsh, Thomas Moore Walsh, Jr., and Dorothy Walsh. Mr. Dennis lived here for eight years and then sold the property to Enrique and Lucy V. Cardenas. Other owners were Henry Steven Cardenas (1980), Henry G. and Helen Cardenas (1993), Cynthia Harper (1995), Sandra Cisneros (2007), Kye Nelson (2012), and David and Courtney Pryor (2018).

800 East Guenther

In 1913, Mary Eugenia Vance Winslow deeded the first five lots on the east side of this block to her son James Leonard Winslow to settle a case he brought against the estate of his father, Richard N. Winslow, who had died in 1901. James and his wife, Gladys Cottrille (524 East Guenther), granted a Builder’s and Mechanic’s lien on November 6, 1915, to Ed. Steves & Sons to build this bungalow for $2500. The marriage did not last, and James sold this house to Mrs. Lulu F. Newton in May 1919. The Newtons sold it to Frank Degasperi in September of that same year. Frank, an Italian immigrant, was a successful grocer. After he died in 1923, his widow, Angela, lived here with their daughter, Emma, and deeded the house to her in 1947. Emma sold the house to John P. and Marie Antoinette Chavana in 1966. Mrs. Chavana gave the house to her son Thomas and his wife, Theresa E., in 1974. Ralph and Kathleen F. Laborde bought the house from the family in 2016.

801 East Guenther

Sidney J. Brooks purchased the lots on the west side of this block from Mary Winslow in 1902. He sold them to Anne Siemering Groos in 1910. In 1913, architect Leo M.J. Dielmann and his wife, Ella Marie, were living at 320 Adams when they bought these three lots from Mrs. Groos’ heirs. He designed and built this house in 1916 and lived here until he and his wife sold the property to John P. and Marie Antoinette Chavana (800 East Guenther) in 1964. In 1976, Mrs. Chavana deeded the property to their son and his wife, Ernest and Betty Joyce Chavana. Other owners were Ronald and Anne P. Burkett (1978), George David and Jane Andrew Bishop (1982). Nancy B. Barohn has owned the house since 1987. Neighbors here say that the wrought iron fence was moved from the Oge House (209 Washington).

806 East Guenther

Matt C. and Mary Cody purchased this lot from James L. and Gladys Winslow for $650 in May 1915. They wrote a contract with Malliff-McAlister Lumber Company to build this bungalow, which has been modified. The house was sold at a sheriff’s sale in 1936 to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. G.W. Fulbright bought it for $2200 in 1937. He and his wife, Marjorie Ruth, sold the house to Mary Elizabeth Niece, a widow, in 1942. Mrs. Niece ran La Niece Beauty at 1103 South Alamo and later moved her shop here. Other owners were Rudolpho G. and Maria P. Botello (1962), John P. and Marie Antoinette Chavana (800 East Guenther) (1966), Joseph K. Castillo (1971), Fidela and Veronica Castillo (1977), and Jason R. Hull (2014).

810 East Guenther

In 1914, after James L. Winslow inherited this lot and several others from his father, he and his wife, Gladys, hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this bungalow, at a cost of $1700. The Winslows lived here briefly and sold to Claude A. Newton in October 1915. The property was a rental through the next several owners: Henry and L.J. Loomas, E. Hendricks, Charles Graebner, and Nellie Neil (117 King William), who bought the house in 1926 and sold it to Mary Elizabeth Niece in 1945. J. Pierce and Madeline Smith bought the house in 1946 and lived here. In 1972, after he was widowed, he sold to Joe D. Garza. Mr. Garza deeded the property to Hermina Garza-Jaber in 2002, and she, along with her husband, Ismail Jaber, sold it to Mark A. Garza in 2006.

814 East Guenther

James and Gladys Winslow sold the two lots at 814 and 818 East Guenther to Nathan Kallison in 1914 for $1200. C.S. Venable purchased them from him in 1923. C.S. and his wife, Madge, granted Mechanic’s Liens on both properties to Woodward & Hardie Corporation in September 1923. The cost to construct each bungalow was $2750. The Venables sold 814 East Guenther to Ulrich Riche in 1928. He and his wife, Leila, deeded the houses to Jesse D. and Henry Oppenheimer in return for forgiveness of their purchase money loan. Other owners were John and Merle Sprenger (1941), Roy and Clara Chadwell (1950), David A. and Alice Escamilla (1962), Mike B. Adame (1977), and Joe Garza (1999).

815 East Guenther

Part of the Winslow plat, this lot and the one at 819 were owned by Charles Deussen and later, Werner and Janice Rennert (709 East Guenther). Alfred and Grace C. Granato bought the lot in 1946 and hired Bilt-Rite Construction Company to build this Minimal Traditional house. Vivian L. McGill bought the house in 1951 from Joseph A. Clabough and sold it to Roy J. and Clara Jurney in 1953. Joseph Augustus Bowles had returned from World War II, spent some years working for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, and began working at Kelly Air Force Base before he and his wife, Edna Theresa, bought this house in 1954. After Edna died in 1970 and Joseph in 1996, their son, Stephen Joseph Bowles, and daughter, Jane Lee Bowles, inherited the property. Jane still lives here with her husband, Francis Daunt.

818 East Guenther

James and Gladys Winslow sold the two lots at 814 and 818 East Guenther to Nathan Kallison in 1914 for $1200. C.S. Venable purchased them from him in 1923. C.S. and his wife, Madge, granted Mechanic’s Liens on both properties to Woodward & Hardie Corporation in September 1923. The cost to construct each bungalow was $2750. Jose Bartolo Martinez, son of Bartolo and Carmen Martinez (203 King William), was working in his father’s grist mill when he bought 818 from the Venables in 1924. He married Sofia Ortiz the next year, and they lived here until the 1930s. Selena Solis purchased the property in 2002 and sold it to Lee Beekly in 2007. Jimmy M., Losanna H., and William Lee purchased the property from him in 2013.

819 East Guenther

Morris S. and Bessie Johnson bought this empty lot from Werner and Janice Rennert in 1946 and sold it to Leslie W. Tschoepe in September 1947. In October, Mr. Tschoepe hired D.J. Matthews to build this house for $6500, and in November he married Helen Bauml. Robert L. and Merebeth Finch bought the house from them in 1953 and sold to Lionel and Nora Galindo in 1956. Other owners were Daniel and Connie Martinez (1973), Craig A. and Diana Cooley (1984), Harriet N. Kutscher (2002), and Mark A. Garza (2008).

824 East Guenther

Developer W.A. Baity purchased most of the property known as the Winslow plat in 1916. In 1919, he built and sold this Craftsman bungalow to Mrs. K.R. Frye for $4250. She sold it to W.A. and Belle Smith in 1920. A.W. Percy, Sr., bought it in 1922. In 1927, the Percys sold to James and Annie Laurie Silcock. James was a barber who had come to Texas from England with his family in 1880 on the British steamship Mississippi. He maintained his own barber shop at 125 Main Avenue until his death in 1930. Annie lived here until 1949, when she sold it to J. Leo and Bernice Smith. L.J. and Mattye B. Jendrusch bought the house in 1950 and sold to Minnie and Fred Garza, Sr. in 1961. They deeded it to their son, Joe D. Garza, in 1970.

825 East Guenther

When Agnes Crawford Jackson purchased, as her separate property, this lot from Sidney J. Brooks in January 1907, the deed required her to build a house costing at least $2500. She and her husband, W.E., paid builder H.L Scott $5500 in October 1911 to build a “One Story Cottage.” When Ida Dwyer owned the house (1915-1921), developer W.A. Baity and his family were renters here. August H. Schnelle, who bought the house in 1921, and his sister, Agnes, died here of carbon monoxide poisoning in December 1924. A relative, Rowena E. Schnelle Becker, and her husband, Charles, sold the house to George D. and Marie Eitt (323 Wickes) in 1926 for $5000. Marie lived her life here and died a few blocks away at The St. Vincent Hospital (now St. Benedict’s Condos) on Alamo Street in 1959. The Eitt Family sold the house to Joseph D. and Connie Esquivel in 1964. Gaddis Builders purchased this house in 1993 and sold it to Jack B. and Susan K. Hughes in 1994. It is now owned by Magaly Chocano and Tirso Sigg.

828 East Guenther

J.P. and Louise Pinto bought this newly built bungalow from developer W.A. Baity in December 1919. They sold, in 1921, to Lesta H. Brown, who , with her husband, C.F., sold it the next year to Susan Roth. Fred and Julia Gebhart bought it in 1927. Fred was born in Germany but served in the U.S. Navy from 1901 until 1905. The family, which included Fred Jr., a butcher, and Julia’s sister, Florence Merriweather, continued to live here after Fred died in 1933. Julia died in 1966, and Florence lived here until 1986, when she sold the house to Fred Jr.’s widow, Mary Louise Gebhart. Mary Elizabeth Gallegos bought the house in 1987.

829 East Guenther

Sidney J. Brooks sold lots 7 and 8 to E.G. and Josephine Trueheart for $1500 in 1907. After selling half of lot 7 to her sister Agnes Jackson (825 East Guenther), the Truehearts sold this property to her brother John C. Crawford in 1911, shortly before he died. Grace Crawford, a sister to both Josephine Trueheart and John Crawford, inherited the property and built this Pyramidal bungalow about 1912. When Grace died in 1920, she left the house to her sister-in-law, Emily Meyers Crawford, to fund the education of Emily’s youngest children. Emily and her husband, Edward, sold the property to Frank and Rose Degasperi. Frank’s parents were Frank and Angela Degasperi (800 East Guenther). Frank and Rose deeded the house to their daughter and son-in-law, Bernadine and Joseph C. Monaco in the 1950s. Joseph sold the house to Anita J. Anderson in 2007.

832 East Guenther

This bungalow was built by developer W.A. Baity about 1919 and sold to Glenn H. and Mayme Wallace in March 1920. Noah and Cora L. Smith bought it in August 1920 and sold it to Adolph G. Baldus, a clerk at Pioneer Flour Mills, in 1930. He and his wife, Elizabeth, lived here until their deaths. His estate sold this house to Louise G. and Dominga H. Castro in 1973.

833 East Guenther

Gordon Pease bought lots 9, 10, and 11 from Oppenheimer in 1945 (see 841 East Guenther). The next year, George sold lot 9 to his brother and sister-in-law, Sewell and Mary Marcela Pease, who lost their home in the 900 block of East Guenther to eminent domain when the school district built a new Brackenridge High School building. Sewell, who was a clerk at Lackland Air Force Base, and Mary borrowed $2900 and hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this minimal traditional house. In 1984, Mrs. Pease, who was a teacher at Terrell Wells Jr. High School, sold the house to Rodolfo Vera Lopez.

834 East Guenther

Developer W.A. Baity built this bungalow in 1920 and sold it to W.F. Uzzell on October 4, 1920. Uzzell and his wife, Lula, sold it to George Henry and Rosalie O’Brien in 1923. George Henry, who was a traveling salesman for Mistletoe Creameries and later a manager for Southwestern Jacket Company, was also known to quaff a few at the Beethoven Home. The O’Brien’s daughter, Dorothy, attended Bonham, Page and Brackenridge, worked at Joske’s, and, in 1938, married John E. Jersig. Her grandson, Bradley Toland, and great-grandchildren live just down the street at 720 East Guenther. George died in 1971, and Rosalie sold their home to Charles H. Carruth Jr. shortly after. Ruben and Rosa Maria Martinez bought the house in 1973.

837 East Guenther

Gordon Pease bought lots 9, 10, and 11 from Oppenheimer in 1945 (see 841 East Guenther). In 1954, Gordon F. and Dorothy Curtis Pease sold this lot (number 10) to Robert M. and Lorraine Gill. In 1957, the Gills hired Adolph J. Specia to build this house for them. The Gills sold to Jesse E. and Jo R. Wall later that year. B.F. and Ana Bomar bought the house in 1963 and sold to Fred F. Sanchez, Jr. in 1968. Sanchez’s widow, Anna Maria Sanchez, owns the house.

840 East Guenther

Developer W.A. Baity built this bungalow in 1920 and sold it on December 7, 1920, to Leilet Richter, who taught German at Brackenridge High School. Her mother, Hermine Richter, and younger sister, Carolyn, lived here with her. Leilet and Hermine lived here until about 1942, when they moved to Austin, Texas. Ten years later, Leilet sold the house to Petra Flores, who was a teacher at Joel Chandler Harris Jr. High School. Ms. Flores sold to David McDonald in 1979. He and his wife, Chikako T. Hutchinson, sold it in 1994 to a corporation, and Olga Flores purchased the house in 2006.

841 East Guenther

A.R. Spillman bought a number of lots from Sidney J. Brooks before 1906 and traded them, in 1933, to Jesse Oppenheimer for the cancellation of a $1500 note. Gordon Pease bought lots 9, 10, and 11 from Oppenheimer in 1945. Two years later, he and his wife, Dorothy, both public school teachers, hired L.S. Karren to build this house. They sold it to the San Antonio River Authority (SARA) in 1966. SARA used part of the back of the lot for flood control and sold the remainder to Joseph D. and Connie Esquivel. In 1970, the Esquivels sold it to their son and daughter-in-law, Joe W. and Bertha M. Esquivel. Other owners were Nicanor O. Treviño (1976), Nina Cowen and George Helms (1982), Nancy E. Forbes (1997), Stuart Smoot (1998), Michael and Jo Ann Gonzales (2007), Macarena L. Barrera and Carlos Villareal (2016).

842 East Guenther

This two-story bungalow-style apartment house was built in 1920 by developer W.A. Baity, and during the time Carrie Etter owned the property, it was a duplex. Mrs. Etter sold it to Mary Joseph Abdo in 1951. By 1957, the city directory shows four apartments here. Mrs. Abdo sold the property to Joseph Sanmiguel LLC in 2005.

545 Wickes

Charles F. Stevens purchased this bungalow, the first one that developer W.A. Baity built on this block, in November 1915. Stevens and his wife, Trixie, sold to Goodridge and Mary Wilson in 1918. The Wilsons sold almost immediately to Ray P. Waters. Herman and Louise Herbort were renting down the street at 312 Wickes when they bought this house in 1921. After they died in the 1930s, their son, Charles H. Herbort, who was a bookkeeper for the Missions Provision Company, inherited the house. He and his wife, Nellie Marie, lived here for more than thirty years. Dora Maria Stone bought the property from his estate in 1967. Lance Williamson and Rodolpho Zappala now own the house.

539 Wickes

This bungalow is the second one that developer W.A. Baity built on the 500 block of Wickes. Mrs. Tomasa Mayen was a widow who had continued to operate the family grocery business on Brazos Street after her husband, Jose, died in the early 1900s. She bought the house in March 1916 and moved here with four of her ten children. The family lived here until the 1930s and owned it until 1961, when it was sold to Victoria M. and Ernest R. Galindo, Jr. Other owners were Frederick and Lydia L. Oberlies (1972), Abraham Palacio (1986), Noemi Cue (2006), and Koman Vijay Emarose (2015).

523 Wickes

Alfred W. Harlos and Miss Hattie Wohlfahrt bought this house in 1919. They married in February 1920, and when they sold the house in 1935, Mr. Harlos was the Deputy County Clerk. Bernard and Gladys Ingram bought the house and sold it in 1936 to Elizabeth A. Reser. Miss Reser quickly sold to Lanette L. Heilbron, a single woman. The property was an investment for her, and she sold it to Paul H. and Mary Louise Murphy in 1946. The Murphys sold to Charles H. and Nellie Marie Herbort (545 Wickes) in 1948. Rudy Puzon, a clerk at the Federal Reserve Bank, and his wife, Margaret, bought the house in 1953. They sold to Arnold and Pomposa Garcia in 1970.

521 Wickes

This bungalow sold five times in the year after developer W.A. Baity built it in 1919. Mike Maniatis purchased the house in May, 1919 for $3750 and married Beatrice Greer. When she deeded her interest in the house to him two months later, she was a single woman. Herman A. and Vida Flaig bought the property in July for $3750 and appear to have lost money when they sold to G. Sexauer in September. John and Ella Bergman bought the house in October 1919 and, when they sold it to Harry F. and Lucile Evelyn Williams in June 1920, they made a profit of about 25%. Bessie McCurdy married Cornelius B. Roberts on May 5, 1924, and bought this house as her separate property two weeks later. Jack W. and Gladys Crawford bought the house in 1935. Other owners were Elivira T. Mendoza, Henry Mendoza (1979), Shareen and Georges Guerreier (1995), Jennifer Hussey (2001), Lorraine Shirkus Moore (2003), and Amy K Tullis (2011).

519 Wickes

O.V. and Nellie Lamb bought this bungalow in 1918 and sold it a year later to Helen A. Fromme. She and her husband, Julian, a carpenter who worked at Fort Sam Houston, lived here from then until the late 1950s, when they moved in with their eldest son, Clifton, a letter carrier. He owned the house from 1962 until his death in 1991, and then his youngest brother, Gillig Fromme, inherited the property. Rene Lynn Gaines has owned the property since 1992.

517 Wickes

Mortimer Hamilton Langford, a traveling salesman, and his wife, Myra, bought this house in 1918 from developer W.A. Baity for $2950. It took them seven years to pay off the mortgage. They sold to Clifton J. Fromme, whose parents lived next door (519 Wickes), in 1934. Fred and Pat A. Swan bought the house in 1943. The Swans sold to Jesse A. and Mary Lillian Powell in 1945. Henry T. and Virginia C. Mendoza purchased this property from them in 1954. Henry died in 1995, and Virginia still owns the house.

515 Wickes

Clara and Walter F. Deeth Sr. bought this house in 1918 from developers W.A. and Paralee Baity. After Walter died in 1949, Clara sold the house to sisters Edith Clausewitz and Ida Whitwell. They purchased it as a home for their widowed mother, Ada I. Lindholm, and sold the house to her in 1954. Mrs. Lindholm and her husband, Mady, a landscape gardener, had lived for a time at 618 East Guenther before moving here. When Mrs. Lindholm died in 1969, she left the property to her daughters and grandsons, Robert Allen Lindholm and Larry Wayne Lindholm. The house now belongs to Rebecca Clausewitz, Ida’s great-granddaughter.

511 Wickes

C.J. Matthews purchased this bungalow from developers W.A. and Paralee Baity in March 1918. In August of that same year, he and his wife, Erma, sold to J.S. and Ella Rothschmitt. The next owners, W.J. and Clara Fetzer, sold it to Julius and Hilda Kahn in 1926. The Kahns sold to Charlotte S. Beigel in 1943. She and her husband, Joe, sold to Harold S. and Dorothy Frances Sutton in 1950. Dorothy died in 1978 and Harold in 1983. Their son, also called Harold, and his wife, Maribelle, now own the home.

509 Wickes

Newton H. White bought this house from developers W.A. and Paralee Baity in 1917 for $3500. In 1918, White sold it to Richard N. and Kate Sparks for $3700. Mr. Sparks was an agent for the Railway Express. The house served the Sparks as a home for themselves, their children, and their grandchildren, as well as her parents. Their daughter, Laura E. McCreless (522 Adams), sold the house to Josephine M. and Elias P. Pardo, Jr. in 1973.

505 Wickes

Developer W.A. Baity sold this bungalow to Ana M. Franz in September 1917 for $2850. Miss Franz was a real estate investor who never lived here. In 1931, when Charles and Erna Louise Braunschweig first rented this house, Charles was a mechanic at Duncan Field. Erna bought it as her separate property in 1942. Mrs. Roland Franz and Ernestina Medellin bought it from Erna’s estate in 1985. Other owners were Mark T. and Debra D. Arnold (1987), Julia Marquess (1992), Neil C. Leatherbury (1999), Jennifer C. Abad (2002), Jeremy Donald and Shirley Lin (2005).

501 Wickes

Loucille Fant South bought this house from developer W.A. Baity in May 1917 for $3350, and in September, she and her husband, James Breckenridge South, sold the house to Frank V. Weise for $10 plus the balance on their note, $2785.35. This transaction seems to have ended Mrs. South’s short career as a real estate investor. Frank and his wife, Mary, sold this house to Ana Beltran in 1942. Mrs. Beltran sold to Rubin Diaz in 1986.

427 Wickes

Frank and Henrietta Leyton hired John J. Kuntz Lumber Company to build this bungalow in 1924. Frank was a vulcanizer and offered tires, tubes, harness, and saddlery from his shop at 123 South Flores. In 1930, they borrowed $1600 for improvements to the house and, in 1949, sold it to Tomas and Berta G. Garcia. Mr. Garcia owned a real estate business. Other owners were Hector M. and Elsa Idalia G. Calderon (1970), Barry A. and Olivia Tauch (2003), James D. Tauch (2008), and Charlotte Hildebrand (2018).

423 Wickes

William B. Weininger was born in Bucharest, Romania, and came to San Antonio in 1900. By 1905, he was a salesman for the American Shoe and Boot Company. He found rooms with the Sellinger family and got to know their twenty-year-old daughter, Nettie, who was a stenographer for Keller and Keller. Weininger bought these two lots from T.W. Campbell in May 1911. The couple announced their engagement on November 30, 1911, via the Houston Jewish Herald. The following year, William hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this bungalow with classic details in the gable and the entryway. The Weiningers married on June 6, 1912, and moved into their new home. Mr. Weininger died in 1931, and Mrs. Weininger deeded the property to her children in 1943. In 1947, the children sold to Ossie and Ruth B. Wright. Ruth Sorrels Coleman bought it from them in 1950 and, in 1972, sold the property to Francis and Susanne Ghidoni. Lori L. Hall bought it in 1996.

419 Wickes

J.H. Weymouth purchased this lot in August, 1914, and built this bungalow before June 1915. He sold it to Fritz and Josephine Schleuning in June 1915 for $2700. It was their home until they moved to 634 Cedar (230 Henrietta) in 1919. Lindsey and Vida Waldrop bought the house from them in 1944 for $3250. Lindsey was a salesman for the 7 Up Bottling Company. Daniel and Louise Ferrel bought the house in 1950 for $3400. Joe and Maria Ramirez bought it a year later and sold to Jose R. and Aurora C. Alonzo in 1957. Ms. Alonzo’s daughter, Maria Christina Rodriguez, now owns the house.

415 Wickes

Edna and Lee B. Miller sold this lot and the one next door (419 Wickes) in August 1914 to J.H. Weymouth. Mr. Weymouth built this house and sold it to John Noble in 1915. Noble’s estate sold it to Harry B. and Agnes F. Black in 1919. Harry was a linotype operator for the San Antonio Express. Mary E. Morris bought the house from them in 1925. The King sisters, Katherine E., a stenographer in a law firm, Ada Mae, a seamstress, and Zuma, a stenographer for the Veterans Administration, bought the house from Mrs. Morris in 1942. They moved here with their parents, James, a surveyor, and Mary King. After their parents died, the sisters sold the house to Rudolf A. and Anita G. Garcia in 1956. Carol, Rodolfo, and Edward Garcia inherited the house in 2003.

413 Wickes

This house was built sometime between 1924 and 1926, when it was first listed in the city directory. Wilson Realty Company sold it in 1936 to newlyweds Frank P. and Louise Ledwig Dove. Frank, a clerk at Frost National Bank, was a grandson of Josiah Pancoast and grew up at 404 King William. The Doves sold the house in 1942 to G.W. and Anna Sanderful. In 1954, Minnie and Gabriel Martinez bought the house and conveyed it to their children in 1977. It is now owned by their son, Arthur Martinez.

411 Wickes

This house was built between 1924 and 1926. William H. House, who was a clerk for the San Antonio Sewer Pipe Company, and his wife, Mollie, were the first tenants and lived here for more than twenty years. Investor Charles W. Lane, who was associated with the Ideal Homes Company, sold the house to Jose A. and Carolina P. Hernandez in 1963. John T. Casey, Jr., purchased the house in 1985.

407 Wickes

Developer Leonard P. Peck paid Woodward & Hardie $1890 to build this house in 1924. Peck’s widow sold it to William R. and Mary Tinney in 1941, and they sold it to Marie Lee Rux in 1947. Miss Rux was a service assistant with the Telephone Company and the first owner/occupant of this house. Joe Rainey Manion bought the house in 1997, and it belonged to members of his family until 2017, when Rebecca Oliver purchased the house.

401 Wickes

Carrie and Conrad A. Goeth bought this lot from Claudia Barbe in 1907. The Goeths sold the lot to Terry J. Balhorn for $1000 in 1924, and he hired Woodward & Hardie to build this house for $3000. Goeth retained notes on the house, and at some point, ownership reverted to him. The Wirths, Leo J., a manager at the Waller Implement Company, and Breuveria, a clerk at The Ladies Shoppe, rented the house for a decade before Arthur Goeth inherited the property from his mother in 1933. Goeth and his wife, Martha, sold it to Alfonso E. and Lucille Martinez in 1943. Alfonso owned a vending machine company. Other owners were Daniel W. and Janet H. Taylor (1972), Jose and Mary Winifred Jones Bellido (1973), Russell John and Rebecca Pauline Gardinier (1976), Edward Brannon and Kathryn Kearl (1982), and John T. Casey, Jr. (1986).

337 Wickes

The house that was originally here burned and was demolished before 1984. Jim Whitlaw purchased the vacant lot in 1984 and built this house about then. Ann Gaddis owned it for a short time, and Robin J. Raquet bought it in 1991.

331 Wickes

Frank Scherwitz, who was employed by Wells Fargo, Co. as a Railway Express messenger, had this Victorian house built about 1899. Frank’s son, Harold Scherwitz, was born in this house on October 16, 1900, and was well known in sports and newspaper circles in San Antonio. Frank Scherwitz died in 1922, and his widow, Susie, lived there until she passed away in 1926. Harold (221 Claudia), who was his parents’ only heir, sold the property to C.L. and Maud Wyn in 1929 for $2500. The Wyns lived here until Johnny and Felicitas Sandoval bought the house in 1950 for $3500. Other owners were Fernando and Margarita Barrientos (1969), Juan B. Carreon (June 1985), J.A. Whitlaw (Oct 1985), Alex and Olga Cervantes (1992), Margaret Rose Sledge (2012).

327 Wickes

Florence L. McCarthy, engineer for the SA & APR, bought this lot in 1891. He and his wife, Mary, borrowed $700 in 1894 to build this Victorian house. The family moved here from 607 East Guenther and stayed until 1901, when they sold the property to Caroline P. and C.F. Goodenough, Jr., and moved to a new house at 1220 South Alamo. The property sold several times in 1906: Dan and Edna Lewis (April), Anthony Dibrell (October), and Roger Hodges (November). The Hodges estate sold to J.S. and Florence Tisdale in 1913. Neighborhood lore says that Mr. Tisdale, who was a veteran of the Civil War, was infamous for the tales he told neighborhood children about that conflict. John A. and Orpha Bishop bought the house in 1920 and moved here with their two daughters. Their oldest daughter, Anna May Jetty, and her husband, Harold, lived here until 1947, when they sold the house to Frank G. and Lucilia Buendia. Other owners were Thomas, Anita, and Micaela Jimenez (1965), Ernestina J. Lopez (1982), Jim A. Whitlaw (1984), and Juan B. Carreon (1984). He died in 1991, and his sister, Elidia Carreon (217 Cedar), sold to Ana Lisa Garza in 2001.

323 Wickes

Daniel S. Hassett, a foreman at the SA & APR shops, bought this house from Axel Meerscheidt in 1892, and lived here with his wife, Margaret, until 1901. Henry and Frederica Bohn bought the property in February of that year as a home for their newly married daughter, Marie, and her husband, George D. Eitt. Three years later, the Bohns sold the house to the young Eitts. George was a clerk at San Antonio Machine & Supply Company in 1910, and by the time they moved to their new house at 825 East Guenther in 1926, he had become a floor manager for the same company. In 1945, they sold the house to Milton and Maurine Roach. Frank and Rose Degasperi (827 East Guenther) bought it in 1954. Other owners were Sylvia Perez (1963), Daniel and Angelina Varajas (1972), Michael and Carol Hodge (1979), Ralph Laborde (1988), Linda Austin (1993), Carolyn Y. Minshew (2011), and Vera Deckard and Brent Wroen (2012). Michael Hodge was president of the KWA from September 1981 to August 1982, and Carol Hodge was president of the KWA from September 1988 to August 1990

319 Wickes

This property was part of the purchase Jose Maria Garcia de Villareal made in 1891 (see 317 Wickes). This Victorian-style house was probably built by Jose Maria’s son, Porfirio Garcia, about 1902. Porfirio sold the house in 1903 to C. H. Dean. There were a number of different owners, including N.G. Rich, Grace Carol Ramsey, Otto and Emma Oberhoff, Patterson W. Everitt (1923-1960), and Edward A. Liberto (1962). Mary Teresa and Lorus William White sold the house in 1983 to Rudy Harst and Suzette “Zet” Baer. Zet worked for the KWA from 2008 to 2018 as the King William Fair manager. Carol A. Habgood bought the house in 2001.

317 Wickes

Jose Maria Garcia Villareal was born on the Buena Vista Ranch in the Rio Grande Township of South Texas and came to San Antonio before 1877. He married Florence Leal in Bexar County in 1855. He purchased five lots from Paul Meerscheidt in 1892 for $1500 and built this Victorian cottage before 1895. The San Antonio Gazette described him as “a wealthy stockman on the Mexican border,” and the family was well off for the time. After the death of his wife, daughter Florencia Garcia de Verastigui’s share of her estate was $5000. His other daughter, composer Zulema Olsen (617 East Guenther), probably lived here for a short time before her marriage to Jens J. Olsen, Jr. in 1896. The city directory for 1901 lists Jose Maria, his son, Porfirio, and widowed daughter-in-law, Rosa, at this address. Jose Maria died about 1905, and his son Porfirio sold the property to J.L. Sinclair in 1915. In 1926, the property was sold for delinquent taxes; Porfirio redeemed it and, in January 1927, sold it to Aurora Gonzales vda. de Murguia, a fem sole, who married Silvestre Revueltas in May of that year. Revueltas, listed in the 1927 city directory as a music teacher, was already a well-known Mexican composer and director. The couple lived here for a short time, and the next owner, Edward Seeling, sued them to clear the title before he could sell to George and Marie Eitt in 1928. Other owners were Homer and Glydas Dygert (1945), J.C. Hunt (1950), Edward A. Liberto (1951), John L. Gray and Linda Gravatti (1975), Gilson Riecken (1985), Edwardo Diaz and Beverly Sanchez-Padillas (1995), and Ruth Ann and Roger L. Williamson (2017).

311 Wickes

Herman H. Tafte bought this lot from Axel Meerscheidt on January 5, 1891, for $550. He and his wife, Alice H., hired W.T. and J.B. Massey to build this “one-story house, a homestead.” The Taftes agreed to pay $950, and the work was to be completed in four weeks. They lived here until 1902 and sold the property to W.R. and Martha Bradshaw. Henry and Lillie Boas bought the house in 1907 and sold it in 1910 to Wallace and Mattie Mitchell. The Mitchells lived here until 1924, when they lost the property. There were a number of short-term owners after that, including J.R. and Lulu S. Bowen, Ernst Wilke, William and Lena Borchers, and Henry and Minnie Sherman. O.L. and Nannie Cure bought the house in 1928, and, in 1942, they sold it to two couples: Fernando and Raquel M. Villalongin and Francisco and Maria Luisa V. Santos. Other owners were Antonio and Joann L. Sanchez (1970), Thomas F. Ashbaucher (1976), Jose and Janis De Lara (1979).

309 Wickes

In 1929, A.P. and Jennie Mae Lowrey sold this lot to the Richey Kirby Lumber Company, and a house was built on this lot before 1931. The house may have been constructed as a duplex, as after 1931, there were always at least two occupants listed, and in 1940, the census listed three separate families living here. One tenant, Harold G. Wantzloeben, lived here from 1934 until 1943. Johnnie Chuoke sold this house to T.M. and Eva M. Ambler in 1944. They sold to Bertha Ellen Wakefield in 1948. Other owners were Maria Luisa Garza (1964), Leonor S. Garcia and Lilly G. Tejadilla (1989), and Sergio A. Tejadilla (2012).

301 Wickes

Frederick and Lillie Horn Kliefoth paid $2175 for this house, built by Axel Meerscheidt, in 1891. The 1901 city directory shows Frederick as a solicitor for the San Antonio Telephone Company. Two of their teenage sons are also listed: Arthur, a clerk at J. Horn, and Charles, a window dresser for Joske Brothers. The Kliefoths sold 301 Wickes to Lillie’s brother-in-law, Albin Seidelin, in 1894, but continued to live here until he sold the house in 1903. F.M. and Nettie Loring bought the house, but stayed only a few years. Other owners were St. Clair and Mattie Macvicar (1910), W.B. and Lillian Jones (1924), A.P. and Jennie Mae Lowrey (1928), Herman A. and Margaret Flaig (215 Wickes) (1939), Felipe and Elena Bernal (1950), Jeffery Kahn (1983), Rolando and Anna Marie Rios (1984), John T. Fugate (1990), and Quentin R. Wolf (2005). San Antonio artist Henry Stein bought the house in 2011.

231 Wickes/115 Stieren

In 1892, C.A. Stieren purchased the 75-foot frontage at this corner from Julius Hertwig. Three years later, he gave it to his daughter, Olga, before her marriage to William C. Kalteyer (514 Madison). In 1904, S.A. Lindsay bought the empty lot from Mrs. Kalteyer for $900. He and his wife, Julia, hired William N. Hagy to build “a one-story frame house of five rooms; hall, bathroom, galleries, etc.” What he built was this three-gable Victorian-style house faced toward Stieren Street. After the Lindsays sold the house to Carolina Tyrrasch in 1906, it was a rental. Pablo Gonzales Garza bought it in 1918, and Ruben R. Lozano in 1936. Mrs. Blasa Gutierrez Tamez and her daughter Blasa Tamez bought the house in 1946 and lived here until 1960. Other owners were Juan and Maria Martinez, Michael John Martinez (2010), and Joseph V. and Karena C. Alderete (2017).

227 Wickes

Otto Schulze (231 Adams) bought these two lots from C.A. Stieren in 1896 and, in 1913, built these two bungalows. Pauline Schulze, Otto’s widow, gave the house at 227 Wickes to their grandson, Albert Schoenemann, Jr., when he married in 1936. In 1942, he and his wife, Lydia, inherited the house at 225 Wickes and, at some point, added the Craftsman fronts to both houses. Mr. Schoenenmann died in 1959, and, in 1972, his widow married Sgt. Robert Elliott. She sold the house at 225 Wickes to Herman E. Garza in 1993. It is now owned by Eustolia Garza. Mrs. Elliott lived at 227 Wickes until she died in 2001. Other owners were Edmund W. Schenecker, II (2001), Rene Guerro ( 2007), and Milton H. Porterfield (2010).

226 Wickes

Both the father, Dempsey Council Pace, and stepfather, James Robert Pace, of Laura Pace Keylich were veterans of The Battle of San Jacinto. She married civil war veteran Max G. Keylich in 1868. In 1906, their son and daughter-in-law, Charles C. and M.V. Keylich (227 Adams), sold the back yard of their house to his parents. The elder Keylichs had this Victorian cottage built and were living here by 1907. Max died in 1915, and Laura applied for and received a Confederate Widow’s Pension. In 1917, she sold the house to Otto Schulze, who used it as a rental. In 1942, William L. and Myrtice Yantis bought the house from Mr. Schulze’s heirs, but sold it after two years’ residence. It was rented while Guadalupe Baldwin owned it from 1945 to 1954. His estate sold the house to Juan and Refugia Cruz. Juan’s heirs sold to Rosa M. Santibanez in 1979.

225 Wickes

222 Wickes

In 1904, E.D. and Bessie Rutledge hired C.T. Fincham to draw plans for and construct this Victorian cottage (the Craftsman details are a later addition) on the back half of their lot at 221 Adams. In 1909, James Ingram bought both houses, and, in 1922, sold the back part of the property to Elijah V. and Bertha Ramsey. Elijah’s salary as a conductor for the Pullman Company allowed the Ramseys to make this their home until after his death in 1939. Bertha sold to Ima Lue Emler in 1945. J.M., a salesman for Gillespie Manufacturing Company, and Laura Crosser bought the house in 1949. Other owners were Joseph and Ruth Betoncourt (1959), Louis C. and Melchora Sierra (1974), Otila Hernandez Rocha (1978), and Delia Bara (2016).

217 Wickes

Robert Little Jarmon, a street car conductor, and his wife, Maggie, bought this lot from Mary E. Spellessy at the same time they bought the lot at 215 Wickes. In 1919, they hired J.B. George to build this bungalow with its Craftsman details for $2700 and sold it to Robert Quinn in 1922 for $4250. Emma Hendricks sold it to H.G. Steen in 1944. Herman E. Garza deeded the property to Eustolia and Genoveva Garza in 2013.

215 Wickes

Robert Little and Maggie Jarmon bought this lot and the one at 217 Wicks from Mary E. Spellessy in 1915. The Jarmons hired the Petrich-Saur Lumber Company to build this house in 1918 and may have lived here a short time before building 202 Wickes. Margaret Dimaline was their first renter. They sold it, in 1921, to Herman A. and Vida Flaig for $4200. In 1926, Herman Flaig, while residing temporarily in Harris County, deeded the house and the household goods to Vida Flaig. Two years later, Vida (Flaig) Lucket and her new husband, S.S., sold the house to A.D. Tewksbury. He and his wife, Bertha, sold the house to Emma Hendricks in 1936. Edith Frischmuth Askey bought the house in 1943 and, with her husband, Otho L., sold it to Frank R. and Josephine H. Lozano in 1945. Ricardo G. and Adela G. Chapa bought the house in 1967.

211 Wickes

Mrs. V.E. Layton and her son and daughter-in-law, William L. and Etta Layton, bought this house from Axel Meerscheidt in October 1891. They lived here until 1894 and sold the property to Oscar Smidt of Uvalde County. Oscar, a tinner, lived here with his mother, Wilhelmina, and sister, Blanche, a stenographer for W.W. King. In 1898, Oscar returned to Uvalde, married, and traded his interest in this property to his mother and sister Emily for family land in Uvalde. Short-term owners were Dr. Stephen M. Applewhite (1906), Walter and Jessie Davis (1908), Otto Emig (1909), Sara Boon (1910), and Arthur Fox (circa 1911). Fred and Susie Carver purchased the house and lived here from about 1914 until 1926, when they resold the house to Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox’s daughter, Jennie Mae Fox Hoog, and her husband, James E., lived here from about 1936 to 1957. Jennie Mae sold to Louis R. Hoog, James’ brother, in 1957. His nephew, John Joseph Hoog, inherited it in 1992.

210 Wickes

Ida Mueller (206 Adams) purchased this lot in 1904 from Fred and Minna L. Fries. In 1906, Mrs. Mueller hired Louis Weyel to build this Victorian cottage with two gables and a pyramidal roof (the contract called it a one-story shingle roof, frame cottage). She kept it as a rental property until she sold it to Guadalupe L. and Hermina San Miguel in 1944. Carlos and Hope G. Cortes purchased this house from the estate of Hermina F. San Miguel in 2007.

207 Wickes

Axel Meerscheidt sold these two lots to Ralph Porter Coburn for $1200 in 1891. Coburn probably built these ell-shaped Folk Victorian houses before he died in 1894. Louella A. Coburn, his mother, who inherited his property, died in 1908. 207 Wickes had three different owners between 1909 and 1921. Kate Egan Luzenberg (1909), Dedrick Burns (1911), and Alfred H. and Helen Hansen(1912). A.D. and Bertha Tewksbury bought the house in 1921 and lived here until about 1933, when they moved to 135 Adams. They sold the property in 1943 to David E. and Maud Byrnes (421 East Guenther). Other owners were Clyde and Mae Bodkin (1962), Alberto and Delfina Chavez (1975), and Charles Schubert (1982).

204 Wickes

Robert Little and Maggie S. Jarmon contracted with Petrich Saur Lumber Company to build this house on August 14, 1922, for $3773.50. Richard worked as a trainman for the San Antonio Public Service Company, and the couple lived in this house. Bob McGinnis purchased it from their heirs in 1979. Olga San Miguel bought the house in 2002 and sold it to Richard L. and Elizabeth Davis in 2008. Robert Bradley III designed a significant addition to the house. Christopher M Barnes and Chelsea J. Zeller purchased the house in 2017. Robert L. and Maggie S. Jarmon built the house at 204 Wickes at the same time they built 202 Wickes, and kept it as a rental house. The Jarmon heirs sold the house to Bob McGinnis in 1979. Otimio E. Suarez purchased it at an IRS tax sale in 1990 and sold it to James Ramirez in 2014.

202 Wickes

201 Wickes

Axel Meerscheidt sold these two lots to Ralph Porter Coburn for $1200 in 1891. Coburn probably built these ell-shaped Folk Victorian houses before he died in 1894. Louella A. Coburn, his mother, who inherited his property, died in 1908. Just months before the deaths of his own mother, Louisa Hundson, and sister Marion Muenzenberger (133 and 139 Wickes) in 1909, the Coburn estate sold 201 Wickes to Nelson Hunsdon. Aurora Garcia bought it in 1965 from the estate. The house is now owned by Richard J. and Frances Garcia.

139 Wickes

H.C. Koepke purchased this lot from Axel Meerscheidt in 1891. Louisa J. Hunsdon bought the lot from him in 1908 after she moved to San Antonio to be near her children. She chose this lot because it was next door to her daughter, Marion Muenzenberger (133 Wickes). The house was built in time for her to live there a short time before she died in December 1909. Her son, Nelson Hunsdon, seemingly overwhelmed by the double tragedy of his mother’s and sister’s death, rented her home to H.O. Cosby, as well as selling him the contents. Ownership stayed in the same family until Nelson and his wife, Alpha, sold the property to Paul W. and Billie Schulz in 1948. Alicia de Ochoa purchased the house from their estate in 1967. It now belongs to her son, Henry De Ochoa

134 Wickes

This hipped-roofed Victorian house was the last one built on Leila McDaniel’s three lots (see 128 Wickes) under her 1902 contract with Charles H. Heimsath. The McDaniels sold the house to W.C. and Sallie Holland in 1920, and it was rented until Emil Valentine and Matilda Gerhardt bought it in 1922. Emil, who made his living as a carpenter’s helper and painter, died in 1937. The Gerhards’ grandson, Edwin C., Jr., age twenty at the time, sold the house to Emil and Ella Schmidt in 1943, and it became rental property again. Ella Schmidt sold the house to Michael Casey in 1979. Christine Kaufman was deeded the property in 1994, and it is now owned by a limited liability company.

133 Wickes

J.A. and Lillian Polk Baker purchased this lot from F.C. Davis and hired Charles H. Heimsath to build this house. The Bakers sold the house to J.C. Dupuy in 1905. J.C. and his wife, M.H., sold to Marion Muenzenberger in 1906. She died of “childbed fever” in September 1909, and her widowed husband, Ernest, was left with three small children. When his mother-in-law, Louisa J. Hunsdon, who lived next door, died, he took the children and retreated to the home of his brother-in-law, Nelson Hunsdon. After Ernest died in 1943, the youngest daughter, Marion M. Bitter, purchased the house from her two siblings, Carl Muenzenberger and Louise Stromberger. Mrs. Bitter and her husband, Frank W., eventually sold it to Carlos R. and Teresa A. Niño (117 Forcke) in 1971. Other owners were Blair Corning and Roger W. Colahan (1980), Richard Brad Shaw (1994). Mr. Shaw served as president of the KWA from September 2007 until August 2009.

130 Wickes

This Victorian with its pyramidal roof was built for Arthur and Leila McDaniel by Charles H. Heimsath (See 128 Wickes). In 1919, Lottie E. Statham, a widow, bought the house for $2000. The Statham family, which included Lottie, her two sons, Edwin and Louis, her parents, her niece Edith Bartlett, and her nephews, Roy and Travis Bartlett, both firemen, lived there until son Edwin Statham sold the property in 1944 to Spencer and Letha Blair. The Blairs were residents here for more than twenty years. Spencer, as a widower, sold the house to Carolina Garza (110 City) in 1967. A number of limited liability companies owned the house before the current owners, Manuel S. Vogt and Patricia Saravia, bought the house in December 2016.

129 Wickes

F.L. and Montie Wilder sold this parcel of land to Bertha Haye in March 1901 for $550. Bertha and her husband, August, borrowed $600 later that year and built this house. They moved here from the apartment above their store at the corner of South Alamo and Pereida Streets. By 1925, Mrs. Haye was a widow, but she kept this as her home until 1928. The house was then rented and, in 1941, Erich and Alfred Haye, the Hayes’ sons, sold it to Peter and Hazel Petraitis. Hazel sold the house to Robert L. and Martha C. Brandt in 1985. Mr. Brandt’s estate sold the property to Gino Lutz in 2016.

126 WIckes

Leila McDaniel purchased three lots (126, 130, and 134 Wickes) from Eugenia Agnes Thompson Wickes Nease (widow of D.C. Wickes) and her second husband, David A. Nease, in April 1902. In November of that same year, McDaniel and her husband, Arthur, signed a contract with Charles H. Heimsath that called for the construction of three one-story houses, two with five rooms (126 and 130) and one with six rooms (134). The McDaniels agreed to pay $2500 for the work. W.C. Holland bought this house in 1920 and rented it to Charles Gerhardt, a public school custodian, who was a brother of Edwin Gerhardt (134 Wickes). In 1924, Natalie Zogheib purchased the house from Holland with her separate funds. She and her husband, Alexander, lived here until 1930, when they sold the house to John Andrew and Ella Sevin. After Ella died in 1934, John, a photographer, remarried and deeded the house to his new wife, Bertha. Benjamin S. and Margarita Garza bought the house in 1970.

122 Wickes

After George J. and Carrie Pancoast bought this lot next door to her aunt, Sallie Walthall (118 Wickes), they hired Charles H. Heimsath to build a one-story frame house with four rooms. The contract was signed in April 1901, and when the house was complete in October, they paid him $900. The house was initially rented, but the Pancoasts lived here briefly in 1905. In 1906, they sold it to Herman Schrader, a druggist who worked for William C. Kalteyer (514 Madison). Mr. Schrader lived here with his mother, his stepfather, brother, and sister. When he died in 1943, he left the house to his sister Frances Lillie. Robert and Rosalinda Jasso (121 Wickes) bought it from her estate in 1986. Their son, Richard Jasso, became the owner in 2016.

121 Wickes

In 1901, James D. and Richard B. Walthall, nephews of Sallie Walthall (118 Wickes), bought this lot and constructed this house. Investors, Ross and Allie Davis (607 East Guenther), bought it in 1907 and sold it to S.P. and Lucy Cunningham in 1909. The Cunninghams sold it in 1913 to Ada Ingram. The next owner, Patrick W. Smith, was an engineer for the SA&APR. He and his wife, Minnie, bought the property in 1914. Their household often included three generations of Smiths. Children, in-laws, and grandchildren frequently called this home. The Smiths’ youngest daughter and her husband, Mildred and Paul Goetz, began living with her parents as newlyweds in 1929 and spent most of their married years here. In 1948, they purchased the house. Paul, a bookkeeper for the San Antonio Public Service Board, died in 1949, and Mildred sold the property in 1957 to Minerva Jasso. Her brother and his wife, Robert and Rosalinda Jasso, bought it in 1958. The property belongs to their children, Rosaelda and Robert Jasso.

118 Wickes

Sallie Sarah Walthall had this Victorian house built in 1901 after she purchased the lot from F.C. Davis. The one-story, six-room house with a hipped roof, front-facing gable, and jigsaw-cut flatwork railing supports was built by Charles H. Heimsath for $1425. In 1906, she sold the property to Leon Walthall, probably a nephew. He did not occupy the house, nor did Arthur S. and Leila McDaniel, other owners. In 1932, T.W. and Lula Wilkinson bought the house. After 1937, it was rented again until Mrs. Wilkinson moved back in the 1940s, probably as a widow. In 1958, she sold the house to R.W. and Eva Kornegay. Robert and Rosalinda Jasso bought the house in 1990. Their son, Effrin Jasso, became the owner of the property in 2016 and sold it to Water-Meadow Inc. in 2017.

117 Wickes

August Faltin sold this Victorian house to H.M. Holden in 1901. Mr. Holden was an assistant passenger ticket agent for the M.K.&T. Railway. In 1906, Holden sold it to C.C. and Mary Todd, who lived here a few years and then sold the house to C.W. Buckner in 1909. James Fowler was another absentee owner who sold it to W.S. and Minnie Bingham in 1912. Richard R. and Florence Harvin bought the property from them in 1918. When the family moved here from Houston, it consisted of Richard, a retired farmer, Florence, and at least three of their children: Charles, who was in the U.S. Army, Richard, Jr., a clerk, and Ruth. The house remained home for members of the Harvin family for 55 years. In 1973, Robert and Rosalinda Jasso bought the property from Ruth, who had become a teacher. The property is now owned by the Jassos’ son and his wife, Roland and Juanita L. Jasso.

115 Wickes

This lot is triangular in shape and comes to a sharp point in the rear. It was carved out of surplus land from the lots in the 1200 block of South Alamo Street and was sold to Edward Goldstein with the lot at 1212 South Alamo in 1895. In 1909, C.C. Todd bought the lot for $500. He sold to Edward Buckner for $650, and in about 1910, Edward and his wife, Laura, built this house. Other owners were F.E. and Bertha Abbott, J.E. and Cornelia Dawson, Emil Baumgarten, Mona Ella Matthews, and Frank J. Owsley. G.A. and Myrtle Turner purchased the property in 1921 and sold it to Walter Doehne in the 1960s. Walter and his wife, Alma, sold to Robert Bradley, III in 1974. Robert and his wife, Sarida Steed-Bradley, owned Bradley & Bradley Designs and, for many years, provided the backdrops and set pieces for events and theatrical productions in San Antonio. Sarida served as president of the KWA from September 1996 to August 1998.

111 Wickes

When F.L. and Montie Wilder bought the two lots at 1202 and 1210 South Alamo in 1901, they used an area at the rear of the lots to build this Victorian with its double front facing gables, cut-away windows, and fretwork trim house. In June 1902, they sold the house to Sallie F. Spangler, but she did not live there. When her nephew Craig D. Wyse married Tillie Piper (422 Pereida) in July 1910, Sallie gave them the house. Mr. and Mrs. Wyse lived here the rest of their lives and made their house a home for their niece, Juanita Piper Schuetze, and also for Mrs. Wyse’s two sisters, Juanita Piper and Mimi Piper. After Mr. Wyse died in 1960 and his wife in 1963, the property was left to Juanita Piper Schuetze. In 1973, she sold it to Michael Casey.

430 Pereida

Benno Engelke was born in Germany and came to Texas in 1880 and was the bookkeeper for Elmendorf Hardware Company, one of the city’s largest wholesale and retail establishments. Benno married the boss’ daughter, Mary Elmendorf, on December 3, 1884, and they are listed in the city directory at this location in 1885. Mary’s mother, Amalie Elmendorf, had purchased two lots here from Adams and Wickes in 1883 and built the house as a wedding gift. The Engelke house seems to have been a refuge for the family. At any given time, there were nieces, nephews and grandchildren living here. Mrs. Engelke’s niece, Miss Emilie Netter, lived here and was given the house by the Engelke sons, Albert G. and Edgar J., after their parents died. The house had been made into apartments and Miss Netter, a librarian at the San Antonio Public Library, lived in one of them. When she died in 1974, her heirs sold the house to Ronald L. and Irene L. Wright. The Wrights sold to James F. Nelson in 2001.

422 Pereida

Julius C.A. Piper, Sr. came to Texas from Waldeck, Germany, about 1860, and married Emelie Moye (524 King William) in San Antonio. For a time, they lived in Monterrey, Mexico, where Mr. Piper had a hardware business. The family returned to San Antonio, and Mr. Piper established a business selling agricultural implements and related hardware. Emily purchased these two lots from H.B. Adams and E.D.L. Wickes on February 23, 1886, for $1000. The couple wrote a contract with the San Antonio Real Estate Building and Loan Association in which the Association agreed to hire Charles Scholl to build a house designed by Alfred Moye (524 King William), Emily’s father. The cost was initially $2500, but changes required another agreement and an additional $400. In 1894, the Pipers contracted with the Cotton States Building Co. to make another $1000 of improvements. The Moyes’ three daughters inherited the house. Two of them, Mimi and Juanita, stayed here until 1920, when they sold the house to The Beethoven Maennerchor. The Beethoven Maennerchor, a San Antonio German men’s chorus, was founded February 23, 1867, at the home of San Antonio Mayor William F. Thielpape. This house has served as a home for the organization since 1920.

412 Pereida

It is said that Jens Jacob Olsen was a Norwegian sea captain with his own ocean-going sailing ship, and that when he decided to quit the sea, he brought his wife, Albertine, and his daughters, Clara and Ragna, to New York City and turned the vessel over to a relative. According to the tale, his sons, Johann B. and Jens J., Jr., were already in San Antonio when the rest of the family journeyed there. The 1887 city directory lists the Olsen family at 301 Augusta Street, and the following year, the Olsens moved to a house owned by Gustave Haenel (1036 South Alamo). In April 1891, Mr. Olsen purchased two lots here and a lot around the corner (now 215 Mission Street) from B.F. Dane, and hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this Albert Beckmann-designed Victorian home for $7000. On the Mission Street lot, he placed the barn for his mules. He dealt in thoroughbred cattle and horses and had a fuel (wood and coal) business in the 1400 block of South Alamo Street adjacent to the rail line, where the Blue Star Complex is now. Over the years, the house was occupied by members of the family—his widow, Albertine, daughters, Ragna and Clara Olsen Eads (401 Mission), and, eventually, Jen, Jr’s orphaned children, Zulema Olsen, Harold Olsen, and Jens J. Olsen III. Beginning about 1940, grandson Harold Olsen had his place of business downstairs and lived upstairs. He died in 1987, and the Beethoven Maennerchor bought the house in 1990.

402 Pereida

Elizabeth Loos Zuercher, a widow, moved to San Antonio in the early 1880s with her youngest son, August, and his wife, Katherine. An older daughter, Lizette Schutz (1011 South Alamo), already lived in San Antonio. August, a butcher, bought the lot on which this house and the one just behind it (211 Mission) are built from B.F. and Adelina Dane in 1883. This house was built about that time, but the front faced Mission Street, and it was numbered 107. In 1928, the Zuerchers’ children sold both houses to Edmond J. Wulfe. Edmond’s widow, Alice Wulfe, sold this house to Joseph Horowitz in 1943. Mr. Horowitz sold to Eugene and Wilson Murray as a home for their mother, Louella Murray. Mrs. Murray was killed in a railway accident, and Wilson and his wife, Viola, moved into the house. Other owners were James Johnson, Jr. (1997), Sharon Daly (1999), Sandra Seagraves (2000), Travis Capps, Jr. (2000), Patrick and Lucy Ellison (2003), Edward and Jane Dunfield (2006).

111 Adams

In 1908, Louis H. and Annie Schmitt paid Joseph Courand, Jr. (1146 South Alamo) $1375 for this lot. They hired V. Rasmussen to “erect and finish, except for plumbing and painting, a two-story frame house” designed by Carl Von Seuter. Mrs. Louis Barbour operated a boarding house here until the Schmitts sold it in 1918 to Frank and Nora Haentschel, a music teacher and his wife. The Haentschels sold it in 1920 to John E. Poulos and C.D. Tassos, who converted the Neoclassical structure into apartments and called it Mecca. Poulos and Tassos were also partners in three restaurants, Mecca 1, 2, and 3. Their partnership ended in lawsuits and recriminations. Other owners were A.J. and Frieda Monier (1937), Bulah L. Taylor (1945), Eva Clara and Louis R. Moore (1946), Willie Rosetta Brown (1956), John B. Ethridge (1961), and Miladie Fraser (1965). It was vacant for a number of years in the late 1970s and remodeled by Mary E. Powell. It is now owned by a limited liability partnership.

112 Adams

Jacob H. Wagner (124 and 128 Adams) bought this lot from Mary Engelke in 1920 and built this “retirement home” for himself and his wife, Mary. The original Craftsman bungalow is visible under later modifications. After the couple died in the mid-1930s the house was rented. Among the first tenants were Ruebin H. Cameron, a cashier at the A.B. Frank Company, his wife Wilhelmina, a reference librarian and writer, and Wilhelmina’s sister Adeline Bardenwerper, a music teacher. The family moved next door, apartment number four at the Engelke/Nutter house (430 Pereida), when Mary Wagner’s estate sold the house to Augustine P. and Concha Baeza Elizondo in 1945. Mr. Elizondo ran the Azteca Medicine Company, which sold wholesale drugs, from the house. Concha ran the Alameda Florist Shop here from 1954 into the 1990s. Caroline Baeza inherited the house in 2011.

119 Adams

Flora K. Adams, widow of developer Harden B. Adams, sold these two lots to B.F. Dittmar in 1897. Henry and Emma Degen Kohler purchased the lots the next year. On July 30, 1903, they hired the Crider Brothers, a firm comprised of James H. and John T. Crider, to construct a “two-story, frame house of eight rooms in accordance with the plans and specifications by Coughin and Ayers (Atlee B. Ayers). The elegant Italianate house was to be completed by November 1, 1903, and cost $3500. Mrs. Kohler was a native San Antonian whose father, Karl Philip Degen, migrated from Germany about 1850. Mr. Kohler from Buffalo, New York, was at first a cutter for Aaron Pancoast (203 King William) and, later, in partnership with Josiah Pancoast (404 King William), and finally owner of Kohler Tailors. This was the Kohler home until 1970, when daughter Elizabeth J. Kohler sold the house to Samuel and Hortense Gonzales. In 1974, the house was purchased by Justin Arecchi, president of the KWA from September 1976 to August 1979, and Gloria Pins Arecchi. Other owners were Robert McCoy and A. Denice Smith (1994), Patrick Kelly and Adriana Wechsler (1997), Eric Evans (1999), Curtis and Bonnie Pfannstiel (2001), Jarod and Celeste Oliver (2013)

120 Adams

Louis Braunschweig came from Switzerland to Galveston, Texas in 1880. He married Clara Tietze, a native Texan, in 1887. They lived in Kyle, Texas, where four of their seven children were born, and moved to San Antonio in 1896 and lived on Lavaca Street. The Braunschweigs bought these two lots from Hardin Wickes Adams, son of Hardin B. Adams, in 1898. The next year, they contracted with W. Emil Tietze, Clara’s brother, to build this “two-story brick veneer dwelling house”. The design by Carl Von Seuter incorporates Gothic Revival elements. Mr. Braunschweig was in the hardware business in partnership with Louis Briam, Jr., and Julius C. Reich, and for a time with Julius Tips. Clara Braunschweig was left a widow in 1911 and lived here until her death in 1946. The next year, her children sold the house to the San Antonio Teachers’ Council. It is their headquarters.

124 Adams

In 1903, Mary Wagner bought these two lots from Conrad A. Goeth. Her husband, Jacob H., a building contractor in partnership with Conrad Flaig, built these two Victorian houses, using cypress wood for the framework. The Wagners lived in 128 and rented 124 to Emilie Haarmann. Mr. Wagner used the rear part of the lot at 124 as a carpenter shop. This part of the lot was later sold, and the house at 117 Forcke Street was built on it. In 1938, Corine Cooper, the Wagners’ daughter, sold 124 Adams to Mildred Swayze and Mrs. Ola Swayze Gowen, sisters. In 1940, twelve people called this home. The inhabitants included seven of Mrs. Gowen’s children, her husband, and two other unmarried Swayze siblings. It was their home until 1973. Other owners were the San Antonio Teachers’ Council (1973), James Carroll Scott and Malcolm Leon Bridges (1977), Charles H. and Carolyn D. Adams (2001). About 1924, the Wagners moved to 112 Adams, and the house at 128 Adams was rented. In 1944 their heirs sold this house to Lino and Francisca Cuellar. Other owners were Mike and Maria Benites (1946), Manuel and Maria Montez (1947), Joseph Pennel (1978), Stacy Yndo and Stephen Yndo (1995), Loma and Denice Hassell (2001), and Eva Condon (2011).

125 Adams

About 1890, Mrs. Fannie Byrnes, a widow originally from Cork, Ireland, came to San Antonio from Mobile, Alabama, with the youngest three of her adult children. She paid Adams and Wickes $750 for this lot in July 1891 and had a one-story house built on it. Mrs. Byrnes died around 1898, and the three siblings, Daniel, an insurance agent who passed away in 1904; Mary, who died in 1917; and Joseph, a blacksmith with the SA & APR, continued to live here. Shortly before his death in 1941, Joseph Byrnes deeded the property to the Benedictine Sisters. Several months later, the sisters sold the house to Bohumil J. and Mollie Ann Kutac. About 1948, the Kutacs remodeled the house, adding a second story and making it into apartments. Mrs. Kutac’s heirs sold to Douglas and Donna West in 1992 and James F. Nelson purchased the house in 2013.

128 Adams

In 1903, Mary Wagner bought these two lots from Conrad A. Goeth. Her husband, Jacob H., a building contractor in partnership with Conrad Flaig, built these two Victorian houses, using cypress wood for the framework. The Wagners lived in 128 and rented 124 to Emilie Haarmann. Mr. Wagner used the rear part of the lot at 124 as a carpenter shop. This part of the lot was later sold, and the house at 117 Forcke Street was built on it. In 1938, Corine Cooper, the Wagners’ daughter, sold 124 Adams to Mildred Swayze and Mrs. Ola Swayze Gowen, sisters. In 1940, twelve people called this home. The inhabitants included seven of Mrs. Gowen’s children, her husband and two other unmarried Swayze siblings. It was their home until 1973. Other owners were the San Antonio Teachers’ Council (1973), James Carroll Scott and Malcolm Leon Bridges (1977), Charles H. and Carolyn D. Adams (2001). About 1924, the Wagners moved to 112 Adams, and the house at 128 Adams was rented. In 1944 their heirs sold this house to Lino and Francisca Cuellar. Other owners were Mike and Maria Benites (1946), Manuel and Maria Montez (1947), Joseph Pennel (1978), Stacy Yndo and Stephen Yndo (1995), Loma and Denice Hassell (2001), and Eva Condon (2011)

131 Adams

In 1892, Mrs. S.A. Roach purchased this lot from David Byrnes (125 Adams). In February 1893, she signed a Builders and Mechanics Lien with Olive, Sternenberg & Company for $750 worth of materials to build this house. From about 1901 to 1909, it was rented to Mrs. Sarah Barbour, who ran a boarding house here before renting 111 Adams for the same purpose. Mrs. Roach died in 1925, and her estate sold the property to Bascom Bell (315 Stieren) the next year. In 1929, he sold it to Frank and Ida Douglas, who made it their home until 1960. Mrs. Douglas sold it to Bohumil J. and Mollie Ann Kutac. Mrs. Kutac’s heirs sold the house to Douglas and Donna West in 1992 and it now belongs to a limited liability corporation.

135 Adams

Charles Snell, an engineer for the SA & APR, and his wife, Ada, were living at 1202 South Alamo when they bought this lot in July 1907. Just two months later, Charles was killed in a horrific train accident. Ada, pregnant with her last child, returned to their hometown, Yoakum, Texas, and died in 1908. Her sister, Effie Browne, became the guardian of Effie and Charles, the two young Snell children. In 1925, Mrs. Browne sold this Neoclassical-style home to A.D. Tewksbury, an engineer on the Southern Pacific lines, and his wife, Bertha. Ten years later, the Tewksburys added a two-story structure at the back of the lot and moved here from 207 Wickes Street. Their son, Nelson Tewksbury, inherited the house, lived in the garage apartment and rented the apartments in the main house. His daughter, Charlene Ann Tewksbury Swafford, sold to Jesus O. Saldana in 1977. Other owners were William and Nancy Hoagland-Fuchs (1988), Edwin and Denice Coinson (2008), and John McDowell (2015). A limited liability company now owns it.

201 Adams

Edward T. Lyons, secretary-treasurer for the Merchants Transfer Company and later public accountant, purchased this lot from Fred Dingel on January 28, 1896. In April of that year, he borrowed $1200 from C.H. Guenther and built this one-story Queen Anne house in preparation for his marriage to Helene Wagner in June. Helene was the sister of Adolph Wagner (219 East Guenther Street) and Emilie Hummel (317 King William). Lyons died in 1941, and Helene lived here until 1953, when she sold the property to T.M. and Elizabeth Case. They sold it to James E. and Jennie Hoog in 1957. Their son, Thomas P. Hoog, inherited the house in 1994.

202 Adams

Homer and Miriam Eads bought this house in July 1893 and sold it two months later to Sidney Tuttle, a conductor for the SA & APR, and his wife, Julia, for $3577. Five years later, the Tuttles sold the house to attorney F.C. Davis. In 1907, he and his wife, Jessie, sold it to J.A. McCarthy. Juan Antonio Chavez, a farmer, bought the property in 1910. Chavez was born in Texas in 1827 and married Gertrudis Rivas in 1853 in Bexar County. After he died in 1911, ownership passed to his son, Richard Chavez. Richard died in 1941, and his younger brother, Fred, bought the house from the other siblings with the proviso that they had one year to repurchase it. Fred and his wife, Dolores, sold the house in 1946 to Rudolfo and Rosa Niño. Their son and daughter-in-law, Carlos and Teresa Niño, have owned the house since 1987.

206 Adams

This house and the one next door at 202 Adams were built by the Meercheidt brothers about 1893 and appear to have been designed by the same architect. These Victorian houses, with their yellow brick construction, red brick details, and extensive fish-scale imbrication on the gables, are reminiscent of larger Albert Beckman houses in the neighborhood. Charles Roemer, as a philatelist, owned this house from 1893 until his death in 1923. His widow, Mathilda, deeded the house to their youngest son, Herman G. Roemer, three days before she died in March 1942. Herman, a postal clerk who had remained single, married Jessie Newman two months later. Other owners were William and Ethel Nation (1959), Rebecca Ann Zimzores (1986), Patricia Harris (1991), Michael and Betty Yndo (1995), Mary Elizabeth Schultz and Deborah Groover (1995), Kimberly Jones and Benjamin Clark (1999), Robert D. George and John S. Rundin (2000), Eric and Nan Hundere (2005)

209 Adams

Paul Wagner purchased this lot from Adolph and Sophia Wahlstab for $1200 on September 9, 1890. He built this Victorian cottage, which has retained its elaborate cross-bracing on the front gable and other trim work, and sold it to Paul Pretzer, a civil engineer and draftsman, for $ 2,500. After living here two years, Pretzer and his wife, Mary, sold the property to H.D. Kampmann, and two months later, Fred and Anna Fries bought it. Ida Wagner Mueller was a young widow who had cared for her aging father, Paul Wagner, until his death. She bought this house after his death and lived here, near several of her siblings (see 201 Adams), until she died in 1951. Her son, Charles, sold it to Anna G. Kraus in 1960, and she gave the house to her nephew Jerome Kraus in 1979. Suzanne Hoog Watson purchased it from him in 1981

210 Adams

J.E. and Josie F. Vaughn bought this lot from C.O. McClure on November 24, 1890, for $700. The folk Victorian house they built has a front-facing gable and a hipped roof with a gabled dormer. Both gable and dormer feature elaborate imbrication with uniquely patterned shingles and a 1980s “Texas Sunset” color scheme by colorist Jim Smith. The porch roof is supported by spindle-work columns, and the railing features matching balusters. In November 1891, Mrs. Fannie Ives Carothers, a widow, bought the house for $1950. She used it as a rental and sold it just before moving to Louisiana in 1907. James and Mary Sullivan bought the house, lived here two years, and moved to 226 Adams. Herman Heyck, an agent for Wells Fargo and Company, and his wife, Hilary, were the next owners. After the couple divorced in 1917, Hilary supported herself and her daughter as a milliner. She sold the house to Thomas Carver and John Short in 1925, and it was a rental for the next three decades. Lizzie A. Thrailkill purchased the property from Carver in 1939 and transferred it to her niece, Bernice Gilbert, in 1957. Other owners were: Roy and Monna Mae Blackburn (1960), Rogelio and Guadalupe S. Peralta (1963), Delfina Q. Sosa (1971), Guadalupe S. Farris (1975), Howard and Zella Forsythe (1979), Richard and Kyle Schaub Contreras (1981). The 2016 “carriage house,” which opens to the alley behind, was designed by the owner, Kyle, who hired Steven Colley to render the architectural drawings and Buffalo Contracting to build it.

211 Adams

Thankmar and Charlotte Herwick Welker bought this lot in May 1903. That month, the Welkers contracted with the San Antonio Building and Loan Association to build this Folk Victorian house for $2016. The family lived here until about 1921. Charlotte died in 1931, and, in 1936, Mr. Welker, a manager for the San Antonio Laundry, and his second wife, Emma, deeded the property to his son, Thankmar Jr. Marguerite LeLaurin, daughter of Eugene and Margaret LeLaurin (219 Adams), bought it from him in 1941. Cora Peterson owned the house from 1947 to 1951. Edna Watkins, Marguerite’s aunt, bought the house in 1951. Other owners were Theresa T. Espinosa (1965), Maria D. Murietta (1972), Eleuteria M. Salazar (2002), and Russell Prevost (2003).

214 Adams

This Folk Victorian house was built about 1893 and sold by developers C.A. Stieren and Paul Meerscheidt to Patrick E. and Mary O’Hara for $1500. It was their home until they died, he in 1925 and she in 1929. Their daughter, Rose, and her husband, James F. Ashley, then became the owners of the house and used the house as a rental. One of their first tenants was Frederick William Benjamin, who arrived in 1913 from England on the Lusitania, fortunately, not on the fatal trip that drew the United States into World War I. Rosa died in 1951, and when James died in 1963, the property was willed to their daughter, Mary Margaret Diedrich. In 1965 she sold it to Carlos and Mary Hernandez.

218 Adams

Anthony and Josephine Moths came to San Antonio from New Orleans in the early 1890s. In December 1898, Josephine, a widow, was living at 1023 South Alamo with her sons Henry, a shipping clerk for the Merchants Transfer Company, and Otto, a mechanic. That month, she bought this lot from Mary Schwartz for $682.50. She had this Victorian house built, and the family lived here until Lillian Moths, her mother’s guardian, sold the house to Carl and Millie Roemer in December 1920. Carl was born at 206 Adams and lived in this house until he died in 1938. Other owners were Jose C. and Minnie Cuellar (1946), Gary and Sally Hahne (1974), Joseph Pennel (1976), Frank and Lorraine Watkins (1978), Stephen Yndo (1993), Steve Newman (2007), Judy McCormick (2009), and Paresh Praful Mehta (2016).

219 Adams

Charles V.F. LeLaurin came to San Antonio from Troy, Illinois, in 1887. He worked as a pattern maker for the San Antonio Foundry, then located in the 1400 block of South Alamo Street. Later, he was employed by San Antonio Machine Supply Co., and by 1922, he had his own pattern works at the back of this lot facing Wickes Street. The advertisement in the 1923 city directory reads: “We develop ideas and make patent office drawings. 215 Wickes.” The deed for this lot, though signed by Paul Meerscheidt in 1899, was not filed until 1929. Originally a one-story brick structure with a wooden front porch, the upper story was probably added by Margaret, LeLaurin’s second wife, in 1935. She lived here as a widow from 1929 until she sold the house to Theresa Espinosa in 1964. Sophie and Archie Lowery bought the house in 1973, and, in 1979, deeded it to their son, Eugene Lowery. His estate sold it in 2017.

221 Adams

In the 1890s, German-born brothers Otto and Carl Schulze utilized their cabinet-making skills to establish Schulze Brothers Manufacturing Company, a planing mill and wood manufacturing plant that produced, among other things, scroll work installed on turn-of-the-century homes. The brothers bought three lots from developer C.A. Stieren in December 1891 and built the Folk Victorian cottages at 221 and 227 Adams in preparation for their respective marriages. Carl married Agathe Sobeczek in March 1892. Family lore says that Agathe did not get along with Otto’s wife, who lived next door, so the couple moved near the family business on Cherry Street. E.D. and Bessie Rutledge bought the property in 1896, and James Ingram in 1909. Fritz and Laura Schilo bought the house in 1919. Mr. Schilo was the proprietor of Schilo’s, a delicatessen located on East Commerce Street, which still operates under that name. Other owners were Jules and Elizabeth De Winne (August, 1928), Minna Schmidt (1928), M.H. and Ella Cramer (1936), Joe and Eva Favella (1944), Jeanie M. Aston (1946), Hilmar and Olga Klien (1947), Bertha Bretz (1960), Rebecca Leitner (1961), Julian and Micaela Villar (1968), Frank and Lorraine Watkins (1984), Rudolpho Choperena (1994), W. Richey Wyatt (1997), Katherine K. Matthews (2000), Margaret Ann Jones (2001), Dennis and Cathy Spar (2002), Robert Kesl (2004), Cynthia Joiner (2006), Paul Mattick and Eleanor Siegle (2013). The 1984 restoration by the Watkins returned it to its original appearance, even rescuing some of the original Schulze wooden trim work.

222 Adams

This Queen Anne was the second home built in the neighborhood by Sophie F. Engelke (107 Crofton). She purchased this lot in 1899 from Albin Seidel and contracted with John C. Dielmann to build “a two-story brick containing nine rooms and galleries and a frame stable and fences” for $3165. She lived here until 1904, when she sold the property to Lazaro Villareal Madero, a stockman and land dealer. He paid nothing initially and after his death, the family defaulted on the notes and the house was sold to Calhoun C. Straughan, a clerk at the Imperial Turkish Bathhouse on Houston Street. Straughan’s widow, Josephine, sold the house in 1924 to Harrison and Rosalie Hampton. Leota Howard bought the property in 1927, and Dr. Louis Paparelli, a physician, bought it from her estate in 1928. Other owners were Sgt. Lavern and Ritha Elwood (1941), James and Martha Johnson Zek (1952), James A. Hoog and Irene Garcia (1964). Tatsamai Jarusiripipat and Christian H. Arnoux purchased the house in 2016 and completely restored it.

226 Adams

Developer Paul Meerscheidt built this Victorian Cottage with Neoclassical elements around 1898 and sold it to Theodore Vinke (111 Crofton), a city clerk and later an insurance agent, for $ 2,900. After a ten-year residence, he and his wife, Josephine, sold the house to Mary Elizabeth Sullivan. Mary’s husband, James W., was a machinist for the Southern Pacific Railway shops. Mrs. Sullivan’s estate sold the house to Charles and Angela Washburn Von Schwanitz in 1947. It became Mrs. Von Schwantitz’s separate property the next year. She lived here until 1972 when she sold to Geraldine White. James A. Hoog and Irene (Hoog) Garcia bought it from her the next year. Ms. Garcia still owns the house.

227 Adams

In the 1890s, German-born brothers Otto and Carl Schulze utilized their cabinet-making skills to establish Schulze Brothers Manufacturing Company, a planing mill and wood manufacturing plant that produced, among other things, scroll work installed on turn-of-the-century homes. The brothers bought three lots from developer C.A. Stieren in December 1891 and built the Folk Victorian cottages at 221 and 227 Adams in preparation for their respective marriages. Otto Schulze married Pauline Jenner on August 29, 1891, and they lived here until 1902, when they moved next door (231 Adams) and sold this house to Charles Keylich, a postal clerk. Annie Ellis bought the house in 1909. Charles V. and Louise Gambs purchased the property in 1924 and, in 1926, they sold it to William R. and Mary Tinney (147 Crofton). Other owners were Frances and Louis Kohnke, Jr. (1947), George David and Jane Andrew Bishop (1981), Henry and Sandra Hanna (1982), Robert G. Marbut, Jr. and Mary Hartman (1985), Mary and Julian Treviño (321 King William) (1994), Joann and Richard Green, Sr., Richard Green P., II and Nora L. Peterson (2004). The upstairs addition was designed by architect Charles Schubert and completed in 2006.

231 Adams

Otto Schutze built this house in 1902, and his family lived here until his widow, Pauline, died in 1941. In 1943, the Schutze heirs sold the property to Mrs. Katherine Kleck, a widow. Other owners were Joseph Shumate and Linda Geron (1985), Betty Lancaster (1988), Richard P. Green, II and Nora L. Peterson (1997), Michael Guarino, president of the KWA from September 2011 until August 2012 (2006), ans Leonardo and Selene S. Abad (2017). The house was a Bed and Breakfast from 1988 until the early 2000s.

230 Adams

F.L. Wilder (940 and 1202 South Alamo), a postal clerk, bought this lot from Lina Braun for $800 in May 1895. In July, F.L. and his wife, Montie, hired A.O. Balcom to build a “five-room, one-story house” here. The Wilders lived here until 1901, when they sold the property to Kate W. Blanchard. James A. McDonald bought the house in 1902, and he and his wife, Helen, lived in it until about 1917, when they built 311 Stieren and moved there. During the 1930s, the house served as a rooming house with James living here and his wife next door. At some point, Helen became the sole owner and lost the property. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation owned it when Helen Goodyear purchased it in 1937. She and her husband borrowed $ 7,000 against it in 1938 and may have used the money to add a second story and convert the house into an eight-unit apartment building. The city directory lists eight apartments here in 1940. Arthur and Nora Thigpen purchased the building in 1947, lived here, and managed the apartments. The executor of Mrs. Thigpen’s estate, David Crocket Thigpen, sold the apartment to Frank E. and Evelyn E. Harman in 1968. Subsequent owners were Kenneth Cobb, Jack A. Meyers and James D. Shepherd (1974), Moises Ortiz (1992). It now belongs to a corporation.

311 Stieren

James A. and Helen McDonald (230 Adams) built this house about 1915. While Mrs. McDonald was alive, she hosted many family members, including her elderly parents, Charles, a music teacher, and Mary Mattison. At various times, her sister, Emma Campbell, James’ sister, Laura McDonald, and nieces and nephews lived here. One of Helen’s nieces, Beulah Frace, inherited the house and deeded it to her own daughter, Helen Malstone, in 1960. Other owners were Misha M. Lasoya (1988), Moises Ortiz and Allen J. Moy (1997), Ronald A. Leach and Gina Darlene Acord (2000), Jonathan and Laura Hassell (2003), and Fidel Santamaria and Xomalin G. Peralta (2007).

315 Stieren

Bascom Bell moved to San Antonio with his wife, Nellie, and baby daughter, Lucille (716 East Guenther). He bought this lot from Paul Meerscheidt in 1892 and built a house. Nellie died in 1894, and Bascom married Amy Cresswell (she wrote the Society column for the San Antonio Light as Mrs. Bascom Bell). Mr. Bell was married two more times, but when he died in 1936, the man described by the San Antonio Light as a prominent attorney was buried by Nellie’s side in City Cemetery No. 4. Louise Kiene (407 Cedar) purchased the house in 1908 and sold it to Manuel C. and Helen De la Goa in 1918. Manuel worked for Western Union and, at one time, was in charge of their motor pool. In 1925, the De la Goas hired Hillyer Deutsch Jarrat to make substantial changes, including the addition of a Craftsman-style front porch. Helen’s brother, Victor R. Hernandez, bought the house from their estate in 1972. Melanie F. and James F. Benfield bought the in 2017.

319 Stieren

Henriette and Sim Hart sold two lots here to Margaret Clark in April 1892 for $1440. Mrs. Clark sold these same two lots to Emma Schmidt (Rice) in April 1893 for $2200. The house was built sometime before 1896, when it first appears on the Sanborn map, possibly by Schmidt. She deeded this property to her daughter, Katherine Uslaender, in 1922. Lewis S. Fisher and Erich Menger, III, bought the house from Mrs. Uslaender’s estate in 1976. Other owners were Rosemary R. Roessling (1987), Scott F. Woolum and Amy S. Poe-Woolum (1990), Alan T. Cash (1993), Richard P. Green, II and Nora L. Peterson (2003), Anthony J. and Carol C. Hildebrand (2006), Suzan Lynn Lambillotte and Phillip James Parsons (2013), and Elizabeth Anne Buckthal-Chilton and Thomas Scott Chilton (2017).

321 Stieren

This Victorian cottage began its life at 320 Frasch. William Klappenbach had W. Emil Tietze build it there in 1901. Frasch was later named Main Street, and this house was renumbered 1022. In 1983, Pioneer Flour Mills purchased a number of houses along the 1000 block of Main Street and removed or demolished them in order to expand their flour mill operation. Lewis Fisher purchased the house from them, moved it from its original location to this vacant lot, and renovated it. Lewis Fisher served as president of the KWA from September 1986 to August 1988. James F. Nelson bought the house in 1989, and it is now home to Edward Massero (221 East Guenther).

316 Stieren

Albert L. Blondin (112 King William) purchased this lot in 1918 and had this house built about 1923. The house was vacant in the 1924 city directory, and C.C. Caruthers was the first renter in 1925. Blondin and his wife, Sarah, sold the house to Eduardo and Anna Martinez in 1944. The eldest son of this World War II Gold Star family went missing in action in 1944 and was declared dead a year later. Edward and Richard Martinez now own the house.

302 Adams

Paul Meerscheidt’s mother, Lena, was born in Lithuania and came to Texas with her parents in 1849. They made the journey on the Bark Franziska and settled in Fayette County. The next year, Paul’s father arrived from Germany on the ship Ohio and worked as a laborer for Lena’s father. The couple married in 1850 and settled on a farm they called Nassau in 1856. Paul, the eldest son, was educated in Germany, studied law in La Grange, and graduated from Vanderbilt University. He came to San Antonio, and in 1887, the city directory lists him as an attorney and land agent in business with his brother, Axel, who was already living in this house, described as located east of the Alamo and three blocks south of Mill (South Saint Marys). He purchased these two lots, which likely included this Victorian house, reputed to be the oldest on Adams Street, on June 20, 1888, from his brother Axel for $ 3,735. Both brothers were in Fayette County when the deed was signed. By 1899, Paul had built a new house at 2702 West Houston and moved his family there. His mother, Amanda Karoline Meerscheidt v. Huellessem, “Lena”, was living with her younger children, Martha, Max, and Otto (332 Adams), as well as three of her grandchildren. In 1906, Paul Meerscheidt sold the house to G.A. Davis, a conductor for the SA & APR, and Davis’ wife, Nellie. The couple lived the rest of their lives here, and their children sold the property in 1954 to Al and Ervie Baumgarten. Other owners were Juan and Herlinda Martinez (1958), Daniel and Amalia Vidaurri (1967), Albert and Lisbeth Fittipaldia (2005), Linda and Daniel R. Rutherford (2006). The house is brick with a limestone foundation, which seems to have been a signature of early Meerscheidt houses. The front-facing gable features a window hood supported by brackets, cornice returns, dentil molding, and a round vent at the roofline. The floor-to-ceiling windows, a typical double front door with 1880s trim, and elegant square porch supports appear to be original. The structure at the rear was built in 2005.

303 Adams

Thirteen-year-old Adolphine Nagel arrived in Galveston aboard the Bark Anton Gunther in 1866. She came with her parents and several siblings, and the family settled in San Antonio, where she met Edward Lassner, a dealer in hides and wool. They married in 1871 and had five children before he died in October 1892. Adolphine bought these two lots in February 1893 and had this brick masonry Victorian house built as a home for herself and her children. She hired architect Albert Beckmann to design it, and the family was living here by 1895. In 1914, Mrs. Lassner sold her home to Theodore and Louise Heinen for $11,000 and moved to a rent house at 401 Adams Street. After a short stay, the Heinens sold the house to Pablo Gonzales Garza and his wife, Antonia, in 1918. The property became embroiled in a lawsuit sometime after Pablo’s death in 1927, but Mrs. Garza lived here until about 1932. N.A. Quintanilla was living here in 1934 and purchased the property in 1937. Harry T. and Mary Gallaher bought the house from Mr. Quintanilla in 1946. Their daughter, Blyth G. Lowery, sold the house in 1980 to Frank Emmett and Marita Emmett. Marita Emmett still owns the property.

310 Adams

This elegant Queen Anne house was built for Robert Schmerbeck, a manufacturer’s agent, around 1894, after he paid Paul and Bertha Meerscheidt $ 3,000 for three lots. Schmerbeck’s widow, Emma, sold the house in 1901 to C.C. and Juliette Chaffee. The Chaffees defaulted on their mortgage, and Mrs. Achsah M. Jarrell, a widow who made a living from real estate, bought the house in 1909. She sold it to Rafael Medina in 1914. Rolla Sims Taylor, a court reporter, and his wife, Edna, a seamstress, bought the house in 1916. The Taylors divorced in 1918, and Mrs. Taylor made this her home until she died in 1958. In 1963, her son, Rolla D., and ex-husband, Rolla S., sold the house to Nasario Reyes, who was employed at Kelly Air Force Base. John Hartman and Laura Powell purchased it from his estate in 2002.

311 Adams

Richard Erler was born in Germany in 1870 and came to San Antonio in 1881. He was educated in Germany and in the San Antonio public schools. He worked for W.T. Pancoast Morgan Company, a crockery business, and for Joske Brothers in the housewares department. By 1919, he was the owner of the Erler Manufacturing Company, which specialized in making pickles, vinegar, bluing, and condiments. In 1911, Mr. Erler bought this lot from Adolphine Lassner (303 Adams). He and his wife, Anna, hired Albert Moehrig to build this house according to specifications provided by architects and structural engineers Behles and Boelhauwe. The Erlers had lived at 324 Adams from the time of their marriage in 1902. They lived in this brick house for the next 50 years. In 1963, Richard and Eloisa B. Allen bought the property from Elsa Erler Groenveld, only child of the Erlers. The Allens sold to Raul and Caroline Murgia in 1976.

312 Adams

Contractor Jacob H. Wagner bought these lots from Conrad Flaig in 1896 and built this Neoclassical-style house before the end of 1897. It was rented, first to G.J. Smith, a tobacconist, and then to C.A. and Hedwig Stieren (503 East Guenther). In 1910, Jacob and his wife, Mary, sold the house to the Stierens, and it was the Stieren family home. Mrs. Stieren died in 1915, and her husband passed away in 1940 at the age of 96. In 1941, Mr. Stieren’s heirs sold the property to Alfred C. Alberti. Alfred’s widow, Irene, sold the house to Eugene Gray, Jr. and Donna Traut in 1991. Victor A. and Olivia A. Abrego bought the house in 1995. Michael A. Escamilla bought it in 1998.

315 Adams

This Gothic-style home was built between 1888 and 1889 by Richard LaCroix, clerk for Paul Wagner and later agent for the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company. His wife, Lena, was Paul’s daughter and sister to Adolph Wagner (219 East Guenther), Mrs. Ida Mueller (209 Adams), and Mrs. Helene Lyons (201 Adams). The LeCroixs sold the house in March 1903 to Adolph Wagner, and he sold it to Herman Goldschmidt in April 1904. For the next 60 years, Herman and his wife, Gretchen, made this their home. Mr. Goldschmidt was the owner of Goldschmidt & Company, merchandise brokers. He had been born a German subject in Monterrey, Mexico in 1868 and came to the United States by way of New York. Gretchen had come to Texas as a small child with her father, Arthur Roches (311 Beauregard) and taught in the San Antonio public schools. Mrs. Goldschmidt sold the house to Bohumil J. and Mollie Ann Kutac in 1963. They rented it as a duplex until Mollie’s estate sold to Eve S. Avery in 1986. Other owners were Windsor and Lee Innis (1993), Doug and Lori Horn (1995), John Kragh and Gretchen Garceau-Kragh (2002).

320 Adams

This 1891 Victorian cottage was Jacob H. Wagner’s first home in the area. Since he was a contractor, he built the house himself and gave it as his business and home address. In 1904, the Wagners moved to a new home at 128 Adams, and, in 1911, they sold this house to their daughter, Ella Marie, who had married architect Leo M.J. Dielmann. By 1916, the Dielmanns were living at 801 East Guenther, and this house was a rental. In 1944, Inez Marie Dielmann Mueller, their daughter, sold the house to Dora Schmitt, wife of Ed. A. Schmitt. Mr. Schmitt died in 1952 and, in 1954, Mrs. Schmitt sold to Shelby and Mollie Sorrels. Mrs. Sorrels’ estate sold to Edward Z.L. Moser in 1998, and architect Jim Poteet designed an addition at that time. Andrew and Nancy Salling Diehl purchased the property in 2004. The front porch was restored to its original profile in 2015.

323 Adams

In April 1889, Otto and Marie Kramer hired T.H. Micheljohn to build a one-story house here. It was designed by Otto, an architect, took four weeks to build, and cost $1125. The widowed Otto sold the house to William Dobrowolski in December 1895. Thomas H. and Johanna Heiligmann Abbott bought the house in 1897 and, before 1904, added a second story and redesigned the exterior. Mr. Abbott was a shoemaker, a leather dealer, an agent for Angelo Myers Distillery of Philadelphia, and later he owned the Metropolitan Bar--until the advent of Prohibition. When Mr. Abbott died in 1949, he was a widower and still lived here. In September of that year, his six children sold the house to Bohumil J. and Mollie Ann Ku tac. Other owners were Michael Casey and Anne H. McClanahan (1984), Robert G. Murray and Edmond F. Breault (1998), Paula Haley (2000), Helen Randall, Hal D. Branco, and Woletta H. Costello (2006), David R. Mendariz and Marisol Perez (2017).

324 Adams

The Erler family came from Germany on the S.S. St. Louis in 1881 and settled in San Antonio. Theodore Erler, a clerk for Chabot and Wagner, bought this frame house from Axel Meerscheidt in March 1890 and moved the family here. The 1900 U.S. Census lists Theodore, his wife, Louise, and their three children, as well as his mother, Mina, and brother, Richard, as residents. After Richard married Annie Bosshardt (311 Adams) in 1902, they bought the house. In 1913, John C. Dielmann bought it for his daughter and son-in-law, Perpetua and John J. Jehl. The deed stated the house was worth $2600 and that amount was to be considered part of his daughter’s inheritance. In 1928, the Jehls hired Adolph Roesler to stucco the house and add the carport with an arched entry. Other owners were Jesse and Mary Vasys (1967), Charles and Joan Purvis (1976), Yolanda and Matias Hernandez, Jr. (1979), Lisa J. Montoya and Niria Trevino (2017).

331 Adams

The grounds for this house comprise two 50-foot lots plus an 8-foot-wide strip on the south side. This extra footage was left over when the Meerscheidt Addition was platted, and it marks the termination of that subdivision. In 1893, Charles Haarmann bought the property and built this Albert Beckmann-designed Victorian house. By 1898, his wife, Emilie (Minnie), was a widow, and her sister, Carrie, and brother-in-law, Conrad A. Goeth, had come to live with her. Emilie and Carolina were the daughters of Friedrich Groos. In 1903, Mrs. Haarmann sold her home to the Goeths and moved to 124 Adams, where she rented from Jacob Wagner. Carolina Goeth died in 1932, and Conrad remarried. After his death in 1953, his widow, Nellie, lived here until 1968, when the property was sold to John Angerstein. Other owners were Eugenio W. Anthony (1989), Kristen Winget and Richard J. Casey, Jr. (1992), Christopher K. and Nancy Price (2003). Mr. Price served as president of the KWA from September 2016 until August 2018.

332 Adams

Otto Meerscheidt, the younger brother of Axel and Paul Meerscheidt, began working at Alamo National Bank as a messenger and retired as a vice president. He purchased this property in 1900, married Nettie Ottilie Graber of Brenham, Texas, in 1902, and brought her to live in the small cottage that sat on the property. He bought additional land to the south in 1912, had the cottage moved there (see 410 Adams), and lived in it until this Classical Revival house was complete. After Otto died in 1939, Nettie returned to Brenham, Texas. With her mark,“X”, as a signature, she sold the house in 1945 to C.L. Stabbert and his wife, who was known professionally as Dr. Pearl Matthaei. E.B. Simmons bought it in 1954, and the Patterson Lodge No. 1177 A.F. and A.M bought it in 1955. The lodge was sold to Elwyn and Doris Spencer in 1979, and they began returning it to a home, a process continued by Dianne and Hudson Ingram, III, after they bought the house in 1982. Other owners were David and Elizabeth Dawson and Josephine Copeland (1994), Rex Stone and Judith Hall (1997), Geri Poss (2010), Beverly Bunn (2014).

401 Adams

This Queen Anne house was built by the daughter of developer Charvey Barbe, Constance Barbe Ford, and her first husband, J.B. McMahon, about 1896. After 1900, the house sat empty or was rented, during which time Constance used it as collateral for loans. In 1909 Ed. J.L. Green assumed all the debt and sold to G.W. and J.S. Hester (1910). Ownership passed to J.M. and Lillian Ruhmann (1920), and then to John T. and Ella Harding (1936), before Anna M. Northrup, a stenographer for A.F. Beyer, bought the house in 1937 and established it as her home. She sold, in 1962, to Lewis C. and Marion Louise Hutchinson. Mr. Hutchinson was a teacher at Jefferson High School. Other owners were Arthur and Ellenor Link and Allison J. Link (1989), Avon Z. and Stanley Anderson (1994), James A. and Charlotte Crowley (2008), Q. Mark Reford and Lisa Konig (2009), Maureen Strauss and Camilo Alberto Gonima (2016).

410 Adams

F.F. Bainbridge purchased several lots, just to the north of here, from Axel Meerscheidt, and by 1891 he had built this Folk-Victorian house. One of its front dormers features a unique keyhole window. Mr. Bainbridge was co-owner of Bainbridge & Corner, booksellers and stationary located at 303 Alamo Plaza. In 1900, he and his wife, Lydia, sold this house to Otto Meerscheidt. The house at that time was situated approximately 100 feet to the north of its current location. Between 1908 and 1912, Otto Meerscheidt bought this lot and two others. He moved this Victorian cottage with its intricate detailing to its current location at that time. The Meerscheidts lived in it until the house at 332 Adams was complete. It was rented for many years until both properties (332 and 410 Adams) were sold to the Stabberts in 1945. A few months later, they sold 410 Adams to Alma Miller Royce, wife of Marshal Royce. Other owners were Lionel and Blanca Hernandez (1960), David Devore (1977), Rogerio and Sylvia R. Garza (1986), and Markus and Laura Thornell Haas (2011).

414 Adams

Tillie and Theresa Guenther (422 Adams) bought this vacant lot from Conrad A. and Nellie Goeth for $1850 in 1946. They had this house built sometime before 1950, when their niece, Marian Guenther Rubush, was deeded the house. She and her husband, James, sold to Lilly O’Sullivan in 1967. Other owners were Bohumil J. and Mollie Ann Kutac (1968), William Faust (1984), Ann Gaddis (1985), Bennie Mike and Nancy Hooper (2000), Irene Gorman Wright (2004), Jennifer C. and Julie H. Abad (2013).

417 Adams

In 1906, Constance Barbe Ford and her second husband, E.A. Ford, hired C.A. Gessler to build this Atlee B. Ayers-designed Neoclassical style house. It cost $7500 to build, and they lived here for a short time. They “sold” the house to her brother, Clarence Barbe, for $35,000. In 1908, he sold it to Mary J. Luby for $19,500. Constance sold to Mary Luby, for one dollar, all the contents of the house, except “one piano, trunks, paintings, cut glass, silver, books, pictures, one fur rug, and any little personal effects.” The house was owned by the Luby family for the next 60 years. Judge James Luby, Mary’s husband, was a native of London born of Irish parents. He came to New York with his mother in 1854; he worked as an office boy. Later, in New Orleans, he enlisted in the Confederate forces and eventually settled in San Diego, Texas, where he held the office of county judge. In 1871, he married Mary Hoffman in Corpus Christi. From 1908, he spent his time between his ranching business in San Diego and this house with his wife, daughter Katherine, and son-in-law Alexander Shaffer. After the Lubys died, the Shaffers continued to make this their home. In 1968, Katherine’s estate sold the house to Charles and Peggy Snyder. Other owners were Mrs. Dorothy Snyder, Wilma and Edward S. Doleal (1978), and Hinolaf Properties (2004). Kevin Brian Browne bought it in 2007, and completely restored the property with architect Sue Ann Pem berton and Rubiola Construction Company.

422 Adams

This Craftsman house was built about 1916 by Conrad A. Goeth. He sold it to Frank G. Abbott and his wife, Julia, who then sold the house to Theresa Guenther in 1920. Sisters Tillie and Theresa Guenther moved from Moulton, Texas, to San Antonio in 1918, and Miss Tillie began a teaching career that lasted more than fifty-one years and included time at St. Mary’s Parochial School and Collins Gardens Elementary School. Both sisters were competent businesswomen dealing in real estate as well as their chosen professions. By 1926, they appear to have been prosperous enough to own a car; Theresa was issued a building permit that year for a garage. Theresa Guenther died in 1962 and Tillie Guenther sold the house to Lloyd Le Blanc, Jr. in 1979. He sold it several months later to Richard Cruz-Segarra and Marty K. Knight (1979). Ms. Knight added a rear addition in 1999. Other owners were Andy and Laurie Choi (2000). Andrew and Nancy Salling Diehl purchased the house in 2003. Nancy is a founder of the Cannoli Fund.

426 Adams

Leno Diaz sold this vacant lot to Emil and Elizabeth Swize in 2009. Harrison and Billie Jo Gutierrez bought the lot in 2010 and built this house in 2016.

427 Adams

In 1915, Elsie Jonas, a public school teacher, bought this lot from Ernest R. Barbe, borrowed money against another family property, and had this house built. The family lived here until 1919, when Miss Jonas sold the house to Daniel David Heinen. Mr. Heinen once owned the Manhattan Bar on Alamo Plaza and was a part-time rancher. His grandparents, Martin and Ann Nester, had come from Germany and settled at DeHanis, Texas. The 1860 Census records the birthplace of his mother, Katerina Nester Heinen, as “the Atlantic Ocean”. Other records reflect that she was born “at sea” on the way from France to Texas. After Mr. Heinen and his wife, Anna, divorced, he lived here and died in St. Benedict’s Hospital in December 1958. The executor of his estate sold the property to Lady Patricia Brady (202 King William) in 1960. In 1972, after her death, it was purchased by Mary and Ezquiel Gallegos, Jr. Mary Elizabeth Gallegos inherited the house in 2010 and sold it to Richard B. and Elaine J. Lutton in 2017.

431 Adams

John Thomas Sanders, a traveling salesman for the Vaughan Lumber Company, bought this vacant lot from Winchester Kelso in July 1921 for $1500 and, in September, he hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this Craftsman bungalow house for $4650. Mr. Sanders died in 1929, and his wife, F.E., died in 1938. Their daughter, Mary Louise, a teacher, lived here until her death in 1980. The Sanders’ youngest daughter, Louannie Sanders Wallace, sold the house to Antonio D. and Alice Palacios that same year. Other owners were Joe A. and Rachael M. Treviño (1983), Charles Joseph Kaiser (1990), Vincent Bosquez (2001), Richard P. Green, II and Nora L. Peterson (2002), Franklin C. and Shirley M. Peterson (2003), Ken Dawson Little, and Scott and Hoda Cummings (2013).

434 Adams

Emilie Heilig married Emil Elmendorf on November 16, 1872. Emil was a partner, along with his brother Henry and his father, Charles, Sr., in Elmendorf & Company, which sold “hardware, stoves, tinware, and agricultural implements.” Emil died in 1898, and Emilie, who had six dependent children, joined her widowed mother-in-law, Amalie, and brother-in-law, Henry, as a partner in the family business. She bought this corner lot in 1908 from L.J. Hart and H.E. Hildebrand for $650 and had this Victorian brick house constructed about 1909. It was her home until she died in 1940. In 1942, Homer L. and Angeline Morris bought the house. Mr. Morris was the proprietor of Mission Cleaners on South Presa Street. Mrs. Morris’s nephew, William H. Jones, inherited the house. Other owners were R.B. Lee Carter (1983), William Winchester and Mimi Emig (1992), Leno and Elisa Diaz (1996), William T. and Aimee W. Holleman (2012), Nora W. Chavez, Diana and Mario Carasco (2017).

501 Adams

Developer Leonard P. Peck purchased a number of lots on this block from Mary Winslow and sold this lot, in August 1921, to Gustav V. and Pauline Richter for $2150. They had this Craftsman-style house built and were living here in 1924. Gustav worked for his father, William Richter, at the Richter Bakery, “Bakers of Butter Krust Bread,” and by 1931, he held the office of Vice-President. The Richters sold this property in 1951 to Bill S. Toscano, who worked at Union Credit Clothiers. He and his wife, Carrie, deeded the property to Eugene A. Toscano in 1990. Other owners were Joan Shirley Jernigan (1991) and Christine Bernadette Viña (2004).

502 Adams

The Central Company sold this lot to J.M. and Annie Goas on July 1, 1927. That same day, the Goases hired Hillyer Deutsch and Jarratt Company to build this Tudor Revival house for $5975. The Goases sold the house in 1931 to Frank L. and Emma Bolner. Bolner was the oldest son of Joe Bolner, founder of what is now Bolner’s Meat Market on South Flores Street. Also an entrepreneur, Frank owned Frank J. Bolner Grocery at 230 Durango (now Cesar E. Chavez). The Bolners sold to James V. Cross, an employee, and his wife, Lucille, in 1955. James A. and Lulu Walker bought the house in 1964 and the Walker estate sold to Maria Alicia Burger in 1994.

506 Adams

Conrad A. Goeth sold this lot to builder and speculator Floyd Snyder. Mr. Snyder hired his father-in-law, Thomas E. Barnes, to build this bungalow in September 1927. He and his wife, Louise Barnes Snyder, sold it in February 1928 to E.H. and Thelma Brimer. The Brimers relinquished ownership of the house in 1933, possibly victims of the great depression, and the ownership of the house reverted to the Snyders. In 1933, Emily Andrews purchased this house with her husband Sam’s World War I disability benefits; she had been appointed his guardian. As a result of a divorce, Emily was required to sell the house and return the benefits to be used for Sam’s care. Arthur L. and Mary L. Bergstrom (522 Adams) bought it in 1934. Mary died in 1944 of a cerebral hemorrhage, and the next year, Arthur married Mary Helen Johnson. Other owners were A.G. Dietrick (1951), Anthony and Dorothy Scarnato (1955), Susan Athené and Jack Kent, Jr. (1997), Joseph Workman (2007), and Laura Kaupp (2011).

507 Adams

This bungalow holds the story of a family that has lived and loved in King William for more than a hundred years. Mary Katherine “Katie” Reilly was born at 230 Madison in the house her parents built. After Katie met and married the love of her life, Timothy J. Fitzgerald, the couple bought this lot from Leonard P. Peck in 1922 for $1000. The deed required that any house they built cost at least $4000. They built this house designed by Charles E. Keys in 1923, and the city directory first lists them here in 1924. Katie died in 1961, and her brother and sister-in-law, Will and Hilda Reilly (230 Madison), moved here. Will died in 1980, and in 1986, Katie and Will’s great-nephew, Steven Joseph Kobernat, and his wife, Michelle Maxwell, purchased the house. It remains virtually unchanged on the outside.

510 Adams

Speculator Floyd Snyder hired the T.E. Barnes Lumber Company to build this vernacular Craftsman in September 1927 and sold it to Mrs. J.J. McClelland in January 1928. She gave the property to her only living child, Mary Elizabeth McClelland Skaggs, in 1951. Anthony and Dorothy Scarnato (506 Adams) purchased the house from the Skaggs’ estate in 1995, and Dorothy sold the house to Juan A. and Romanita M. Barrera in 2015.

511 Adams

Developer Leonard P. Peck and his wife, Celine, sold this lot to Wallace D. Turbeville in 1921 for $1400. Turbeville and his wife, Norma, hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build their bungalow with Craftsman details. The cost was $2500 to be paid in installments of $300, once a year, a clear violation of the terms of their deed, which required the house to cost at least $4000. Mr. Turbeville was an assistant chief clerk for Southern Pacific Lines. Tim W. and Martha M. Hayes bought the house from Mrs. Turbeville’s estate in 1979. Other owners were Elizabeth and Jerome A. Brown, Jr. (1984), E. Elizabeth Macilhaney (1988), George F. Schroeder, Jr. (1997), Mary Lenora and Henry Frank New som (2002), and Lyle R. Wilson (2008).

514 Adams

On September 17, 1927, Harry B. Kirk, who was a clerk at T.E. Barnes Lumber Company, bought this lot from T.E. Barnes and hired Barnes to build this bungalow. The cost was $3800. The house was listed in the 1927 city directory as vacant, and John T. and Ella Harding bought it in September 1928. John earned his living as a manager at J.T. Decker & Sons Sales Company. Valeska Mosel bought the house from the Hardings in 1935, and in 1945, after Valeska had died, his wife and daughter sold to Olga Thetford. Other owners were Dorothy Jane and A.C. Riedner, Jr. (1950) and Ignacio L. and Delores Zepeda (1970).

515 Adams

Henry C. Moore spent most of his work life in Yoakum, Texas as a locomotive engineer for the SA & APR. In 1924, he bought this lot from developer Leonard P. Peck for $1000, had this house built, and brought his young wife and their baby son to live here. In November 1929, the mayor of San Antonio, C.M. Chambers, signed an Ordinance and Lien allowing Alamo Paving Company to collect the cost of paving Wickes Street. Each house on the west side of this block, which backs onto Wickes, was assessed a portion of the cost. Moore’s share was $130 for the paving and $32.50 for the curbing at the back of his lot. Henry died in 1960 and, in 1964, his widow, Mary Catherine, sold the house to Villa Garcia. When Mrs. Garcia died in 1985, her sister, Librada G. Shelton, inherited the house. The Craftsman bungalow Mr. Moore had built features a double front-faced gable as well as a cross gable, all three with exposed rafter tails and triangular knee braces. The pyramidal porch supports sit atop brick pillars, which rise above the porch floor and extend in an unbroken line all the way to the ground. The window grouping to the right, two small double-hung windows flanking a larger one, is a Craftsman detail. The house has retained most of its original detailing.

518 Adams

Builders Van B. and Ella Chapman bought this partial lot from T.E. Barnes in September 1927. The Chapmans had this house constructed and sold it to Ana M. Northrup in 1928 for $4000. She still owned the house when she died in 1974. Roger Thomas and Deborah L. Trevino bought it from the estate of her daughter that same year. Abelardo U. and Gloria C. Trevino became the owners in 1977. Susan and Abelardo U. Trevino, Jr. owned it in 1979. They sold to Hector and Chely Mendez; William C. and Paula Stallcup bought the house in 1993.

519 Adams

Developer Leonard P. Peck sold this lot to Edward J. Dreiss (1302 South Alamo) on July 31, 1924. That same day, his son and daughter-in-law, Edward (Jr.) and Winifred Dreiss, hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this house for $3800. The couple lived here until Winifred contracted tuberculosis, and they moved back to Edward’s father’s home. She died in 1927, leaving Edward with two small children. Edwar,d who made his living in the trucking industry, was the owner of Universal Freight Company. He returned here after marrying Helen Monroe Dreiss around 1930. He lived here until he died in 1961. His widow sold the property to Robert and Ada Jimenez in 1973.

522 Adams

In 1928, Arthur L. Bergstrom, son of Louis Bergstrom (208 King William), paid builders Van B. and Ella Chapman $1400 for this lot. Bergstrom was a buyer and later superintendent at the Alamo Dressed Beef Company; his wife, Mary Whiter, had served as a nurse in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War I. Part of her tour was at the base hospital at Camp Travis. They built this Tudor-style house and lived here until 1934. They purchased 506 Adams and then sold this house to T.G. and Laura Emma McCreless. Madeline Isabel Patterson bought the house in 1944, and she and her husband, Jace Patterson, sold in 1950 to Porfirio and Juanita Pena Diaz. Robert N. Pena purchased the house from their estates in 1996.

523 Adams

In 1923, developer Leonard P. Peck and his wife, Celine, sold two lots to Laura Fromme for $3000. In 1931, DeWitt T. and Sophie Perry purchased this plot from her estate. They wrote a contract with Kelly Maverick Company in 1932 to build this house. They lived here until 1950, when they sold it to Ernest H. and Beatrice M. Allen. Beatrice died in 1973, and Ernest married Verna Mae Schaper. She and the estate of Beatrice Ann Baker, Ernest’s daughter, sold to Bonnie E. Brookby in 2001.

526 Adams

In 1927, builders Van B. and Ella Chapman hired T.E. Barnes to build this house. Charles T. and Susie Wade purchased it in November of that year. Wade was a conductor for the Southern Pacific Railway and later served as the chairman of the Order of Railway Conductors. In 1958, after his parents died, son Herbert Wade sold the house to G. Gordan and Lillian McCarty. Other owners were Henry and Mable Goodwin (530 Adams)(1964), Wallace L. and Peggy Van Wyk (1992), Joseph Van Wyk (1997), Christine Ann Van Wyk (2002), Kathryn and Leon Durbin (2006), Ronald Ford and Sylvia S. Avenius Ford (2012), Jeff and Mary A. Felberg (2016).

530 Adams

Gerhardt W. and Esther Gotke bought this lot from T.E. Barnes and hired Van B. Chapman to build this house in November 1927, at a cost of $ 6400. Mr. Gotke was the principal of George W. Brackenridge High School. The Gotkes sold the property to Max Lange in 1930, who appears to have lost ownership. Henry and Mabel Goodwin bought the house from The State Life Insurance Company in 1939. At the time, Henry was a salesman for the William McMath Company, Mable was a clerk at the First National Bank and their daughter, Mary Margaret, was a secretary for Dr. John L. Bush. Mary Margaret sold the house to Samuel L. and Miriam Gorena in 1992. Alfonso and Ophelia Cervante bought the property from the Gorenas in 2005.

531 Adams

Emil Klar had come from Germany as a young man and opened Alamo City Meat Market about 1916. When his son joined him in the business, they changed the name to Klars Meat Market and opened at 723 South Alamo. “Klars Meat Market, all kinds of meat, poultry and barbecue, we deliver” was the promise in the 1922 city directory. Emil and his wife, Rosa, were living at 210 Madison when he bought this lot from developer Leonard P. Peck in 1920. By 1921, he had built this house, which has both Victorian and Craftsman design elements, and moved here. He bought another half lot here in 1923 from Laura Fromme. Son Roland Emil Klar (538 Adams) inherited the property in 1950. In 1988, he and his wife, Floy E. Menger Klar, deeded the property to their son and daughter-in-law, Roland, Jr., and Joyce, who sold the family home to John Barrera in 1992.

535 Adams

Developers Leonard P. and Celine Peck sold this lot to Adolphine Lassner (303 Adams) in 1917. She sold it to Charles and Martha Schulze in 1919. Charles was the son of Carl Schulze (221 Adams) and employed as a draftsman in the family business. This bungalow, probably built by the Schulze Brothers, was complete, and the family was living here by 1921. Charles W. and Laska Franklin Neal purchased the house from them in 1942. The Neals bought half of lot 10 from the Van Weis (545 Adams) in 1920. Mrs. Neal, by then a widow, sold to Oscar P. and Flora Louise Jasso in 1974. Jacinto and Geralyn Martinez purchased the property in 1997.

536 Adams

This Craftsman bungalow was constructed about 1925, and the 1926 city directory shows Mrs. Bessie Duke and her daughter, Claudia, as the first residents. C.E. and Betty Lee Anderson purchased the house in 1927. John W. Taylor purchased the property in 1939 and sold to Benjamin G. and Verna Mae Schaper in 1943. Jesse M. and Margarita R. Lopez purchased the house from Mrs. Schaper in 1975. Other owners were their daughter, Guizelle L. Lehman (1991), Rudolfo Sanchez, Jr. (2002), and Henry and Mary Newsom (2005).

538 Adams

Roland Emil Klar bought this lot, on the same block as his parents’ home, 531 Adams, from Conrad A. and Carrie Goeth on October 10, 1923. He married Floy E. Menger the next month. They had this house built and were living here by 1925. They raised their family here and deeded the house to their son, Roland E. Klar Jr., and his wife, Joyce, in 1988. Barbara C. Anderson, school secretary at Thomas Jefferson High School for many years, purchased the house in 1994. Miss Anderson was the daughter of Judge Charles W. Anderson, for whom Loop 1604 was named. Other owners were Christine B. Viña (2002), Mary Jo Kraus (2005), James Albert and Billie Jean Hartless (2016).

540 Adams

Edwin Oppenheimer (215 Beauregard) purchased three lots from Katie and P.A. Baxter in 1909. He built this house, originally numbered 530, and sold it to Marian Reese later that same year. Three years later, she and her husband, R.A., sold the house to Conrad A. and Carrie Goeth. The house was a rental until Carrie’s nephew, Udo Haarmann, and his new wife, Elsie, bought it in 1919 for $5000. Udo, son of Emilie and Carl Haarmann, grew up on Adams Street, first at 331 and then 124, and was the secretary of the Schulze Brothers Manufacturing Company. The Haarmanns sold to Rudolph R. and Elsie B. Haag, in 1942. Elsie, a widow, sold to Richard and Victoria Medellin in 1981.

545 Adams

Stonewall and Nellie Van Wie bought this lot from Conrad A. and Carrie Goeth in 1915. They borrowed money from her parents, Louis and Josephine Bergstrom (208 King William), then hired Conrad Flaig to build this house for $5356. The architect for this Craftsman-style house with its Prairie details was Beverly W. Spillman. Stonewall died in 1948, and Nellie sold the house to Margarita R. and Jesse M. Lopez in 1956. Richard and Victoria Medellin bought from them in 1969.

640 Mission

Dr. John H. Florence, medical head of the Southern Life Insurance Company and a widower, bought this Craftsman bungalow from W.A. Baity in October 1915 for $3879. He gave his fiancée, Estella Wood, a half-ownership in the house, and she lived here for a time before they married. The Florences sold to Valeriano and Scholasticia Palomo in July 1918. As a fiery eighteen-year-old, Herman J. Richter had shot and killed a man, according to the San Antonio Light, because the man had “cast aspersions” on Richter’s younger sister. But by September 1918, when he moved here with his wife, Regina, and their two young children, he was a calm manager in Richter’s Bakery, founded by his father, William. When the Richters sold the house to E.M. and Bessie Notzon in 1928, the family had eight children. The house was a rental until The Westminster Presbyterian Church bought it in 1945 to use as a parsonage. Josephine and Raul Cavazos bought the house in 1958 and sold to Albert and Josephine Ramirez in 1993.

639 Mission

John A. Mueller was born in Alsace-Lorraine in 1871 and came to Texas about 1883. He started his work career as a sixteen-year-old waiter at the Southern Hotel in 1887. After he married Sophia Orfinger in Quihi in 1892 and moved her to San Antonio, he was a cook, chef, and eventually a restaurant manager. John purchased these two and a half lots from W.A. Baity in 1915 and had this brick Victorian house built before 1917. He died in 1948, and Sophie sold the house to Max and Carrie Theis in 1957. Delfina Jimenez, a widow, bought the house in 1961. Delfina’s sister-in-law, Maria Jimenez Lightfoot, was married to Frank LaSalle Lightfoot, founder of Lightfoot’s Plumbing, Electric, and Heating at 1501 South Saint Mary’s. (See 1113 South Saint Mary’s). After Frank died in 1960, his wife’s nieces and nephews (Delfina’s children) ran the business. During the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, Lightfoots played a vital role in the rehabilitation of many of the area’s old homes. It was a source of hard-to-find replacement parts for antique plumbing and hardware, and the knowledge of how to use those parts. Unmarried siblings Mary, Peter, and Annie Jimenez inherited this house when their mother died in 1976. Annie, the surviving sibling, died in 2013 and her estate sold the house to Michael U. Villarreal and Jeanne Russell.

636 Mission

Vernor F. and Roselyn Daley purchased this bungalow from builders W.A. and Paralee Baity in April 1918. Daley, who was Vice President of the Paramount Oil Production Company, lived here with his family, which included his mother-in-law, Georgie Amberson, and sold the house to his brother-in-law, James Amberson, in 1924. Amberson lost the house as a result of a lawsuit in 1925, and the house was sold to lienholders C.T. Abbey and R.W. Byrd. L.C. and Genie Roosevelt purchased the house in 1926. Charles and Emilie Wagner bought it in 1928 and six months later sold to C.J. Matthews. The house was a rental from 1924 until Elmer L. and Lillie Burdette Chitwood purchased it from Wilson Realty Company in 1934. The Chitwoods’ monthly payments included $7 to cover the cost of taxes and insurance. After Burdette died in a meningitis epidemic, Elmer sold to John G. and Carrie Norris in 1946. Other owners were Henry T. and Ruth Raines (1947), Joaquina R. and Leonardo Palacios (1952), Guadalupe B. and Frances N. Ramos (1987), Olga Pena (1995), and Jeffery S. Szarek (2014).

635 Mission

In September 1917, developers W.A. and Paralee Baity sold this bungalow with its band and dart column ornamentation, knee brackets at the eaves, exposed rafter tails, and double hung windows to Madison and Bessie E. Crow. The Crows divorced, and, in 1919, the property was sold to James S. Barr, a cotton classer for De Leandernier & Company. Barr and his wife, Pansy, sold to Caroline Grothaus, a widow, in 1925. Mrs. Grothaus’ heirs sold to N.R.S. Vittrup in 1941. Lucy M. Oerter (as Marian Cox) bought the property in 1942 and her son, Stanley M. Nipper, sold it to Hilda Linares Gomez in 1976. Norma Gomez has owned the house since 2011.

634 Mission

This Craftsman bungalow with its brick porch supports was purchased by Samuel and Frankie Elizabeth Carter in 1918. Their daughters, Jessie Carter Beck, a public school teacher, and Bertha Carter, a stenographer, continued to live here after their parents died. Samuel and Frankie’s granddaughters, Marian Coker Lucke and Patsy Marie Carter Bobbitt, sold the house to Victoria Lynn Cheeves in 1993. Carlos, Eloise, and Richard Vasquez purchased the house in 1997, and Darryl Wayne Menager bought it in 2002.

631 Mission

Elec M. Potchernick purchased this Craftsman bungalow from the builders, W.A. and Paralee Baity, in 1917. The house has retained many of its details, including the battered skirting, square porch supports, and full front-facing gable. He and his wife, Rose, sold the house to Joseph and Jennie Barasch in 1920. Sam Adelman purchased it in 1930, and Francis Scholz in 1936. Albert D. and Elsie Escamilla bought the house in 1938. Mr. Escamilla was a barber and a World War I veteran. The couple lived here until Albert died in 1979. Gregory P. and Debra Hardin Ploetz bought the house that year and sold to Mary Esther and James T. Escobedo Jr.in 1983.

630 Mission

W.T. and Etta Crow purchased this bungalow from the builders, W.A. and Paralee Baity, in 1919 for $4050. Robert S. Yantis bought the house in January 1924 and sold it to David C. Younger the next month. The Youngers lost title to the house sometime after 1934, possibly victims of the Great Depression (both David and his son, David Jr., were employed as salesmen). Gale R. Graham, a reporter for the San Antonio Evening News, and Florence Pearson, a stenographer, married in September of 1938, and in March 1939, they purchased this house from the Home Owners Loan Corporation. In 1954, he resigned his reporter’s job and became a road inspector for the county, and by 1960, he was a timekeeper for the county road department. Florence died in 1971 and Graham and his second wife, Mildred, sold the house to Basil N. Scaljon, who owned Basil N. Scaljon Antique Rugs on North Main, and Lynne Wilkerson in 1981. Other owners were Peter F. Grojean (1986), Naomi N. and George James, Jr. (1996), and Nathan Edward and Jennifer Ellis Morey (2011).

626 Mission

Jerome and Della Reilly purchased this Craftsman bungalow from developers W.A. and Paralee Baity in 1918 for $4365. Jerome founded and owned the Jerome Reilly Company, a fruit brokerage. They sold the house to Florence M. Teat in 1954, and she sold that same year to E.H. and Corinne Holmes. Other owners were Reynaldo and Oralia L. Vasquez (1973), Cynthia and Jesse Cavazos (1977), Jeanne Russell and Michael U. Villarreal, who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 2008-2018 (1998), and Daniel McNeel Lane Jr. (2014).

625 Mission

Arthur Claassen purchased this lot on February 16, 1917, for $1000 and the same day agreed to pay Jacob H. Wagner $3828 to build this bungalow with its elegant square columns and single pane entry door and sidelights. He married Dorothy Pagenstecher in April, and they moved into this house. Two years later, they sold it to Al C. and Ida Jonas. Mrs. (Telora) Manton G. Dean purchased the house in May 1920. In 1928, Manton and Telora signed a contract for improvements costing $1600 with Howard B. Allen and his son, Lynn A., doing business as Allen and Allen. This was one of the first contracts signed in the name of the company, which is still in business as Allen and Allen Lumber Company. Other owners of the property were Peggy V. and Laverne M. Bergman (1964), Genoveva and A. Villarreal, Jr. (1965), Robert E. Callison (1979), Lewis S. Fisher (1990), and Ronald Kern (2003).

623 Mission

Ogle E. and Fannie Mae Alexander purchased this house from developer W. A. Baity in 1918. About the time they bought this bungalow with its unique arched entry, Ogle began working for his brother at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company and was vice president by 1925. Walter W. and Mabel D. Thorman bought the house in 1931 and sold it the next year to Klare C. and Della C. Moyer. Together, the Moyers operated the Blue Room Restaurant at 217 South Flores. The Moyer heirs sold to Ernesto C. and Concepcion N. Lavin in 1963. The Lavins’ daughters, Sylvia Beilstein and Ester L. Dranowsky, owned the house until 2003. Other owners were Rubin D. Cuero and Kimberly Dawn Kennedy. (2006), and Gretchen Louise Haynes (2013).

622 Mission

George L. Briggs, an inspector for the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, purchased this bungalow from the Baitys in 1919 for $3985. He and his wife, Dalton Davis Briggs, sold the house to E.B. and Edna M. Ernest in 1924. The next year, Edward A. and Genevieve Gittinger purchased the house. Genevieve worked in the cafeteria at St. Mary’s Parochial School. Edward, a painter, lived here as a widower for twenty-five years after Genevieve died in 1938. His daughter and her husband, Mildred B. and Gale Graham, owned the house until 1977, when they sold to Ana Litofsky. Jorge A. and Maria S. Morado have owned the house since 1978.

619 Mission

Isadore Tarrillion, another son of Alois Tarrillion (see 618 Mission), was a plumber at first for Chalkley Brothers and eventually with his brothers as Tarrillion Brothers.Isidore and his wife, Felicitas, purchased this property in 191,7 and it remained in the family until 2003. The house was designed by Arthur S. Heineman (Alfred Heineman, Associates) of Pasadena, California. The architect was undoubtedly influenced by Greene and Greene’s masterpiece of the Arts and Crafts high-style, the Gamble House, built in Pasadena in 1908. The design for 619 Cedar Street may be found on the cover of Sweet’s Bungalows and as Plan No. 101 on page 20. Except for the addition of support posts on the front porch, it is as originally built. Alois J. Tarrillion inherited the property from his mother in 1972, and his estate sold it to Jay P. and Barbara A. Bottomley and David W. Cash in 2003. It has been the home to David’s brother, Alan T. Cash, the semi-official “garden master of King William,” since 2003.

618 Mission

The Tarrillion family patriarch, Alois Tarrillion, who was born in the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, France, traveled steerage on the ship Hanover and landed at the Port of New Orleans on October 12, 1872. He was bound for Galveston and arrived in San Antonio before July 1875, when he married Martha Burg. Alois was a tailor, but his children developed multiple trade skills. Younger son William A. Tarrillion, a plasterer, bought this lot from developers W.A. and Paralee Baity in 1919. He built this Craftsman bungalow with its wide eaves and centered dormer about 1921. He and his wife, Annie, raised their family here. In 1986, their sons, Charles W. and James E. Tarrillion, as executors of Annie J. Tarrillion’s estate, sold the house to Albert Irby Hightower. Mr. Hightower, an architect, is a founding principal of Alamo Architects.

614 Mission

Celestin Villemain, Jr., purchased this bungalow from the Baitys in 1919, soon after construction was complete. Celestin was the son of the City Collector and himself held a position on the Sanitary Inspection Board of Health. His widow, Gertrude (Klockenkemper Hollingsworth) Villemain, deeded the house to her daughter, Mary Lee Wing, in 1959, but retained a life interest. Bertha Carter notarized the deed, and it was witnessed by Bertha’s sister, Jessie Carter Beck,and neighbors who lived at 634 Mission. Mrs. Wing, a widow, sold in 1973 to Martin R. and Lupe G. Martinez, who sold to Roy M. Delacruz in 1999.

613 Mission

John Crasilneck bought this lot from Sarah Vance and Lloyd Johnson in 1915. Some deed records refer to him as John Ford (611 Mission), but all of them required that he acknowledge the action as John Crasilneck. In 1918, he signed a Builders and Mechanics Lien with Ed. Steves & Sons to build this bungalow with its Craftsman details. John was a machinist and shoemaker by trade, but seems to have concluded early on that there was money to be made in building “spec” houses. He sold this house to John and Virginia Wahl in 1921 for $5375, making a nice profit. The Wahls’ financial difficulties resulted in a foreclosure, and James J. Strickland bought the house in 1936. His daughter and son-in-law, Pauline E. and Manning Grinnan, sold the house to Arnold DeLeon in 1960. Mr. DeLeon appears to have been the first owner/occupant. Other owners were Armando A. and Maria H. Neri (1978), Nicholas St. John Allen and Heather Edelblute (2015), Nicholas and Leigh Ann Lester (2018).

611 Mission

John and Ely Crasilneck were Jewish brothers who emigrated from Russia in 1905. The brothers arrived in New York on the ship Menia while Nicolas II was still “Emperor of all the Russias,” as described by John when he applied to the Western District Court of Texas to become a naturalized US Citizen in 1915. During that same year, his daughter, Gladys, was born, he purchased this lot from Sarah Vance Johnson, and he opted to change his name to Ford. The newly minted John Ford and his wife, Katie, hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this bungalow for $4000 in October 1917. Its Craftsman style is evident in the massive yellow brick columns, the fake support beams at the roof lin,e and the door with its two side lights. In 1920, John and Kate were living here with Ely Crasilneck, his wife, Lillish, three children, and one servant. The Fords sold their house to Emily Karp later that year for $7500. Rolla S. Taylor, a court reporter and well-known artist, and his wife, Mary, purchased this house in 1937. Rolla was featured on the front page of the San Antonio Express on January 13, 1941, in an article titled: “Court Reporter-Painter Plans One-Man Show at Bright Shawl.” Rolla, newly widowed, gave the house to Clara Lee Sharp in 1969, prior to his death the next year at the age of ninety-eight. Juan M. and Maria Hernandez bought it from her in 1976. Other owners were Katherine Fitzgerald (2010), Zachary A. and Jennifer E. Whedbee (2013), and Purnima Chawla and Ravi Singh (2017).

610 Mission

Henry George Tarrillion, a building contractor and younger brother to Isidore and William A., purchased this lot from the Baitys on Christmas Eve in 1919, not long after he had married Adela Hirt. He and Adela lived with his brother Isidore (619 Mission) until this bungalow was complete, about 1921. Pauline and Indalecio de la Peña bought the house from him in 1974, and Michael J. Schroeder purchased it from the Peñas in 2004. Schroeder served as president of the King William Association from September 2001 until August 2003, and designed the 100-year Fiesta Flag and the 50th KWA anniversary flag and medal.

607 Missions

Lloyd G. and Sarah Vance Johnson hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this bun galow in 1916, the same time they hired them to build 603 Mission. Adolpho Cardenas, owner of the Cardenas Drug Store and President of Diablito Medicine Company, rented the house in 1917 and bought it in 1920. Cardenas deeded the house to his wife, Catherine, in 1923. She died in 1931, and after he died in 1957, his sister, Celia Cardenas Leary, inherited the house. Through the years, the house had served as a rental and was often home to various family members. Mrs. Leary’s estate sold it to Ruperto C. and Manuela A. Pedraza and their daughter Norma Pedraza Villarreal in 1970. Their youngest daughter, Ethel Pedraza, now owns the house.

604 Mission

Annie and Joseph Hermann sold this lot to William A. and Henry George Tarrillion in 1928 for $1320. The brothers built this bungalow-style duplex for their sister, Cecelia M. Dittmar. While she and her husband, Milton, lived here, she was employed as a cashier for Jamison Auto Supplies. The house was then a rental and served as home for Carl Tarrillion for a time, as well as Carl Raba and others. Henry’s son, Edward, sold it to Allen R. and Helen C. Menger. The Mengers gave the house to their daughter, Helen Russi Crain (1223 South Alamo), in 1979. Other owners were Clay Dobbs Ware (2010), and Michelle R. Nasser (2012).

603 Mission

Mary Winslow purchased two lots, 603 and 607 Mission, from Conrad A. Goeth in 1910. Her daughter and son-in-law, Sarah and Lloyd Johnson, hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this Craftsman bungalow in 1916. Ernest Hendricks, owner of the Pennant Meat Market at 708 South Flores, and his wife, Ora, purchased the house in 1919. Ora’s estate sold to Jesus F. and Epifania Juarez in 1969. Other owners were Porfirio Fraga Hernandez and Adelina Munoz de Fraga (1970), Sharon J. Daly (1995), and Rosemarie Kanusky and Joe E. Sheldon (1997).

602 Mission

Mamie Stein, a teacher who also invested in real estate, lived at 515 Mission when she purchased this lot in 1914 for $675. In 1919, she deeded her sister Lena an undivided one-half interest in the land for one dollar and “love and affection.” It remained in their possession for the next 44 years. This four-unit apartment building was first listed in the city directory in 1927. In 1963, the sisters sold it to Nolan H. and Erna Lou Dietert for $7250. Jacinta Sanchez bought it in 1966, and The San Antonio Mennonite Church, Inc., bought it from her estate in 1983.

535 Mission

Walter Jenull and Emmie Elmendorf grew up next door to each other on Burlston Street and married in 1901. They lived first with his father, Frank Jenull, and, when her mother, Emilie Elmendorf, built the house at 434 Adams, they moved their family of four there. About 1912, Mrs. Elmendorf had this house built for them on the lot directly behind her house. The Jenull and Elmendorf families immigrated to Texas in the 1840s. Walter’s father, Frank Joseph Jenull, was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and arrived in Texas about 1842. He served in the Confederate army and, with Julius E. Muegge, founded J.E. Muegge and Company, dealer in “grain, forage and seeds.” Jenull married Catherine Biesenbach in 1872 (Catherine had come to Texas with her parents before 1850) and lived near the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railway. Walter, their first child, was born there. Walter began working in his father’s business selling grain as a young man and grew the business during his lifetime. Emmie’s maternal grandparents, Franz X. and Eave Maria Heilig, came to the US before 1850. Franz was a musician, a teacher, and had served as a Captain with the Texas 3rd Infantry during the Civil War. Emmie’s paternal grandfather, Charles Elmendorf, came from Germany in 1844 and moved to San Antonio before 1860, where he established Elmendorf & Company, a hardware store. When Charles died in 1878, Emmie’s father, uncle, and grandmother, Emil, Henry, and Amalie, ran the company. After Emil died in 1898, Emmie’s mother, Emilie, took his place alongside her mother-in-law, Amalie, and brother-in-law Henry in the company. Walter and Emmie lived in this house as tenants until Mrs. Elemen dorf sold it to Walter in 1921. After the widowed Emmie died in 1969, her children, Frank Jenull and Millie Jochimsen (1143 South Saint Mary’s), sold the house to Jacinta R. Sanchez. Other owners were Edwin E. Meurin (1972), John L. and Patricia A. Wendleton (1996), Jeffery S. Lewis (1999), Barbara Jo Brothers (2012).

534 Mission

Louis August Elmendorf, who lived with his mother, Emilie Elmendorf, at 434 Adams, sold this lot to Fred W. and Maude M. Bast in September 1920. The next month, they hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this Craftsman bungalow, which cost $7000. The Basts moved to Rome, Georgia, and sold the house to Albert and Ernest Steves in 1925. Benjamin B. and Winnie F. Leese purchased the property from the Steves in 1946. Other owners were Walter Francis and Hazel Elizabeth Carreiro (1955), Clyde and Louise M. Seaton (1957), Albert S. and Norene Johnson (1957), Juan G. and Minnie Martinez (1974), and Erin Flaherty (2016).

531 Mission

Emilie Elmendorf (434 Adams) had this house built about 1920 and sold it to Raymond and Martha Skowronski. When they purchased the house, Mr. Skowronski was employed in the construction department of Alamo Iron Works. They sold the house to Louise A. Foote, a widow, in 1948. She sold the house to Ignacio A. Sandoval, a single man, in 1954. He married Mary Hernandez at the San Fernando Cathedral later that year. Mrs. Sandoval’s estate sold to Jessica Owen Rose in 2009.

530 Mission

Arthur Baldus Beynon was living with his parents at 426 Mission when he bought this lot from Ernest R. Barbe in March, 1923 for $950. In May he hired the West End Lumber Company to build this house for $4450; and in August he married Eunice Frederico Beckmeyer. Mr. Beynon was a bookkeeper for the Walter Moore Company and became a Certified Public Accountant, though according to the 1930 census, he did not own a radio set. After Arthur died in 1956, Eunice sold his tax service to Elred Stapper and the house to Henry and Emma Elizabeth Feil. Other owners were Celia Candela (1986), Felipe J. and Tillie Diaz Treviño (1991), and Abraham D. and Marie E. Palacio (1991).

526 Mission

Lucille Bergquist (522 Mission) bought this lot from Claudia Barbe in 1942 and deeded it to her son and daughter-in-law, Andrew O. and Mary Lois Bergquist, in 1951. The house was probably built around then. Other owners were Christopher Kasey (1972), Celia Candela (1980), Sharon J. Daly (1993), Juan Fernandez (2009), Herbert and Kathleen Palmer (2011), and Delia Bara (2016).

525 Mission

The Campbell Lumber Company built this house about 1927 and sold it to Edmond and Brigetta Gutzeit for $7777. It first appeared in the city directory as a four-unit apartment house. Brigetta’s sister Caroline Lanning lived in one of the units in the 1940s. Mrs. Gutzeit sold the property to C.W. and Helen Southwell in 1948 for $6500. The Southwell estate sold to Richard J. and Mary Lou Tamez in 1962. Other owners were Mary Julia Foster, Michael and Betty Yndo (1990), E. Eugene and Donna Traut Gray (1993), Jon B. and Sara A. Middleton (1994), Fred S. Bentz (2006), and Delia Bara (2015).

522 Mission

Wally Lundberg, a widow, purchased this lot from Paul Ebers in June, 1910 and in August of that year agreed to pay Albert Moehrig $2350 to build this house. Mrs. Lundberg married Otto Geise in 1912 and rented the house. After she died, Mr. Geise sold his interest in the house to her daughters, Valeska Jennings and Lucille Bergquist. Lucille Bergquist purchased her sister’s interest in 1933. Mrs. Bergquist’s son, Andrew O. Bergquist, sold the house to S.L. and Mollie L. Sorrels in 1961. They sold to Ronald P. Soele seven years later, and Camila Chapa purchased the house in 1996.

518 Mission

Erich Specht was born in Comal County as Erich Wehe. His mother died shortly after he was born and his father was unable or unwilling to care for his three orphaned children. Erick and his two sisters were brought to San Antonio by their mother’s sister, Ida Specht, and raised using their mother’s maiden name, Specht. The 1910 US Census shows them as von Specht. Eric did not use the “von” when he purchased this property in 1910. He married Ella Mugge in June 1913 and, according to their wedding announcement in the San Antonio Light, the home he built was to be their new “cottage.” Specht, a salesman for Halff and Brothers, lived here in 1914 and 1915. The Spechts sold the house in 1922 to his widowed aunt, Tillie Goldbeck, who lived here with her daughter and son-in-law, Edith and Erich Frost. The Frosts sold the property in 1971 to Juan and Elvira Mendoza. Hortensia M. Escamilla bought the house in 1985.

517/519 Mission

This property was owned by a number of people including Albert and Emilie Friedrich. Albert, “dealer in cold drinks” according to the 1920 census, owned the famous Buckhorn Saloon. Edmond Gutzeit, acquired the property 1910 for $1350. In 1926 Edmund and his wife, Brigetta, contracted with Campbell Lumber Company to build this double house for $5746. The design is typical of early San Antonio duplexes. In 1928 Edmond deeded his share of the property to his wife and in 1931 Judge S.G. Teagarden, 45th judicial district, issued an order removing “her disabilities of coverture,” meaning she could sell the property without his consent. Brigetta’s nephew and his wife, Henry and Anita Lanning, lived on one side of the duplex for a number of years. Brigetta lived here from about 1950 until her death in 1966. The other structure on this property was built after 1951. Blanca and Alfred Saldaña, Jr. owned the property in the early 2000s. It now belongs to a limited liability company.

515 Mission

In 1910, the year they purchased this lot, Isaac and Rosa Stein were living in a rental at 508 South Laredo Street, along with four daughters, three sons, and one daughter-in-law. The deed was granted not to Isaac and Rosa, nor to their oldest child, Leon, but to their daughters Mamie and Lena. The daughters also contracted with D. J. McLennan to build a two-story, eight-room frame house within forty working days. Plans and specifications were furnished by McLennan. The family moved here and by 1920 the family roster included a grandson. In 1930 Rosa was a widow and living with her son, Hugo, as well as Mamie and Lena. According to the 1930 census their home was valued at $5000 and they owned a radio. In 1954, Mamie was a teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School, Lena worked at Fort Sam Houston, and Hugo owned Stein’s Drug Store on South Flores. After the three siblings died, their estates sold to Joseph A. Pierce Jr. in 1986. Other owners were Mark T. and Debra D. Arnold (1991), Andrew Carlos and Veronica A. Carrillo (1997).

514 Mission

In March, 1918, H.C. Thorman bought this lot from Fred W. and Maude M. Bast, built this Craftsman bungalow and then in June sold it to Mrs. Celia Kubicek. She sold it to William W. and Lillian Angelus in 1929. William was a corporal in the U.S. Army during World War I and, by profession, a carpenter. After he died in 1975, Frank L. and Gregoria Cortez bought the house from Mrs. Angelus.

511 Mission

In 1914, sisters Felice and Mary U. Newton hired Kuntz-Albaugh Lumber Company to build this house for $2171. The 1920 US Census shows Felice, a stenographer for J.W. Tobin, and Mary, a school teacher, living here with their parents, Alphonse P. and Felis Newton, Sr., four of their siblings and a grandmother. Both sisters married and lived elsewhere but Mary and her husband, Ernest Sorenson, returned to live here with Mrs. Newton in the 1940s. Mary’s husband and mother died in the mid 1950s and Mary sold the house to Peggy Y. Butler in 1982. Philip Parsons and Suzan Lambillotte bought the property in 2017.

510 Mission

Tipton and Vesta Hocker, hired the West End Lumber Company to build this bungalow in 1913. They lived here along with Tipton’s brothers, H.S., a book keeper at the Brown Cracker Company, and Jesse, a salesman at the San Antonio Sales Agency. Fred G.W. and Minnie Rose bought the house in June, 1916, but divorced and Mr. Rose deeded the property to Minnie. She and her new husband, John C. Glass, sold the house to her daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Harry C. Powell, in 1919. In 1926 the Powells resold the house to Mary’s mother and her third husband, Minnie L. and Charles F. Slyter, of San Diego, California. Alberta A. Moore bought the house in 1929. She added an apartment to the rear of the house and lived there. Her daughter, America Moore Crawford, sold the house to John H. and Grace E. Harwell in 1949. Other owners were Charlie Mae Hodges (1954) and Natividad and Leonor Soriano (1972).

509 Mission

The Wulfe family was living in Galveston in June, 1900 when the census for that year was taken. At some point, probably after the hurricane that year, they moved to San Antonio. In 1922 Edmond J. Wulfe bought this lot from Arthur S. and Sallie E. Witchell. Edmond and his son, Leon, owned Wulfe Junk Company, dealers in scrap iron, metals and rubber. The company was located on North Comal and, under his grandsons, eventually spawned Alamo Aircraft Supply, which supplied surplus parts to the Air Force for many years. In January, 1923, Edmond and his wife, Alice, hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this house for $3500. They were living here by 1924. In 1947 Alice Wulfe, a widow, sold to Passy and Stella Saslavsky. Other owners were Harold R. and Marian Stanton (1956), Justyne Dietz (1961), Maria Guadalupe Montalvo nee Mireles (1969).

506 Mission

Hannah Elizabeth Wharton, a widow, sold this lot to William A. and Alice Tarrillion in April 1945 and in October of the same year, after they built this house, they sold it to Lena Mueller, a widow, and her son, Elmer Fred Mueller. Elmer, a painter and glazier, lived here with his mother until his death in 1970. Lena lived here until she died at the age of 95. Her daughter and son-in-law, Bernice M. and Frederick S. Schodts, inherited the house and sold it to Hortensia M. Escamilla in 1988, and she gave the house to Alicia E. Rodriguez in 2018.

503 Mission

Arthur S. and Sallie E. Witchell sold this lot to Edmond J. and his son Leon C. Wulfe in 1922. Leon and his wife, Hazel, sold their share to Leon’s parents in 1924. Two years later Edmond (509 Mission) and his wife, Alice, hired Campbell Lumber Company to build this house. Their son Emanuel lived here and, in 1947, his mother formally deeded the property to him. Bobby Eugene Eddy purchased the house from the Wolfe family in 1986. Other owners were Judy Birdsong (1993) and Kevin J. Greer (2000).

435 Mission

There were two much older houses on these two lots. They both appear on the 1904 Sanborn Map, and both were destroyed sometime after 1951; this ranch-style house was built before 1974. It is now owned by Kathleen Anne and James Sandlin Ball (2017).

434 Mission

Lorenz Wall, a barber, purchased this lot from Richard Gehlert in October 1890. He bought eight feet more from developer Axel Meerscheidt for $48 in 1897. He and his wife, Kresenz, built a house and sold it to Harvey L. Bear in 1903. In 1906, Harvey and his wife, Lena, hired Albert Umscheid to replace the original house with a “one-story frame cottage of five rooms, hall, galleries, and bathroom. They paid fourteen dollars down and the balance of $1500 over the next “seventy-five months.” After Lena died, Harvey married Laura Clements. Mr. Bear had begun his career as a stereotype printer and was a superintendent at the Express Publishing Company by 1926. He was the manager for the San Antonio Athletic, an amateur baseball team, and an avid deer hunter. Jesus T. and Maria F. Lopez bought the house in the 1950s, and after their deaths, their daughter Veronica Torres and niece Nadia Torres became the owners.

427 Mission

Alfred Siemering purchased this lot, which was adjacent to the home of his sister, Elfrieda Siemering Basse (423 Mission), in 1904. Three years later, he and his wife, Lillian, hired George W. Thomas to build “a certain two-story frame residence.” In 1966, Frank and Frances P. Martinez bought the house from Mrs. Siemering’s estate. Other owners were Raquel R. and Vincente Elias, Jr. (1974), Charles Edward Schubert (1974), Dorothy Russell Greaves (1975), and Margaret Wilkens (1979).

426 Mission

Ed. Gebel, a carpenter in the SA&APR shops, purchased this lot and a half from developer Axel Meerscheidt in 1889 and built this house sometime before 1892. He and his wife, Eda, sold the house to Arthur H. and Ethel Clare Beynon in 1907. Mr. Beynon was a bookkeeper for various businesses and was active in the First Church of Christ Scientist in San Antonio and often “read the service” at funerals before his death in 1939. Shortly before her death in 1956, Ethel sold her home to Frank W. Wick. Other owners were Ray E. Conner (1957), Sharon J. Daly (1995), Santos and Cassandra Lira (1996), Timothy William Kneeppel and Lori Kearns Kucsma (1999), Kristine Kieswettter and James J. Fox, Jr. (2002). An addition at the rear of the house was built in 2010-2011.

423 Mission

Heinrich (Henry) Stephan Wilhelm and Friederike Charlotte Basse arrived in Texas in 1846 and were among the original settlers of Fredericksburg, Texas. Henry, a pastor, presided over the construction of the first church there in 1846; a replica of the original octagonal building, built in 1936, stands in the market square. The Basses’ son William was a merchant in Fredericksburg until he and his wife, Louise Wahrumd Basse, moved their family to San Antonio about 1899. William formed a short-lived partnership, Heusinger-Basse Hardware Company, with Adolph Heusinger, Sr. (317 King William). By 1901, William had opened his own firm at 129 Military Plaza, which advertised, “Iron, Steel, Wagon, Carriage and Heavy Hardware”. William’s young son-in-law, Adolph Heusinger Jr., and William's son, Edward, were involved in the business. In 1903, Edward married Elfrieda Siemering, daughter of August and Clara Schuetze Siemering (214 Madison, no longer standing). They had this house built about 1905, when it was first listed as Edward and Elfrieda’s home. This modest brick, hipped-roofed Victorian has a shingle-clad hipped dormer. The shingles on the front-facing gable curve to reflect the tops of a trio of arched windows. The house features stone lintels over the double-hung windows, as well as a bay window and Corinthian columns that support the entrance pediment. After the deaths of his father and brother-in-law, Edward became the President of the hardware business, William Basse Hardware Company. He died in 1940 and Elfrieda lived here until her death in 1971. Other family members lived here in the 1980s and the Basse family sold the house to Pamela B. McClain in June 2016.

422 Mission

Robert Goldbeck, a clerk at A. Pancoast’s Sons, bought this lot from developer Axel Meerscheidt in June 1892 for $500. Later that year, he and his wife, Edith, wrote a contract with the San Antonio Real Estate Building & Loan Association to make improvements to the property for $936. Edith Goldbeck was visiting her parents, Thomas and Rhoda Martyr, in Galveston when the 1900 hurricane struck the island. Edith, her mother, and Edith’s youngest child, Alfred, disappeared during the storm. Robert and his two daughters, Rhoda and Cora, never lived here again. The house was rented and, in 1908, sold to Joe A. Burger. He sold the property to his daughter and son-in-law, Selma E. and Maurice M. Nuessle (318 Pereida), in 1910. The Nuessles’ two daughters, Mildred and Selma, were born in this house and lived here until they sold to Sharon J. Daly in 2003. Other owners were Esther Lopez Mulnix (2004), April Quinn and Angelino Sandri (2006), Kathy Harrington (2007), and Jeffery A. Badger (2016).

418 Mission

Paul Ebers sold this lot and the one next door (414 Mission) to I. Jack Miller, in 1908 for $950. The house was constructed prior to October 16, 1908. when the San Antonio Express printed an advertisement for an eight-room house with a large barn, outhouses, and “all modern conveniences” located at 418 Mission Street, inviting interested parties to apply at 414 Mission. The property was a rental until John H. and Martha E. Sawyer purchased it from the Miller estate in 1939. Other owners were Santos and Zulema P. Carrillo (1960), A.V. Rodriguez (1964), Paulino and Guillermina G. Gonzalez (1964), Aldofo Herrera (1973), Jesse T. Garcia, Cory and Angel Harrington (2016).

417/419 Mission

Albert and Auguste Moehrig purchased this property and the adjacent lot (415 Mission) in 1902 for $ 1,000. Auguste was recently widowed when she sold it to her son, Alexander, and his wife, Elsie, in 1931. The younger Moehrigs built this duplex between 1934, when his older brother, Walter, sold them the materials, and 1936, when Mamie Stein loaned them $ 2,700 via a Builder’s and Mechanic’s lien. Alexander, who was born in the house at 415 Mission, is first shown living here in 1940. The Moehrigs sold the property in 1945 to Ruby Jenner. Other owners were Franklin James McCarthy (1981), Patricia A. and Peter G. Kleck (1983), Stephen J. and Sharon J. Daly (1992). It now belongs to an investment company.

415 Mission

Albert and Auguste Moehrig purchased this and the adjacent lot (417 Mission) in 1902 for $1000. Albert, a builder and contractor, no doubt had a hand in building the house with its unusual triangular front-facing gable. The Moehrigs, as well as Albert’s younger sister, Emma, a seamstress, were living here by October 1902. The 1922 city directory lists Albert, a contractor, builder, and his sons, Alexander, a clerk in Schultze Store & Hardware Company, Edwin, carpenter, and Walter, typewriter repairer. In 1958, the house was sold by the estate of Auguste Moehrig to Andres and Lilia Zertuche de Quintanilla for $9500. Other owners were Jesus G. and Cruz R. Elizondo (1981), and Jake and Monica Jazdzewski (2013).

414 Mission

I. Jack and Dora Bell Miller acquired this and the neighboring lot to the south (418 Mission Street) in 1908 for $950. In March of that year, they hired their neighbor, Albert Moehrig, to build this two-story house within forty-two days. Jack made his living as an engineer for the SA & APR, but in 1925, to supplement their income, the Millers paid the Hillyer Deutsch, Jarratt Company $ 2,300 for “the construction and erection of certain improvements” to convert their house into apartments. Beginning with the 1928 city directory, the Millers are joined here by two other households. Dora’s estate sold this property in 1951. Other owners were Eva Sullivan (1951), Ann Varnell (1959), Abe Lardo and Evangelina Chapa (1970), Morris Specter (1982), James H. and Celia G. Boriack (1983), and Jose A. and Margaret Carranza (1989).

411 Mission

Developer Axel Meerscheidt sold this property to George Toullerton for $2000 in 1889. The 1891 city directory lists Toullerton here and working as chief clerk and general superintendent of the SA&APR. He and his wife, Aurelia, sold the house to Robert Arntz, a superintendent in the Mexican Mines, for $2500 in July 1892. Arntz and his wife, Bertha, sold the property for $2137.50 to Charles and Elise Mueller Rossy in 1900. According to Rossy family lore, Charles’ father provided the funds for the purchase after the birth of his first grandchild. Charles sold cigars at 203 West Commerce and ran a news stand at 203 West Commerce. Emil and Ella Schmidt bought the house in 1921. Emil owned and operated Schmidt’s Red and White Grocery at 955 South Alamo. After Emil died in 1961, Ella sold the house to her son-in-law and daughter, Frank and Elizabeth Schmidt Simpson. Other owners were Evanglo D. Nucoglow (1966), Sophie D. Valdez (1974), Sandra and Leroy Garcia (1985).

410 Mission

Alfred Baldwin purchased this lot from developer Axel Meerscheidt for $900 in 1889. Baldwin, a carpenter and joiner, built this house and was living here with his family by 1891. In 1892, his widow, Mathilde Baldwin, sold the house. The title was unusual in that it was to Annie Wolf Orth for her natural life and afterward it was to go, in equal portions, to the children of her first marriage, Louisa, Eva, Lillie, and Philip Wolf. Annie’s second husband, Arthur Orth, died in 1905, and she moved to the home of her daughter Eva (Schotz) (532 East Guenther). C.G. and Katie Judson Miller had rented next door at 406 Mission for sixteen years when Kate’s mother, Margaret Dorrity, purchased 410 Mission for them in 1928. By 1940, the Millers had converted the house to apartments. Their daughter, Helen Miller, a minister who never married, donated the house to the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (1960). Other owners were Betty Yndo (1996), and Elizabeth Jennings Dalton (1998).

407 Mission

Developers Axel Meerscheidt and C.A. Stieren built this hipped-roofed Victorian in 1895, featuring intricate gable ornamentation and lacy brackets over the cut-away windows. It was originally sold to Alex Englehardt, a watchmaker for Alex Sartor (217 King William). Mr. Sartor’s son, Henry, and Henry’s fiancée, Victoria Zanoni, bought it in December 1895. When they married in June 1896, Henry was an engraver for his father. When they sold the house in 1901, he was a conductor for the Pullman Car Company. The new owners, John H. and Mary Jane Wharton, had married in Liverpool, England, and emigrated in the 1880s. The Wartons died in the 1920s, and their daughter, Myrtle, and her husband, Frank Browning, lived here until his death in 1948. In 1949, there was some dispute between Myrtle and her brother, Harry G. Wharton, about the ownership of the house, which was settled when Myrtle conveyed the house to Lucille Wharton, Harry’s daughter. Other owners were L.E. Mason (1949), Adolph G. and Geneva M. Campa (1951), Rosa H. Paxon (1967), and Beth Rothwell and Justin Solomonic (2015).

406 Mission

George Heinrich, a tailor for Pancoast & Kohler, and his sister, Elizabeth Schaller, bought this lot in 1893 for $500. In 1904, he purchased her one-half interest and had this Victorian cottage built. The first renter was W.T. Morrison, a bookkeeper for the Steel Trust Company. After George and Emilie Heinrich died, their daughters Lena and Emilie Heinrich sold the house to Fred Sickel in 1961. Other owners were O.K. and Loretta S. Merritt (1970), Joe and Isabel Fernandez (1971), and Paul and Charles Bubel (2016).

402 Mission

Marie Mueller Sigmund purchased this lot for $325 from August Haye in 1889. Later that year, she and her husband, Gustav, hired the San Antonio Building and Loan Association to build a one-story house here. The house, which cost $1152, was designed by J. A. Gordon. Mr. Sigmund described his business in the city directory as “printing, book binding, etc...strictly first class printing done, 116 Main Plaza.” After he died of chronic lead poisoning (an occupational hazard for printers) and malaria, his second wife, Sallie, sold all his equipment to E.K. Crowley, his partner in the bindery business. Sallie married J.H. Smith in 1918. In 1925, Sallie hired P.J. Owens Lumber Company to add a second story to the house. After she died in 1942, her stepson, Gus F. Sigmund, inherited the house and sold it to Fred Sickel in 1961. Other owners were Hershel J. and Mildred M. Martin (1973), Salone and Ora Sylvia Osuma (1975), Robert Garaz (1992), Bernadette McKeon (1996), and Hugh Daschbach (2012).

401 Mission

This hipped-roof Victorian with its high-pitched gables and cornice returnswas built by developers Paul Meerscheidt and C.A. Stieren. Homer Eads purchased it in 1894. His wife, Marion, died in 1901, and, in 1904, he married Clara Henrietta Olsen. Homer died in December 1915, and according to his obituary in the San Antonio Light, he had begun his railroad career as a messenger boy, eventually obtaining the title of superintendent for the International and Great Northern Railroad. “Mr. Eads also was one of the first San Antonians to recognize the possibilities…offered to the winter tourists and through him, the rail “lines conducted…campaigns to draw travel this way. The Hot Wells hotel…was built largely through his efforts.”The widowed Clara and her stepchildren moved to 416 Pereida, the home of her deceased parents, Jens J. and Albertine Olsen. In 1917, the house became the property of Helen G. Eads, Eads’ daughter by his first marriage. Helen sold to Alfred Blondin in 1918. Eduardo and Anna Martinez bought the house in 1944. Their son, Alfred A. Martinez, inherited the property from them. Other owners were Adriana Guerra (2006), and Feliz B. and Christina E. O. Davignon (2007), and Erin R. Hanlin (2016).

405 Stieren

This property was originally part of the lot Katherine W. Smith (327 Cedar) bought in 1906. She had this house built as a rental sometime before 1916, when it was first listed in the city directory. Other owners were Henry C. Johnson, Sr., Ed Karam (1958), Cedar Wood Properties, LLC (1999), Tirso Sigg and Magaly Chocano (2005), and Marti A. Garza (2007).

403 Stieren

After a series of tragic and premature deaths, John Smith and his sister, Brunita Cline, inherited this property (see 327 Cedar) in 1937. Mr. Smith hired W.F. Marx to build this house in 1941. Other owners were Henry C. Johnson, Sr., Ed Karam (1958), Cedar Wood Properties, LLC (1999), Joyce A. Richter (2005), and Lee M. Beekley (2016).

330 Mission

James Allen Gillett sold two lots (326 and 330 Mission) to Katherine W. Smith in 1903. She built the Victorian cottage at 326 Mission before 1905. By 1907, she had built its Victorian cousin at 330 Mission, and it was rented to A.G. Witte. About 1910, she and her family moved to 330 and rented 326 to Fred Fries. Mrs. Smith, three of her daughters, two sons-in-law, and a granddaughter were killed when their car was struck by a Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway train on 28 March 1920. They had been on their way to meet relatives for a Sunday picnic. Her son, Gus, a baker at the Saratoga Café, lived alone at 330 Mission until his death in 1937. Ownership of the houses passed to his brother, John H. Smith. Later, Patricia Karam Zuberbueler owned both houses. Michael Perez purchased 330 Mission in 2013.

326 Mission

James Allen Gillett sold two lots (326 and 330 Mission) to Katherine W. Smith in 1903. She built the Victorian cottage at 326 Mission before 1905. By 1907, she had built its Victorian cousin at 330 Mission, and it was rented to A.G. Witte. About 1910, she and her family moved to 330 and rented 326 to Fred Fries. Mrs. Smith, three of her daughters, two sons-in-law, and a granddaughter were killed when their car was struck by a Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway train on 28 March 1920. They had been on their way to meet relatives for a Sunday picnic. Her son, Gus, a baker at the Saratoga Café, lived alone at 330 Mission until his death in 1937. Vincent Timpone and Silvia Novelli purchased 226 Mission in 2014; Joseph F and Terry Ann McKeon purchased it in 2018.

323 Mission

Edward Dreiss (1302 South Alamo) deeded this lot to his nephew, Hermann Dreiss, in 1907. By 1908, the first year this house is listed in the city directory, Hermann and his wife, Lula, were living here. Hermann was a pharmacist who managed the Dreiss Drug Store.. After Lula died in 1926, Hermann married Bessie McKinney. He died in 1958, and she deeded the house to her son, William McKinney. Other owners have been Maria Del Scorro Lopez, Eliscelia H. Lopez (1994), and Alma Graciela and Ramon Fuentes Jr. (1999).

322 Mission

When Gus Scharfenberg and his wife, Mary, purchased this property in 1890, Gus was earning $2 per day as a watchman in the U.S. Arsenal. About 1892, they built this fanciful Queen Anne with the Turkish onion dome porch roof. Toward the end of his life Gus was featured on the front page of the San Antonio Light on July 20, 1931. The story was about his elevation to National Commander of the United Indian War Veterans and included his stories of dodging bullets and arrows from Cheyenne and Sioux warriors.There followed a series of short term owners C.O. and Mary Wilke (1907), C.A. and Janie Deckert Haegelin (1908), L.D. and Lena Perrin (1911), Mae Belle Peck (Alcott) and John Alcott, Jr. (1915), Albert O. and Cora Bell Van Riper (1919), George and Ernestine Baker (1920). Mrs. Baker died in 1940 and her son, Jim Mater, inherited the house and lived here with his wife, Sevanah Pearl. He died in the St. Benedict's Nursing Home at the age of 85, and Victoria J. Garcia Orta purchased the house (1974).

319 Mission

Edward Dreiss (1302 South Alamo) sold this lot to his nephew Hermann Dreiss in 1895 for $1000. Herman and his wife, Lula, signed a Builder’s and Mechanic’s Lien with Charles Frey, which required him to construct “a certain frame cottage, fences and outbuildings” here. The cost of this Victorian cottage was $ 2,100. The couple lived here until about 1907. Their one surviving child, Adolph M. Dreiss, inherited a one-half interest in this house when his mother died in 1926, and, in 1934, his father deeded the other half to him. Adolph, a physician, lived here until his death in 1958. Adolph’s widow, Jessie, a public health nurse, lived here, and the house remained in the Dreiss family until their son, Adolph David Dreiss, sold it to Tracy and Kevin Martinez in 2001. Lindsay Beal and Lynn Classen bought the house in 2012.

318 Mission

William Ruppersberg purchased this lot at the same time he bought 314 Mission. He and his wife, Josephine, built this Victorian house with its elaborate gable trusses and gabled dormer about 1902 and sold it to Mary T. Glass in 1907 for $2900. J.H. Kirkpatrick bought the property in 1910 and sold it to Charles Siam in 1915. Thomas and Lillian Glaze bought the house in April 1920, and in October sold it to Harvey and Minnie Aschbacker, newly arrived in San Antonio with their five children. After Harvey died in 1923 and Minnie worked as a seamstress at the Household Furniture Company to support her family. Daughter Frances Marie Aschbacher inherited the house in 1957. Miss Aschbacher worked in public relations and authored the San Antonio Guide and Tale of Historic Lore and a pronouncing dictionary for Texas place names. She sold the house to Joseph and Mary H. Mansbach in 1995.

315 Mission

Jacob and Barbara Kuehn were born in Germany but had come to San Antonio prior to the birth of their son, Emil, in 1858. Jacob was a tailor, and Emil worked with him in that business. Barbara purchased this lot from G.H. Forcke in 1890 and built this house for her son, Emil, and his bride, Annie. Emil had served as an alderman (city councilman). After Annie died in 1905, he had several jobs and eventually became a policeman at an age when most people retired. He lived here off and on until his own death in 1940 and then his son, Paul, sold the house to Ben and Eloise Garcia in 1960. The house belongs to their son, Ben Garcia Jr. (307 Mission).

314 Mission

William Ruppersberg (324 Cedar), who owned a saloon and manufactured brooms, and lived at the corner of Mill and what he called Broom (Pereida), purchased this lot from Axel Meerscheidt in March 1890 for $450. He and his wife, Josephine, constructed this house before 1892. Emil Gottschalck bought the house in 1902 for $3500. He and his wife, Julia, sold to Sarah T. Allen in 1907. The house changed hands a number of times and when S.A. and Minnie Piper purchased the house from Ella and G.S. Thompson in 1909, part of the compensation was the title to an Apperson Automobile. H.C. and Carolina Gerhardt purchased the house in 1919 and sold to C.A. and Catherine Lampman in 1920. Catherine, a widow, lost the house to foreclosure in 1925. Other owners were Allen C. and Mary Dodd (1935), Lyman M. (Sr.) and Iceylou Wunsch, (1944), Winn W. and Inez O. Alley (1949), Angeline S. Aszmann (1964), Josefa M. Lopez (1972), and Jose R. Robledo (1989).

312 & 312½ Mission

John and Annie Hehn Ripps (311 Cedar) purchased this house from Axel Meerscheidt in 1893 and a partial lot from Frank Huck in 1895. Mr. Ripps paid a total $1845 for the property. This was their home from about 1894 to 1907. They sold the house to Annie’s younger brother and his wife, William and Christina Hehn, in 1919 for $3000. Rudolph Schletter, who was an air traffic controller, and his wife, Inez, purchased the property in 1938 for $2400 and converted it to a duplex just before 1940, creating the dual address of 312 and 312½. The Schletters sold to Lydia E. Penzl, a widow, in 1948. Other owners were Lillian Johnston (1964), Helen and David C. Smallwood (1974).

311 Mission

Eleanor Torrey purchased a one-story house from developer Paul Meerscheidt in 1893. She and her husband, Edward, a solicitor for Germania Insurance Company, hired The Petrich-Saur Lumber Company to make improvements to it in 1908. Ed died in 1911, and Eleanor made additional improvements to the house in 1913. One of her first boarders, in 1914, was Carl J. Petersen, a naturalized U.S. citizen from the East Indies. In 1930, the sixty-two-year-old Eleanor married the thirty-nine-year-old Carl. They lived here and sometime before 1954 added a second story to the house. Carl, a widower, sold the house to Evelyn and Pete Morin, Jr. in 1968. Other owners were Louise J. Terwey, Scott Stanford Sanders and Pat Sodke (1990), Martha Benton (2010). It now belongs to a limited liability company.

307 Mission

Allie Hester bought this lot at the same time she bought the lot at 303 Mission. She and her husband, William Hester, built this house about 1909. It has a pyramidal roof and Victorian trim, including dentils on the cornice and decorative shingles on the front-facing gable. After the Hesters died in 1931, their daughter, Bobbie Willingham, sold the property to Carl J. and Eleanor Petersen (311 Mission). Mr. Petersen sold to Ben and Eloise G. Garcia in 1964. Mr. Garcia deeded the house to his son, Ben Garcia, Jr. in 2010.

303 Mission

Allie Hester bought this lot and the one next door from Nathan Kallison in 1910. She and her husband, William B. Hester, sold it for $1000 to R.S. and Ida M. Coomes on June 22, 1912. The house the Coomes built later that year has a low-sloped hipped roof with two gables. There is minimal trim work and it has simple doric columns. The family is listed here in the 1913 city directory (the address was 201 Mission). Their children sold the house to Allah A. Dennis in 1943. Several months later, Aurelio Mireles purchased the house from him. Other owners were Guadalupe Mireles and Eugenio Mireles (1974), Ramiro and Connie M. Ruvalcaba (1981), and Guadalupe M. Garza and Alicia R. Garza (1992).

117 Forcke

This house is built on the eastern part of two lots, 124 and 128 Adams, which belonged to Jacob H. and Mary Wagner. After the couple died, their children sold this parcel to Frank W. Legler in 1941, and he had this house built sometime before 1951. After Mr. Legler died, his children sold the property to Rudolfo and Rosa A. Niño in 1959. Their son, Carlos Rodolfo Niño, and his wife, Teresa, bought the house in 1971. Other owners were Cheryl Miles Narvarez (1995) and Joseph & Mary Helen Mansbach (2007).

111 Forcke

Ave Mina Beversdorff purchased this lot from Adalina de Valcourt Dane and her husband, B.F. Dane, for $500 in 1889. By 1896, there were two small dwellings on the lot, one faced Mission and the smaller one faced Forcke. The next owner was Nathan Kallison, who, along with brother Samuel, sold saddlery and harnesses at 126 South Flores. Though the original store no longer exists, his iconic cowboy still stands (2017) atop a later store across the street at 123 Flores. He lived in the house that faced Mission, and in 1906, traded this portion of the lot to J. Simons for Simons’ “stock of goods consisting of china, glass, enamel ware, pictures, toys, notions, and hardware located at 138 Commerce Street.” In 1908, John W. and Beth Cathcart purchased the lot and sold it to Newton H. White in 1918. Donald McKay purchased the house in 1919 and sold to Jake W. and Grace Sommers in 1924. Frank W. and Rebecca Ledger owned the property for a time and sold it to Ernesto E. and Petra Gonzales de Marroquin in 1946. Ernesto and Petra were both born in Mexico, but they met in San Antonio and were married here on February 22, 1922. Ernesto was a car builder for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The Marroquins lived their lives here and raised three sons and a daughter. Their daughter, Blanca Hodge, owns the house.

302 Mission

Frank and Sarah Huck purchased this lot from developer Axel Meerscheidt in 1893 and built this Victorian house, which is missing many of its details. Frank was a saddler working for L. Frank & Co. Other owners were, Jack and Florence Snyder (1943), Alpha O. Teague (1945), Guy J. and Ester Ligon (1956), Sophie and Edward A. Taddi (1957), Audrey L. Brians (1986), Don E. Hanlon and Carol Hango-Hanlon (2005), Teresita Alvarez (2016), Praful and Krishna Mehta (2017).

226 Mission

Henry Goertz, a bartender at Scholz Garden, purchased this lot from developer Axel Meerscheidt in 1890, built this house, and was living here the next year. The house was originally numbered 12 Mission. After Henry (Heinrich) died of Bright’s Disease in 1910, his brother, Fritz, (303 Cedar) owned the house. Fritz Goertz sold to Viola Danforth in 1937. Maurice L. and Elisa M. Sigard bought the house in 1946, and their daughters, Jeannette Sigard and Germaine Zimmermann, sold it in 1999 to Maria Melissa Manzano and Delfino Aleman, Jr. Other owners were Kathleen A. Tottenham and C. Teten (2004), Lane W. Golden (2012), and Peter Malcolm McGregor (2017).

218 Mission

In 1890, Helene Altgelt Stapper bought this lot from her sister, Antonia Benner. Before 1896, the Stappers built this Victorian house (the bungalow porch and other details were added later) and rented it to the family of Rufus L. Weibling, a bookkeeper at the San Antonio Foundry, located in the 1400 block of South Alamo Street. The 1910 city directory lists as residents Rufus, his wife, Phoebe, and two daughters, Angie, a teacher at the Navarro school, and Bessie, a teacher at the Burnet school. The Stappers’ son and daughter-in-law, Victor and Luella, occupied the house in 1923. In 1925, it was sold to Christian and Emma Moehring. John J. Howe, a traveling woolen ware salesman, and his wife, Mary, bought the property in 1929 and lived here until 1961. Other owners were Maurice L. and Elisa M. Sigard (1961), Alfred and Consuelo Carranza (1970), Tanya R. Decuir (2004), Marc D. Esposito, and Elizabeth M. Russell (2014).

216 Mission

Adelina Dane sold this lot to Antonia Altgelt Benner, a widow, in 1890. Antonia married Hippolite Tournat in October 1890 and sold a portion of the lot with this newly built house on it to her brother-in-law, Felix Stapper, a clerk at C.H. Dean. He and his wife, Helene Altgelt (312 Pereida), lived here from about 1895 to 1905 and then sold the house to Helen’s brother August E. Altgelt. Altgelt’s widow, Helen, rented the house to Karl and Harriet Birkenmeyer in 1913 and sold it to them in 1921. Karl was the superintendent of stores at the San Antonio Arsenal, and this was the Birkenmeyer family home until Karl’s death in 1956. Their daughter, Elizabeth Loessberg, inherited the house and, in 1960, she sold it to Romeo and Guadalupe G. Bononcini. Their children still own the house.

215 Mission

Jens J. Olsen, Jr., married Zulema Garcia, a descendant of Juan Leal Goraz, leader of the Canary Island settlers, in 1896. In 1899, Jens bought the house at 617 East Guenther, and the family lived there until Zulema died in 1907. In February 1909, he hired Albert Reichert to build this “cottage” just steps from his parents’ home at 416 Pereida and on the lot where the mule barn had been. When he died later that year, Rocita Garcia, the widow of Zulema’s brother Benjamin, came to live with Jen’s six children, Jens, III, Zulema, Harold, Klaus, Lidia, and Albert. In April 1917, Clara Eads, trustee of her brother Jens’ estate, sold the house to the San Antonio Loan and Trust Company to cancel notes owed on the various family properties. The younger children moved to 416 Pereida to live with her. Several short-term owners followed: Louise Hill (1918), Ed. and Mabel Lorey (1921), and I.W. Dedeker (1926). The longest residency was that of Frank and Katherine Seideman, who purchased the house in 1932 and lived there the rest of their lives. Other owners were Rosalino C. and Rosa Garza (1976), Marian Aitches (2005). The current owner, Melvin Laracey, in collaboration with architect Charles Schubert, undertook a major renovation.

211 Mission

August Zuercher bought this lot and the one at 402 Pereida from B.F. and Adelina Dane in 1883 for $400. Mr. Zuercher was a butcher and his sausage factory, smoke house and electric motor, adjacent to the factory, were located on this lot. In 1909, he hired contractor Louis Loessberg to build this four-room house for $1175. In 1928, after the death of their parents, the Zuercher children sold this house and the one next door (402 Pereida) to Edmond J. Wulfe. His widow, Alice Wulfe, sold all the property to Joseph Horowitz in 1943. In 1944 Oscar and Marie Busby bought the house and Mrs. Busby operated the Marie Busby Beauty Shop here in the 1940s. Other owners were Ralph C. Bender (1980), Maria Garza Ferrel (1990).

208 Mission

This duplex was built by Joseph M. Nuessle between 1959 and 1966 on property originally part of 416 Pereida. His parents, Maurice and Selma Nuessle, deeded the property to him in 1959. Other owners were Walter F. Rudeloff (1966), Jana Bernice and James V. Johnson, Jr. (1993), Carlos Cortes and Hope Garza-Cortes (2004), Nels and Paul Youngborg (2007), Nicolas J. and Andrea J. Mann (2014), and Angela Michelle Lutz (2015).

112 Mission

This bungalow sits on what was originally the rear yard of 1036 South Alamo. It was built between 1922 and 1924, probably by Lena Ward, while she owned 1036 South Alamo. Her son, Henry Golhke Ward, and his wife, Elsie, lived here from 1924 to 1926. After his mother's death, he inherited the entire lot and sold both houses to W.N. and Edith S. Rogers in 1946. In 1981, the Rogers sold both houses to Richard Sanchez, but when Sanchez sold this house to William W. Putnam in 1981, he did not convey 1036 Alamo. Jeffery and Christine Becksted bought the house in 2014.

318 Pereida

In February 1887, Paul Briesch, a meat market proprietor who advertised “Beef, Veal, Mutton, Pork, etc.” at “Full Weight and Low Prices,” bought these two lots from B.F. and Adelina Dane. Paul and his wife, Marie, signed a Builders and Mechanics Lien with Fred Dingel on May 4, 1888, in which they agreed to pay him $ 1,000, and he agreed to furnish materials and erect this house. The house he built combines the stucco-covered stone of Texas German Vernacular with Victorian details such as the Bullseye vent, window hoods, cornice returns, and double front entry doors. The path the second owner took to this house began in 1885 when Maurice Nussle, a native of Switzerland, was returning home to his ranch in Uvalde after selling a flock of sheep. He was robbed and killed. His death left Ada Lincke Nussle a widow with five small children, the youngest-- three-week-old Maurice. After the tragedy, Mrs. Nussle, a native San Antonian, sold the ranch and moved back to San Antonio, living first on South Presa Street. In 1890, she paid $4500 for this stone and caliche block house. This was the Nussle home until the death of Mrs. Nussle’s daughter, Isabella, in 1946. In 1966, Maurice’s son, Joseph M. Nuessle (his father added an “e” to the spelling of the family name), sold the property to Walter F. and Richard Rudeloff. Other owners were Neil Boldrick, Jr. (1974), Marshall Steves (1983), Robert and Barbara Burke (1986), and Mary Nethery (1990).

317 Pereida

F. Louis Huth had come to Texas from Baden, Germany, in 1844 with Henri Castro (Castroville, Texas). In 1863, Huth moved to San Antonio and opened a store on Market Street selling hardware, agricultural implements, and seeds. After Louis died, his widow, Sophia Louise, and younger son, G. William Huth, ran the family business, calling it S.L. Huth and Son. Dorette Heuermann bought these two lots from Adelina de V. Dane in June 1883 for $800. Within three months, G. William Huth was awarded a building permit for a “soft rock dwelling, 34x42, north side Pereida Street, $1500.” That dwelling combines the quarried stone of Texas German Vernacular with Victorian details such as the Bullseye vent, window hood, cornice returns, and double front entry doors. The couple married in November and came to this house as newlyweds. In 1889, after they had divorced, the property was sold to Mr. Huth’s mother, Sophie Louise Huth. Mrs. Huth and her daughter Emelia moved to this house about 1900. Prior to that, they had lived behind the business on Market Street. Emelia became the owner of the home in 1902 and willed it to her niece, Nellie Holdsworth. P.A. Jones purchased the house in 1935 and, in 1936, sold it to Captain Ethelbert and Christine James. Mrs. James lived here until about 1960. Other owners included Arturo and Jaunita Lopez (1960) and their daughter, Yolanda Lopez (1983). James Robert Johnson, U.S.A. Ret., bought the house in 1993. Col. Johnson was president of KWA from September 1998 to August 1999. He lived here until his death, and the house was sold to Jeffery and Christine Becksted in 2017.

312 Pereida

In 1902, Felix and Helene Stapper bought this lot from Emmy Dittmar for $800 and built this Victorian cottage; the Craftsman porch is a later addition. Their family lived here until 1946 when Mrs. Stapper died. Her children sold the property to Eula C. Browne. Other owners were Gary S. and Susan W. Speer (1984), Nebojsa M. Solunac (1995), Elizabeth Bermel (2002), and David R. Vexler (2008). Mr. Vexler added the rear addition designed by architect Jon Thompson in 2014.

311 Pereida (née 114 Cedar)

Attorney Solon Stewart bought two lots at 114 Cedar in 1890, and in August 1892, he and his wife, Georgia, hired the San Antonio Building and Loan Association to build this house. The Association was to construct it in accordance with “the plans and specifications therefore made by Alfred Giles for Solon Stewart.” The construction cost was $2376. Solon lived in this house until his death in 1923. In 1933, after Georgia died, the house was sold, rented, and eventually became the property of the San Antonio Independent School District. In 2017, it was relocated to this lot by Stephen Yndo, replacing an earlier house that was demolished in the 1980s.

308 Pereida

Emmy Dittmar purchased this lot and the one next door at a sheriff’s sale in 1895. Emma Altgelt (226 and 236 King William) purchased it from her in 1904 and had this Folk Victorian cottage (the Craftsman porch is a later remodel) built next to her daughter, Helene Stapper (312 Pereida). After Mrs. Algelt was widowed at the age of 45, she lived a number of places in the King William area but spent her last years here. She died in 1922, and the following year, Lee and Josephine Oliver purchased the property from her estate. The Olivers lived there until 1953. Mrs. Oliver’s nephew, Adolfo B. Garza, owned the house until he deeded the property to Jesse Garza in 1994.

230 Pereida

Carl E. and Mary Newel sold their pre-1900 caliche block house to the Family Welfare Association of San Antonio, Incorporated, in 1964. The old house was demolished, and this brick veneer structure was built before 1971. The building was expanded and reconfigured to its current floor plan in the 1970s. It was then sold to the Rural Development and Finance Corp. in 2003. John and Deborah Bailey purchased the property in 2010, and it serves as the law offices of Bailey and Bailey, PC.

221 Pereida

J.E. Wilson bought this lot, originally part of the Wehrhahn property, in 1902. Wilson and his wife, Mable, signed a contract that incorporated plans by William N. Hagy for this little Victorian. As was usual for the times, the notary stated, “Mable Wilson, the said wife of J.E. Wilson, having been examined by me privately and apart from her husband,” agreed to the contract willingly. H.O. Cowles bought it on November 15, 1902, and sold it to Joseph Juenger in 1903. Juenger and his wife, Anna, sold to Frank Wahrenberger (217 Pereida) in 1907. In 1911, after Frank died, his father, James Wahrenberger, sold the property to W.G. Linnartz, as trustee for his mother, Augusta Linnartz. In 1919, she sold the house to William J. Dumestre, the secretary and treasurer of the Standard Printing Company. William, his widowed mother, Cecilia, and younger sister, Eva L. Ziegler (523 Stieren). The family owned the house until 1973 when Eva’s estate sold it to Fred J. Bader and his stepsister, Lena Barrons (219 Pereida). Other owners were Sam Miller (1983), Catherine Garcia (1994), and Daniel Carrol and Jennifer Stanford (2003).

220 Pereida

F. William Pflughaupt, a porter, built a small adobe home on this lot, which he had purchased from Ernst Wehrhahn in 1871. Pflughaupt sold it in 1879 for $1100 to Caroline Mayer. Sometime before 1904, the original adobe house was encased by a later frame dwelling, suggesting that the present house may still contain parts of the adobe house. Christian Holtz, who was the postmaster in New Braunfels from 1866 until his retirement, moved to San Antonio with his wife, Georgine, and their adult children, Harry and Georgine, and rented this house in 1900. Harry, a salesman for the Guenther Milling Company, purchased the house from Mrs. Mayer in 1910 for $2400. Harry eventually became president of the Star Grain and Elevator Co. He and his sister, Georgine, lived here until their deaths. Other owners were Stella R. Zavalla, Vincent Solis (1990), Joan Emily Coughlin (1991), and Robert L. and Elsie Neale Strickland (2005). Their daughter, Amanda Neale Strickland, now owns the house.

219 Pereida

James Worley bought this lot from Ernst Wehrhahn in 1890 and sold it to William Goodman in 1901. Goodman and his wife, Carrie, built this Victorian house, which has been modified, and sold it to Annie Schaefer in 1903. She lived here until 1905, when she sold to William and Kate Voeste. Eleanor H. Torrey purchased it from them in 1912 and sold it on March 15, 1922, to Laura Johnston for $ 3,500. Mrs. Johnston, possibly an early house flipper, sold Fred D. Bader and his wife, Mary, on April 6, 1922, for $4000 and made a quick 17% profit. After Fred died in 1929, Mary lived here with her adult stepson, Fred Bader, and her daughter, Lena Barrons, until her death in 1952. Fred and Lena sold the house to Elias R. and Isaura G. Cuellar in 1975. Ronald Wong purchased the property in 2013 and sold it to Curran Mathuran Rao in 2017.

217 Pereida

When James Wahrenberger bought this lot from Adolphine Wehrhahn in 1905 for $300, he and his family lived at 825 Garden, which made this purchase an addition to his backyard. By 1907, he had built this Victorian house with its classical details and rented it to Cornelius O’Neill, who worked for Branden O’Neill Plumbing & Heating Company. In 1910, the Wahrenbergers’ only son, Frank, died of tuberculosis, and they sold their Garden Street house. It was demolished and replaced by a commercial building. They retained ownership of this little house, and Maria Wahrenberger, James’ widow, sold it to Norman S. Brown in 1950. Brown worked at Brown Sales Co., a wholesale auto parts company. Delores Alanzo purchased the house in 1962 from the heirs of Mr. Brown.

216 Pereida

In 1898, John and Ida Stricker hired the San Antonio Building and Loan Association to build this little Victorian with its eyebrow dormer. It was designed by architect James Wahrenberger, who lived across the street. Esther Starkey purchased the house in 1906, and her widower, W.J. Starkey, sold it to James E. and Marie Brown in 1929. J.C. and Carrie Moore Rose bought the house in 1931 and sold it to Simon Dolle in 1934. Ida Scheir Kreitz, with the help of her sister, Matilda Scheir, bought the house in 1938. Mrs. Kreitz had been a widow for nineteen years and supported herself and her children as a candy maker for the Bee Candy Factory. The Kreitz heirs sold to Judith and Joel Albert in 1977. Benjamin Ortiz, a single man, and Josephine Ortiz, a married woman, bought the house in 1991. The house now belongs to John Ortiz.

111 Cedar

In 1849, sixteen-year-old Gustave Haenel and his brother Julius left Germany and arrived in Indianola, Texas. They visited San Antonio, New Braunfels, Louisville, Kentucky, and, in 1851, returned to San Antonio. Later, they spent some time in Yorktown, Texas, where Gustave married Augusta Tewes, sister of Edward Tewes (133 Crofton), in 1857. That same year, Gustave’s sister, Anna, married Adolph Heusinger (317 King William). Mr. Haenel called himself a carpenter, but he was also a skilled cabinetmaker. Family lore says that he learned this skill from his father, Edward Haenel von Krohenthal. Gustave Haenel built his workshop behind the family home (see 1004 South Alamo), and some of the furniture he crafted there was displayed at the Witte Museum’s 1973 exhibition of early Texas furniture. After the Haenel family home was razed, Haenel’s workshop, located here, was enlarged to become their final home. The roof is lower at the south end, which was the original 1870s workshop. Gustave and Augusta Haenel lived here until their deaths in 1917. Then the Haenels’ daughter and son-in-law, Helen and Otto Hegemann, Sr., moved into the house. Mr. Hegemann died in 1940, and his widow lived here until her death in 1959. The other owners were Rosalinda Lara Elizondo (1963), Jennifer C. Abad (2005), and Centro Properties (2013).

115 Cedar

The Mission Revival façade on this house would not have been unusual for a commercial structure when it was built in 1927. The lot was originally part of the Haneal properties, and Helen and Otto Hegeman, Sr., built it as the Hegemann Photograph Studio. Local lore indicates they built it using some of the lumber from an outdoor kitchen that was on the property. It was also a residence for their son, Otto, Jr., who lived here for a short time before his marriage. After 1940, the studio was rented and then sold by Otto, Jr. and his wife, Carlotta, to Dora R. Lara in 1963. Mrs. Lara’s daughters, Rosalinda Lara Elizondo and Gloria Lara Muñoz, inherited it from her.

120 Cedar

This Victorian house was built in 1892 for Abraham A. Wolff and his wife, Flora, by T. Dingle using plans by architect Albert Beckmann. Mr. Wolff, along with Daniel Marx, founded the Wolff and Marx Department Store, advertised in 1902 as “San Antonio’s Leading Department Store.” Abraham died in 1906, and Mrs. Wolff lived here until she sold to Severino and Melchora Calderon in 1913. W.J. and Hortense Lytle owned it from 1917 to 1925, J.A. and Eula Bachman from 1925 to 1928. In 1929, it became the property of the San Antonio Independent School District. The district rented the house, and when they sold it in 1947, they retained a ten-foot-wide passage from Cedar Street to the schoolyard as an access route for the pupils. Bonham students still use it every school day. Other owners were J.B. and Joyce Marian Arrott, who deeded the house to his mother, Annie Lee Densman (1947), B.W. Wilkinson and J.W. Ilfrey (1961), Jesus and Gloria Muñoz, and Kathleen F. and Ralph Laborde (1993). The Labordes restored the elaborate porches and façade to their original appearance. Current owners are David Anton Armendariz and Marisol L. Perez.

121 Cedar

In 1891, Hugo Griesenbeck bought a lot and a half at this location and built this Queen Anne-style house with its many stained glass windows. He and his wife, Lulu McAllister (500 Madison), lived here until about 1904, when they were divorced. Hugo, who worked in the family business, moved back to his parents’ home (1131 South Alamo, which no longer stands). This house was rented, and by 1934, it had become apartments. The Griesenbeck estate remained intact until 1961, when the heirs sold the property to Ray and Rita Tyler. Other owners were John R. Carter (1975), Warren Neil Smith, Jr. (1977), Christopher Hill (1980), and James McNeel Keller (1985)

123 Cedar

In 1902, Lulu Griesenbeck (121 Cedar and 500 Madison) bought, from the Wehrhahn family, an additional ten feet of land to the south of her original property and, before 1904, built this wood-frame Italianate-style house. The J.H. Levison family lived in it from about 1913 until 1951. In 1961, the Griesenbeck heirs sold the house to Catarino and Gregoria Amaro. Martin and Lola Garza bought it in 1965. John and Betty Gatlin bought the property from their estate in 1984, and Betty operated a bed and breakfast here. Other owners were Melissa N. Anderson and Kelton K. Morgan (1999), Laura Ann Hernandez (2001), Lincoln and June Norton (2001), Devi Norton (2010), Donald Allen Robin and Amy Elizabeth Ramage (2011), and Matthew Higgs and Ikuyo Yamaguchi (2016).

128 Cedar

This one-story Victorian was built by Ernst and Adolphine Wehrhahn sometime before 1896, when it is first shown on the Sanborn Maps. In 1899, they sold the property to their daughter, Ernestine, and her first husband, Max Lindner, a Deputy Assessor of Bexar County. Max died in 1901, and Ernestine married Carl Arno in 1903. The Arnos’ daughter, Helen, married Emil Schneider in 1923, and the couple lived here with the widowed Mrs. Arno until she moved across the street to live with her mother at 129 Cedar. By 1934, the Schneiders had divided the house into five apartments. In 1971, Frank and Anita Sepulveda bought the house from them. The Sepulvedas’ daughter, Anna Maria Sepulveda, now owns the house.

129 Cedar

In May 1857, Ernst Wehrhahn, then 26 years old, arrived in Galveston from Cassel, Germany. Ten years later, Justus Ruppersberg, from the same German city, arrived in Galveston with his wife, his son, William (319 Cedar), and his teenage daughter, Adolphine. They all settled in San Antonio. In 1858 and 1860, Ernst Wehrhahn bought two adjoining tracts of land and built this house about 1864. It was his home when he married the eighteen-year-old Adolphine Ruppersberg in January 1871. At first, this caliche block home had only three rooms, one behind the other, with a small porch in the rear and a well in the yard. About 1873, the Wehrhahns moved to a stone house (no longer standing) at the corner of South Alamo and South Saint Mary’s Streets, and Adolphine’s parents, Justus and Maria Ruppersberg, lived here at 129 Cedar. The Gothic Revival façade, believed to be the work of architect James Wahrenberger, was added about 1901. A unique feature is the double gable in front with paired finials. The porch was extended to the south side of the house, and the rear porch was enclosed to create an additional room. Later, an additional room was added to the south. In 1913, Mrs. Wehrhahn moved back to this house and lived here until her death in 1942. Her granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Helen and Emil Schneider (128 Cedar), lived here from 1945 until their deaths. Other owners were Deborah and James McNeel Keller (1988), Donovan H. and Catarina Sigerfoos (1999), Katherine McLachlan (2001), Patricia Villenueve and David Chirnside (2005), Donald B. and Laura M. McDonald (2016).

134 Cedar

P.G. Lucas and his wife, Anna, came to San Antonio from Illinois in 1897. In 1900, they purchased this lot, which was then occupied by a frame house. The Lucases lived in the small house and, in 1904, moved it about 60 feet to the south, where it now sits (it is now numbered 140 Cedar) and hired architect James Wahrenberger to design this yellow brick Victorian house. Mr. Lucas owned the Mission Drug Store at 727 South Alamo Street, and the 1912 city directory lists him as an alderman of the eighth ward and vice president of the Retail Merchants Association. From 1921 to 1934, he was postmaster of San Antonio. Mrs. Lucas died in 1947, and he passed away in 1954. Their daughters, Frances Baetz and Louise Lucas Carroll, sold the house to Emil and Constance Schmidt, who converted it into apartments. The Schmidts sold the apartment house to Jose and Rebecca Gutierrez in 1969. Hennon and Catherine Brewer Gilbert bought it in 1976, restored it to a single-family house, and lived here. After Hennon’s death in 1992, Catherine sold to Dr. David L. Gude, who completed the renovation of the house and gardens.

135-139 & 146 Cedar

These townhomes replaced a 1970s structure and a parking lot diagonally across the street. The infill development was initiated in 2017 by a partnership of Stephen Yndo, Mike Melson, and Frank Pakuszewski, utilizing a modern Craftsman design by architect James H. Bailey of Alamo Architects.

140 Cedar

Adolph and Martha Wehrhahn built this Victorian cottage in 1898 on a lot (now 134 Cedar) given to Adolph by his parents, Ernst and Adolphine Wehrhahn. P.G. Lucas bought the house in 1900, moved it here, and lived in it until his new home at 134 Cedar was built. Short-term owners were Ida Koch (1110 South Alamo) (1906), William and Mary Ransom (1909), and W.E. Tew (1909). In 1913, the property was purchased by carpenter Joseph Valantine Gros and his wife, Theresa. Joseph F., the oldest of the seven Gros children, lived here with his parents and, later, his wife, Mary Grace Manno. Other owners were John Edward and Dorothy Grams (1962), Jay Monday (1981), Sam Miller (1988), and Carlos and Hope Cortez (1994).

143 Cedar

Originally part of Ernst Wehrhahn’s property, this lot was purchased by Edward and Edith Burda in 1912. The Builders and Mechanics Lien they signed in May 1912 required contractor J.W. Ousset to build a one-story, six-room frame dwelling house for $ 2,400. The Burdas lived in this small Victorian house until 1928, when they sold it to Rosa Harn. She lived here with her second husband, Peter Martinson, from about 1931 until her death in 1938. The property was sold in quick succession to Alamo Lumber Company (1938), Anthony Bolner (1940), Velma Moore (1945), and then Frank and Elizabeth Curtiss (also 1945). It was rented until Hortense Freeman, a midwife, bought it and used it as her residence. Other owners were Rebecca and Isais Villareal (1961), the Children’s Shelter of San Antonio (1983), and The Cedar SOJO, LP (2016).

145 Cedar

Louis and Johanna Schunke Fries bought this lot from Christopher and Betty Pfeuffer in 1911 and contracted with Richard Tichter to build this two-story Neoclassical house. In 1920, they sold the house to Edgar and Sallie Burks. After a short stay, the Burks sold to Milton Wallace in 1923. Mr. Wallace died in 1924, but the family continued to live here until 1941, when his widow, Capitola, her son, Carter Wallace, and stepson, Frank Wallace, sold the property to Otto and Annie Peters. Charles and Aurora Angelini bought the house in 1944. Other owners were Evelyn Rowland (1975) and Miguel De Oliver (2005).

201 Cedar

Ernst Wehrhahn is thought to have built this Texas German Vernacular cottage as living quarters for his workers soon after he bought the land from Eleanor Elliott in 1860. It is one of the oldest structures in the area, and its exterior has remained virtually unchanged. In 1866, Julius Hotz bought the property and in 1875 sold it to Heinrich Taesler, a butcher, for $1750. In 1880, Mr. Taesler and his wife, Elena, sold it to William Neumann. Emmy Dittmar bought the property at a sheriff’s sale in 1895 and sold it to Emma Altgelt (308 Pereida) in 1904. Mrs. Altgelt sold it to Felix Stapper, her son-in-law, and in 1946, her daughter Helene Stapper, a widow, sold it to William H. and Mary M. James. Marie Guenther James (532 King William) purchased the property in 1947. Her son Edmund C. James inherited it in 1977. The house sat vacant and neglected for years, but was restored by Johnny Von Dohlen in the 1980s in lieu of rent. After Edmund was murdered in 1992, his estate sold the cottage to Joyce A. Richter. Julian and Diana Treviño bought the house in 1994.

209 Cedar

Felix Stapper bought this lot from his mother-in-law, Emma Altgelt (209 Pereida), in 1905, and about 1907, he built this Victorian house and 215 Cedar on the same lot. They were identical and were rentals.The first tenant of record was Louise McKay, a widow, and her son John, a fireman on the International and Great Northern Railroad (I & GN RR). In 1946, Helene Stapper, Felix’s widow, sold the house to George and Leola Moore, who had been tenants here since 1934. The Moores modernized the façade and built a cement porch. Other owners were Brian Dalton (1988), E. Eugene Gray, Jr. (1988), the Recassa Trust (1994), Kay Kunz Koebel (1996), Caroline Blanchard Williams (1997), Elizabeth and Wilfred B. Langmore, IV (2001), Jeffery Michael Lammers (2003), David C. Shelton (2007), and Alberto and Maria Gonima (2014).

215 Cedar

The second of the two Victorian houses (see 209 Cedar), built by Felix Stapper, had as its first occupants C.O. Wilke, a bookkeeper, and his wife, Elizabeth. Another early tenant was William Zimmer, the orchestra leader at the Grand Opera House, and later, the concertmaster for the San Antonio Symphony. Eula C. Browne moved into the house in 1933 as a renter and, in 1946, she purchased it from Mrs. Stapper, but soon moved to another Stapper house on Pereida Street, which she also bought. Ricarda and Louis Rios, Jr. acquired the property from Mrs. Browne in 1963, and Mrs. Rios, a widow, sold to Christina A. Garcia in 1994.

217 Cedar

Fritz Goertz (303 Cedar) had this Victorian house built about 1909. One of the first renters was Paul Eikel, who, with his brother Herman, owned Eikel Automobiles, the Southwest Texas Distributor for Jackson automobiles. He lived here with his wife, Hattie, from 1910 to 1912. Lester D. and Elsie Seebe Gilmore lived here from 1913 until about 1917. She was the daughter of Rudolph Seebe (218 Cedar), and Mr. Gilmore later owned the Laurel Heights Pharmacy. Thomas E. and Hazel Hans bought the house from the estate of Fritz Goertz in 1943. Juan B. Carreon and his sister, Elida Carreon, bought the house in 1970 and lived here with their mother, Concepcion A. Carreon. James E. and Mary W. Poteet bought the property from Elida in 2017 and have completely renovated it.

218 Cedar

In 1906, widow Wilhelmina Ringelstein and her children sold this double lot to Emma Heusinger. In July 1907, Emma borrowed $2500 and built this Victorian cottage with its symmetrical double front gables. She married her widowed brother-in-law, Rudolph Seebe, six weeks later and became stepmother to the children of her younger sister, Hedwig Heusinger Seebe. After Rudolph and Emma died, the Seebe children sold the house to R.W. Hodnett in 1946, and he resold it the same year to Albert and Josephine Spaeth. The Spaeth heirs (including Helen Fell, who is described on the deed as the permanently abandoned wife of Benjamin Fell) sold to Rafael Felipe and Margarita Maria Garcia in 1959.

302 Cedar

Eugene Staffel bought this lot from Emma Heusinger (218 Cedar) in May 1907. In September, he signed a Builder’s and Mechanic’s Lien with the San Antonio Real Estate Building & Loan Association, which required it to build this house in accordance with plans and specifications by Conrad Flaig. The next month, Staffel married Tekla Seebe, daughter of Rudolph Seebe (218 Cedar). The newlyweds moved in and lived here until they sold the house to Alfonso De La Garza in 1943. Jovita A. Carmen, Berta Lozano, and Maria Louise Lozano de Flores bought the property in 1946. Alice Lozano, Berta’s niece, sold the house in 2014. Stephen M. Mason purchased it in 2015.

303 Cedar

Fritz Goertz bought lots here from the Ringelstein heirs in 1902 and from Joseph Ripps in 1904. Goertz built this Victorian cottage about 1913 and lived here until his death. H.A. Hill purchased it from the Goertz estate in 1943. Other owners were F.A. Allin (1944), Bernard C. and Selma L. Reddon (1945), H.C. and Norma Ware (1949), John and Martha Sawyer (1953), John Delong (1990), and James E. and Mary W. Poteet (1996).

308 Cedar

This Victorian house, which first appears in the city directory in 1910 as a rental, was probably built for Emma Heusinger Seebe (218 Cedar) in 1909. After Emma died in 1925, her niece/stepdaughter, Tekla Seebe Staffel, inherited the house. Tekla and her husband, Eugene, sold it in 1943 to Roy and Olive Snipes. David Henry Frias, a sign painter, and his wife, Constance, bought it in 1952. Peggy Lynch bought the property in 2004 and sold to Andrew G. and Sara A.S. Sherwood in 2006.

311 Cedar

John F. Ripps owned a seed and paint store at 528 Market and advertised that he dealt in “Seed, House Paints, Oils, Brushes and Sundry Supplies…Breeder of Pure White Leghorns and Buff Plymouth…Eggs in Season $2.00 per 15.” Mr. Ripps bought these two lots from the Ringelstein heirs in 1902. Five years later, he and his wife, Anna Hehn Ripps, hired the San Antonio Real Estate Building & Loan Association to construct this Victorian house with its front-facing gable and pedimented dormer. The plans were drawn by “Manny and Delenze.” John and Anna borrowed $3,000 from The Order of Sons of Hermann in 1919. After Anna's death in 1922, John requested several loan extensions and eventually defaulted. E.W. and Annie L. Brautigam bought the house from the Lodge in 1943. They sold to Frances Denton, a widow, in 1949. Other owners were Felix F. and Santos Garcia (1961), William G. Carter (1974), and Bart W. Huffman (2017).

312 Cedar

Charles H. Mueller (1115 South Saint Mary’s) had this Victorian cottage built in 1907 for his youngest son, Paul, a manager in the family’s paint manufacturing business. Paul, his wife, Sophie, and their two children lived here until 1910. They sold the house to Paul’s brother and sister-in-law, Fred A. and Minni J. Mueller, and divorced shortly thereafter. In 1910, Iwan E. and Lona Petermann were living in Fredericksburg, Texas, and he worked as a “tinner” in a tin shop. The Petermanns bought this house for $ 2600 the next year. There is no record that they ever lived here, and in 1918, they were living in Gillespie County when they sold the house to Adolph J. Jung, a salesman at Wolf and Marx, and his wife, Caroline. Adolph died in 1924, and Caroline lived here until her death in 1959. David H. and Constance Frias (308 Cedar) bought the house from her estate. It became the property of Joan Frias in 2004. This Folk Victorian cottage was originally a “T” shape with small front and back porches. It features a hipped roof that is almost pyramidal, and a front-facing gable with simple imbrication. It has retained most of its beautiful double-hung windows and its elegantly simple front facade. The front porch floor and some of the original trim work are missing. The back porch was enclosed, and a small addition at the back was constructed after 1954.

316 Cedar

In 1907, Charles G. Rilling and his first wife, Alvina, bought this lot, across the street from her sister Anna Ripps’ new house (311 Cedar). In 1909, they hired Alvina’s brother-in-law, Albert Umsheid, to build this Victorian cottage. He agreed to “furnish all labor, work and material…and build, erect, construct and complete (the house) within thirty-six (36) working days.” He also furnished the plans for the “five-room frame cottage.” Alvina gave birth to three daughters and died of consumption a month after her last child was born, Charles lived for a short time with his sister-in-law at 311 Cedar and then took his three motherless children and moved back with his parents. He married Mary Elizabeth Greiner in 1920 and returned here to raise a second family. Daughters Lillian Louise Hill Brown, Mary Elizabeth Fite and Alice C. Schuetze sold the house to David Henry and Constance Frias (308 Cedar) in 1979. Other owners were David Thomas and Karen J. Frias (2004), Andrew M. and Sandie Marie Byrd (2005), Stacy L. Hill (2007), and Sonya Ann Dawson (2010).

317 Cedar

Emil and Julia Gottschalck bought this lot for $550 from the Ringelsteins in 1906 and probably built this house. Anna Voeste Schaefer, a widow who later married William Chemnetz, bought it in 1907 for $1800. When Anna died in 1926, this house became the property of her mother and her siblings. Anna’s youngest sister, Tillie Voeste, deeded the property to her niece’s family, Thelma, Thurman H. Sr., Thurman, Jr., and Darlene Sargent in 1965. The Sargents sold to Marcelino and Lucy Rodriguez in 1973.

319 Cedar

William Ruppersberg, brother of Adolphine Wehrhahn (129 Cedar), bought this lot from the Ringelstein family in 1902 and built this house before 1905. William was married to Josephine, a daughter of Christian and Catherine Jud Speiser (931 South Alamo). In an article appearing in the October 8, 1911, San Antonio Light, Mr. Ruppersberg explains that he sold his broom manufacturing business (see 323 Cedar) because of the “deleterious effects of the dust from the straw.” In 1944, Sim E. and Julia Tyler purchased the house from Josephine’s estate. Lucille D. and Emmett J. Epp, Jr. bought it in 1946. Other owners were Henry A. and Mary L. Polhemus (1964), and Reynold Baltazar and Alicia G. Martinez (1970).

320 Cedar

Anna Meyer used money from her separate estate to purchase this lot and the neighboring lot to the south from Wilhelmina Ringelstein for $1300. She bought the lots in 1907 and built this Neoclassical house, and her family was living here by 1909. Her husband, Louis, died in 1924, and Anna gave the property to her “beloved daughter,” Margaret, in 1933. Margaret sold to Agnes Tietz in 1941. Other owners were Mrs. U.A. Dixon (1942), J.L. Gabbart (1943), J.W. and Bula McMahan (1945), Gertrude Bowers (1957). Raul and Maria E. Saldana bought the house in 1970, and it still belongs to the Saldana family.

323 Cedar

William Ruppersberg (319 Cedar) built this house for his widowed mother, Maria, about 1903. His broom manufacturing business had been located here while he lived at 314 Mission. The Ruppersbergs sold it to Herma and J. Pearson Newcomb in 1926. The Newcombs lost the house in 1938, and ownership devolved to Lucille and Emmett J. Epp, Jr (319 Cedar), who sold it to T.A. and Gladyce Lancaster in 1951. Raymond and Jenoseva Aguilar bought the house in 1973, and Mr. Aguilar deeded the house to Rosemary Aguilar Dana in 2017.

324 Cedar

In 1908, Anna Meyer (320 Cedar) sold this lot for $800 to Jules and Frances Gery. The Gerys contracted with Alfred Moehrig to build a “five-room frame cottage” for $2900. The Victorian-style house was designed by Arthur J. Herrmann, the architect of the Havana Hotel (1015 Navarro), which was built in 1914 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Mrs. Gery sold to James T. O’Daniel in 1941. O’Daniel and his wife, Frances, sold to Hilario and Alicia Villareal in 1962. Other owners were Gilbert G. and Christine G. Gonzales (1973), Elisa Vaquera and Argelia Barron (1984), and Reynaldo V. Garcia (1991).

325 Cedar

Katherine W. Smith (330 Mission) bought this lot and the one just south of it from the heirs of Casper Ringelstein in 1906. Later that year, she had this house built and rented it to George and Catherine Switzer. George was a grocer at 901 Garden Street. Leslie L. and Mary “Brunita” Cline bought the house from Katherine Smith in 1916 on a Contract for Sale. They eventually paid off the contract and owned the house. Brunita died in 1963, and Leslie sold it to William G. Brown in 1982. Other owners were Andrew R. Scot tie (1982), Arlene Jennings (1986), and David W. Cash (1995).

327 Cedar

Katherine Smith, a widow (330 Mission), bought this lot and the one next door in 1906 and had this Victorian cottage built. She rented it to H.A. Flick, a cashier for Pacific Express. In 1916, Mrs. Smith sold it to Simon and Elizabeth Koppel, who were the first owners to live here. They sold to H.B. and Effie Carroll Shiner in 1928. Constance S. Yahns purchased the property from Mrs. Shiner’s estate in 1964. Other owners were Juana G. Torres, Arlene Jennings (1988), David W. Cash and Barbara A. Bottomley (2000), Sharon Lee (2015), and Alexander and Mae Gorney (2018).

505 Stieren

These structures were placed at 505 and 511 Stieren after 1954, and are owned by Reynaldo V. Garcia.

511 Stieren

These structures were placed at 505 and 511 Stieren after 1954, and are owned by Reynaldo V. Garcia.

517 Stieren

523 Stieren

Detlef J. and Anna M. Jochimsen purchased this lot from the Ringelstein heirs in 1907. They purchased the materials to build 517 Stieren, valued at $ 1,450, from Beitel Lumber Company on July 27, 1907. The house is now a duplex and is home to Sala Diaz, a nonprofit contemporary art space founded by Alejandro Diaz in 1995. It also houses Casa Chuck, a residency program for visiting artists, curators, and writers. It is named after the late artist Chuck Ramirez, a long-term resident. The Jochimsens built 523 Stieren about 1911. George R. Whitney, an attorney, and his wife, Bertha, were the first tenants in 1912. In 1922, after Detlef Jochimsen died, both houses were deeded by Anna to their son, Richard Jochimsen. Michael Casey purchased the houses from the family in 1985.

401 Cedar

Lelia Roach bought this lot from A. and Gesine Klappenback on July 15, 1907. A week later, she and her husband, William, hired R.E. Richter & Son to build a house here for which they agreed to pay $3250 in gold. William was the secretary for the Elks Club and the owner of the Roach Quick Index System. The family included children: Orvis, a salesman for Bell Jewelry Company, Vandiver, a bookkeeper, and Hermine, a stenographer for John P. Forrest Company. Orvis and Hermine lived here until about 1941, when Hermine bought her brother’s share of the house, and he moved. Other owners were Elton and Mary Elizabeth White (1945), Val and Maud Click (1950), G.M. and Sue Andrews (1950), Betty Ruth Dodson (1951), Richard and Alicia Morales (1954), Joe Mendiola (1992), Bernadette McKeon (1992), Richard and Pamela O’Bry ant (2007), Victor Torres and Michelle S. Guchereau (2009), and John and Cheryn Fasano (2016).

402 Cedar

There was a large building to the east of the current structure, which served as Joske’s Stables in 1913 and later as Joske’s Garage. Joskes was a department store located on Alamo Plaza, often advertised as “The Biggest Store in the Biggest State”. Later, a series of businesses, the Ruby Motor Freight Lines, the San Antonio Rio Grande Valley Dispatch, and Alamo Freight Lines, occupied the building. The building and an older house, which sat to the south at 404 Cedar, were demolished sometime after 1951. In 1954, the current structure was the St. Anthony Hotel’s greenhouse and has been repurposed as a dwelling by Mark Davies Hogensen, who purchased the property in 2003.

407 Cedar

Albert Kiene bought this lot from Lelia L. and William E. Roach (401 Cedar) in 1908 for $750. Albert and his wife, Louise, built this Victorian cottage before 1910, and three more generations of their family lived in it. Their daughter and son-in-law, Ella and William Schultze, lived here. The Kienes’ grandson, Albert James Schultze, as a young man, was a clerk at Schmidt’s Red and White Store (943 South Alamo). He married Hazel Halbardier in 1937, and their son, Albert, Jr., became the fourth generation to live here. In 1946, the Schultzes transferred the title to their son, but the entire family seems to have lived here until November 1961, when the younger Schultzes sold the house to Fred Sickel. The elder Schultzes died within a few months of each other in 1963, and both death certificates show this as their residence. Other owners were Armando and Gloria Godoy (1976), Susie Juarez and her brother, Lucio Juarez (1989), and James Matthew and Pamela Hall Duerr (2017).

411 Cedar

Louise and Kasper Hoerner purchased this lot on March 1, 1909, for $850. They hired R.E. Richter & Son to build this Neoclassical house for $356,0 and required materials to be purchased from Ed. Steves & Sons. In 1912, the Hoerners sold the property for $5000 to C. A. and Nicolasa Keever. In 1927, the Keevers hired the Beacon Lumber Company to convert the house to apartments for $2500. A story in the San Antonio Light, on December 31, 1941, describes 74-year-old Nicolasa Keever’s inaugural journey behind the wheel of a car. Departing from here, she made it to the 500 block of Cedar before colliding with a tree. When she deeded the property to her daughter, Mary Edge, she again showed her independence by retaining the right to collect the rents. Mary sold the house to George Ginopoulos in 1952. Other owners were A. R. Villarreal (1960), Andres Barrera (1960), Victor and Lilia Quintanilla (1962), Joseph and Lucy Cronin (1968), James and Sarah Shuman (1970), Raymonde and Andres Tijerina, Jr. (1972), Susie and Ascencion Juarez (1974), Lucio Juarez (1987), John Juarez (2002), Robert Garza (2014), and Mark Jackson (2016).

415 Cedar

In 1905, Herman and Mary Donop bought this lot from Mayme Rachael and Hart Mussey, Jr. (The Donops’ daughter and son-in-law, Lydia and James Conaway, bought 419 Cedar Street at the same time.) The Donops had this Victorian house built about 1909 as a rental property. The diamond imbrication on the front-facing gable, the dentil trim on the cornice, and the front door and side lights are original details. In 1950, George and Mary Ford bought the house from the Donop estate. The Fords sold this property to Vincente and Beatrice Gonzales in 1951. Beatrice died in 1968, and her daughter Dora A. Harrison inherited the house. She sold to Kathleen and James Ball in 2015.

419 Cedar

James A. and Lydia Conaway bought this lot from Mayme Rachael and Hart Mussey, Jr. in 1905 and built this Victorian cottage with its two front-facing gables before 1907, when it was first listed in the city directory. They lived here until about 1968, when their son Harold took over management of the property and sold it to Beatrice V. Gonzales (415 Cedar). Mrs. Gonzales died in 1968, and the ownership of the home passed to her daughter, Grace Gonzales Tijerina. She sold the house in 2016.

421 Cedar

Frank, a manager for the Maverick-Clark Litho Company, and Irene Bradford purchased this lot from developer Kate Spring in 1903 for $400. In 1905, the Bradfords hired William N. Hagy to build a house for $1800. They sold the property in 1929 to Charles and Leone McMullen, who then paid Petrich-Saur Lumber Company $245 for “ improvements.” Charles was employed in the advertising industry, possibly on the shady side, as evidenced by a newspaper ad featuring this address, himself, and a “fake” resident. After Charles died, Leone married Terry Varner Briggs, a foreman at Alamo Iron Works. Leone died in 1946, and eventually Mr. Briggs married Avis Mae Wilson, who, as his widow, sold the house to Joe and Frances Aleman in 1968. Delia A. Casas inherited the property from her mother in 1998. She deeded the house to Elizabeth F. Llanas in 2002

103 Fir

Henry A. Klotz, Jr., the son of a music teacher, was born in Austin and came to San Antonio about 1892 to practice his trade as a watchmaker. He was employed by Bell Brothers and, at first, lived on the premises at 327 Commerce. He bought this lot from Ernest M. and Minnie Badders on August 25, 1903. The next day, eager to provide a home for their first child, he and his wife, Alice Graham Klotz, hired Charles H. Heimsath to build “a one-story frame house of 5 rooms; hall, bath, front and rear gallery, water closet, and shed in rear.” Klotz, who by 1930 had become an optician, died in 1945. Mrs. Klotz died in 1957 and the youngest Klotz daughter, Gertrude Hall, sold this house to Loretta Gilliam in 1968. Napoleon and Olivia Valdez bought the house in 1978, and it is now owned by Robert and Maria R Trevino.

104 Fir

Mrs. Herman Heiligmann had this Victorian house built about 1903 and lived here until she sold it to Minnie Goodrich in 1913. Mrs. Goodrich sold it a year later to Lena Arbetter.In 1921, Emil Bourquin married Irene Hugman, daughter of Robert C.H. and Annie Hugman (108 Fir). Bourquin, who began his career as a clerk at Fort Sam Houston and was, by 1929, the vice president of Turner Roofing Company, purchased the house from the Arbetter estate in 1925. He died in 193,4 and Irene married Renilo V. Locke in 1936. In 1975, Irene, again a widow, sold the house to Alain Teissier and Nancy M. Kendall. They sold it to Marilyn Denise Adams in 2016.

105 Fir

Winnifred H. Kempenar bought this lot from George W. and Emma G. Huntress in 1907. She and her husband, F.E., built what was originally a Folk Victorian house and are listed in the 1908 city directory with this as their address. Edward H. Gray, a general practitioner, and his wife, Mary, became the owners in 1909. Dr. Gray died on Christmas Eve in 1924, and in 1938, after Mary's death, her heirs sold the property to Anna Belle Walker. Nellie Klotz McMillin was the daughter of Henry and Alice Klotz and grew up at 103 Fir. She and her husband, William D., bought this house in 1942 and lived here for fifty years. After his parents died, David W. McMillin sold the house to Mark L. Simmons. Other owners were Lisa and Jesse Yell Womack, III (2005), Michele L. and Collin Clements (2007), and Roy O Beach (2009).

108 Fir

Dennis and Aurie Rowland purchased this lot in 1907, and contracted with A.B. Davis “to build [a] residence, plans and specifications furnished by West End Lumber Company, to be completed by April 14, 1908”. The Rowlands sold the Victorian cottage a few months later to G.B. Mitchell. R. Hugo and Minnie Hofheinz bought it in 1909.Hugo was a bicycle shop proprietor and racer, holder of the state record for one mile. Called “The pride of San Antonio” on the bicycle racing circuit, Hofheinz organized a race in 1896 that drew 500 spectators to the corner of Pereida and Roosevelt (near South Saint Mary’s), according to Hugh Hemphill (San Antonio on Wheels, pp. 11-12). Robert C.H. and Annie Hugman bought the house in 1918. Robert was a carpenter, and Annie worked as a secretary in “women’s work.” Their son, Robert H.H. Hugman, known as the father of the River Walk, lived here until he graduated from Brackenridge High School in 1920. After his father died in 1932, Robert H.H., his wife, Martha, and their children, Anne and Harvey, moved here and lived with his sister Marguerite and his mother, Anne, who, by then, had become executive secretary for the San Antonio Social Welfare Board. The house remained in the Hugman family until Marguerite sold it in 1977.Later owners were Robert and Frances Rios (1977), Alain Teissier (1977), M. Mattias Schubnell and Gail A. Owen Schubnell (1986), and Edward J. Tamez and Andrea A. Pastano (1998).

109 Fir

In October 1913, soon after they married, William C., a clerk at Alamo National Bank, and Olivia Wahrmund Herpel (112 Fir) had this Victorian cottage built. They had purchased the lot from next-door neighbors Edward and Mary Gray, who stipulated that Herpel was not to “build so that the South wall of his house… extend(s) South of…our residence.” The Herpels sold their house to Samuel W. and Valeria Pulliam in 1919 for $4750. Samuel was an auctioneer and, by 1929, owner of Pulliam Furniture and Auction Company and Alamo Auction Company. Doris Mae Sobieskie, Samuel’s granddaughter, grew up in this house, and, after the Pulliams died, she and her husband, William A. Read, sold it to William D. and Nellie McMillin (105 Fir). The McMillins’ son, David W. McMillin, sold to Jennings R. and Mary Grace Ketner in 1998. The Ketners completed a total renovation in 1999.

112 Fir

The families of George and Elise Schmit Wahrmund were among the first to settle in Fredericksburg, Texas. Their grandparents, as well as her great-grandfather, are listed on the first U.S. Census (1850) taken in Texas. The couple lived in Fredericksburg, where he worked as a wheelwright and she owned and operated a millinery shop. About 1898, they moved to San Antonio. Mrs. Wahrmund bought this lot from developers John and Kate Spring in 1905. George, who worked as a carpenter, first for the Schutze Brothers and later the City Brewery, probably built the house that same year. Their youngest daughter, Olive, lived here until she married William C. Herpel (109 Fir) in 1913. About 1921, when the Wahrmunds were in their late 60s, they sold the house. Dr. William B. Urmston, a physician, purchased the house and deeded it to his wife, Germaine, in 1925 for $10 as a token of love and affection. She ran the French School of Beaux Arts here in the 1930s. Other owners were Carlos and Beatrice Corona (1967), Ken and Natalie Hardie (2005), and Jaime Alfaro (2012).

115 Fir

Emilie and Fred Louis Glaeser (119 Fir) built this house about 1908. Mr. Glaeser was a carpenter and, later, a housing contractor. The small Victorian house was a rental until Madeline Morrison purchased it from them in 1944. She sold to Douglas R. and Gladys Stevens in 1946. Mary R. Sanford bought the house in 1949 and sold to Geronimo W. Franklin in 1960

118 Fir

Mary E. Clarke bought this lot from developers John and Kate Spring in 1904 and built the house for her son, William, after he married “the girl next door,” Edna Wahrmund (112 Fir), in 1901. The move of all three families to Fir may have been orchestrated by Mary Clark (123 Fir) and Elise Wahrmund (112 Fir), as they were all living elsewhere before 1905. Mary and Robert Clarke deeded the house to William and Edna after the birth of their grandchild, Willetta Mae, in 1906. William died in 1925 at the Fort Sam Hospital of pernicious anemia, probably a complication of his World War I service. Other owners were J.H. and Beatrice Williams (1920), C.S. and Katerina Dittman (1920), Joseph J. and Elizabeth Urvick (1950), Joel Betancourt (1983), Ernest V. and Julia Cantu (1989), Paul E. Davalos (1992), Yolanda H. and Jimmie Coleman (1992), and Juanita and Pete Hidalgo (1994).

119 Fir

Fred L. Glaeser bought two lots from developers John and Kate Spring in 1902. Fred borrowed $2000 against the property in August 1906, and then he married Emilie Schmid in October. The 1907 city directory shows them living here. The 1911 Sanborn map shows the house and, at the back of the lot, a large carpenter’s shop, which was a workshop for his homebuilding business. In 1943, they sold to Dr. William B. and Germaine B. Urmston (112 Fir). Other owners were Mary Elvina Davidson (1954), Benedict A. and Marsha Rae Balboa (1965), and Daniel and Joanne R. Friese (1998).

123 Fir

Robert and Mary E. Clarke purchased this lot from developers John and Kate Spring in 1902 and built this unusual Victorian cottage before 1905. Robert, in partnership with Samuel Maverick, had formed the Maverick-Clarke Litho Company. He later founded Clarke Printing, which evolved into one of America's leading check printers, headquartered in San Antonio and employing thousands nationwide. Following Mary's death in 1913, the Clarke home was advertised for sale; it was rented and eventually sold by the Clarks' daughter, Louise Spalding, to H. F. and Maggie Otto in 1918. Mrs. Otto, a widow, sold it to Albert A. Pena in 1949. His widow, Dolores, sold to Madeline P. and Manuel Davila in 1968. Diana L. Gonzales bought it in 1999, and Elizabeth M Turquand in 2004.

423 Cedar

R.E. Herweck purchased this lot from developers Kate and John Spring in 1904. He and his wife, Lizzie, hired Benjamin S. Bohnfalk to build this house in 1906. Mr. Bohnfalk, a carpenter and building contractor, was to furnish the plans and construct “a one-story frame house of four rooms, hall, back and front gallery, and bathroom with a small barn and back fence.” The construction time was sixty days, and the cost was $1100. The Herwecks sold their house to Arthur G. and Leoba Roemer in 1919. Charles and Alma Overman rented the house for many years, and after Mr. Overman's death, Alma purchased it in 1958. In 1977, her daughter, Marilyn Overman Klinger, sold this Victorian cottage, which retains many of its original details, to Santos Torres and Maria Leonor Garcia. Mrs. Garcia still owns the house.

433 Cedar

Philip E. Pfeiffer was the son of German immigrant and dairy farmer Henry C. Pfeiffer. Philip was a newly minted postal clerk for the rail line when he paid Kate and John Spring $300 for this lot in January 1906. Two weeks later, he borrowed $1445, which he agreed to repay within 60 months, and hired August Draeger to build “a one-story shingle roof cottage.” On March 24, 1906, he married Helen Bolden, a native of Kent, England, who had come to the U.S. with her parents at the age of one. The Pfeiffers lived here until they sold the house to Diedrich and Sophie Meyer in 1913. Mr. Meyer, an attorney, was born in Germany, married Sophie in New York City, where their two children were born, and moved to San Antonio about 1908. Their daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter, Mildred, E.L., and Janice Olds, lived around the corner at 405 Stieren but moved here before Diedrich died in 1941. Before Sophie died in St Benedict’s Hospital in 1967, at the age of 81, she deeded the house to her daughter. Margaret and Tomas Arredondo, Jr. bought it in 1968. Mr. Arredondo owned and operated the Iris Bakery, located at 1030 South Presa, from about 1960 until 1995. The front faced gable of this Victorian House has cut-away windows trimmed with corner brackets and cornice returns. The porch supports are the original spindle work columns, but the floor is missing. Many of the original large double-hung two-light wooden windows remain. The shingle roof has been replaced with a longer-lasting metal one.

435 Cedar

This lot was purchased from developers Kate and John Spring by W.R. and Alice Parker in 1906 for $330. They flipped it a few days later for $400. A few months later, Lillie Reese Walter, a widow, sold it to Frank and Gilda Eiserloh for $500. They contracted with Benjamin S. Bohnfalk in 1909 to construct a “one-story shingle-roofed cottage” for $2000. When the house was built, it was at the southern end of Cedar Street, at the time a dead end. In 1926, the city extended Cedar Street through the front yard of 435 Cedar and joined it with what at the time was known as Henrietta Street. In 1927, shortly after the street work was complete, the Eiserlohs sold to William A. and Agnes Schaefer. They sold the next year to H. Cruchfield. Tomas Arredondo owned the house for a number of years and deeded it to his daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Alejandro Mata, in 1992.

503 Cedar

Adolph Dugosh bought these two lots from developers Leroy G. Denman and Floyd McGown for $550 in 1906. Later that year, Dugosh and his wife, Eleanor, signed a Builder’s and Mechanic’s Lien with Albert Moehrig requiring him to construct, within 60 days, “a one-story frame, shingle roof cottage.” They agreed to pay him $2500. Mrs. Dugosh’s parents, Mary and John H. Wharton, Sr., lived at 407 Mission, and her brother, John, Jr., built next door (507 Cedar). The Dugoshes lived in this Victorian cottage until their deaths. In 1951, their son, Raymond A. Dugosh, sold the house to siblings Mary, Margaret, and Vicente Elias. The Eliases agreed, in 1964, after they paid off the mortgage on the house, that they would own the house jointly with rights of survivorship. Mary, the last surviving sibling, died in 2013, and the house was sold to James Hillery Martin III in 2015.

507 Cedar

John H. Wharton, Jr. bought this lot from George Nichols on April 7, 1908. Mr. Wharton was the son of Mary and John H. Wharton, Sr. (407 Mission). On October 3, 1908, Wharton and his wife, Elizabeth, hired O.J. Cresswell to build this folk Victorian house. The contract required Mr. Cresswell to furnish all materials and complete the house before December 3, 1908. The cost, $1350, did not include plumbing and wiring. Elizabeth, a widow, sold the house to Jose F. and Dominga Guerra in 1957. Other owners were Stephen T. and Laura B. Bishop (1978), Dianne I. and Paul N. Doege (1983), and Scott Alan Smith (1986).

511 Cedar

Mary G. Loring bought this lot from developers Leroy G. Denman and Floyd McGown for $400 in 1905 and built this Victorian cottage with its pyramidal roof and unusual imbrication on the front dormer. Mary’s son, Porter, founded Porter Loring Mortuary during World War I. In 1924, Mrs. Loring sold her home to Inez M. Durham, who sold it three years later to H.E. Ferguson. Ferguson and his wife, Jenella, sold to J.N. Lightsey and George W. Moore. Lorece Moore, George’s widow, sold to Frank and Rose A. McNulty in 1943. Other owners were Christine B. Viña (1996), Michael A. Tarver and Melissa Federspill (2007), and Bob J. Kroll and Susan L. Jahn (2014).

515 Cedar

Milton Vance bought this lot from developers Leroy G. Denman and Floyd McGown in 1905 for $350. Later that year, Milton and his wife, Fannie, hired C.T. Fincham to design and build a one-story frame dwelling. The house he built was one and a half stories high. In 1907, the Vances sold it to J. N. Blewett for $3000. J.N. died in 1912, and in 1919, his widow, Lavenia, and their children sold to W.C. Holland. R.T. and Gertrude Burns bought the house that same year. R.T. was a salesman for the Singer Sewing Machine Company. About 1928, the Burns added another floor and converted the structure to apartments. They lived elsewhere but returned here to one of the apartments in the 1940s. Other owners were Gonzalo and Emilia V. Martinez (1964), Grace Tijerina (1976), Marcus Pepper (2013), and Kevin P. and Denise L. Moore (2017).

237 Claudia

Kate Maud James came to San Antonio from England with her parents, brothers, and sister around 1883. Her father, Isaac, and her brothers, George and Frank, were butchers. Kate was a teacher at School No. 6 when she hired C.T. Fincham to build a frame building, fence, and stables here in 1904. The family lived here until Miss James sold the house to Lena Butler in 1917. In 1926, Mrs. Butler gave the house to her two daughters, Ada, a stenographer for Piper, Stiles & Gill, and Lena A., a bookkeeper. The estate of Ada Butler sold to Manuel R. and Cruz C. De La Rosa in 1975. Other owners were Maria S. Casas (1993) and Christine B. Viña (2012).

233 Claudia

Harry C. and Mattye Bonebrake bought this house from Albert Steves in June 1910. The house had probably been constructed earlier that year. Within six months, the Bonebrakes sold the house to W.B. and Annie Baker. Two weeks later, they sold the house to George M. Perry. George, a brick contractor, and his wife, Theador, sold the house in 1924 to Jessie and Johanna Baile. The Bailes moved here in 1931 and, in 1953, escaped injury when an errant 18-year-old driver failed to negotiate a curve on Cedar Street and ran into the rear of this house. Johanna was knocked to the floor by the impact but escaped injury. She lived here until she sold the property to Mary and Ezequiel Gallegos, Jr. in 1970. Mary Elizabeth Gallegos inherited the property in 2010 and sold it to Caroline Hernandez in 2013.

227 Claudia

When Mamie Butler married Charles Bosshardt in 1903, he was living with his mother at 310 Villita and managing the New Post Office Exchange saloon, which he had recently inherited from his father. In 1906, the couple purchased this lot from Lina LaCroix and hired Otto Lindaw to build this house. The plans were drawn by Wahrenberger & Sons, architects, and described as “a one-story frame residence containing five rooms with pantry and bathroom, hall, front and rear galleries.” The contract did not describe the multiple gables, polygonal dormer, or leaded glass windows that were a part of the Victorian design. By 1918, Bosshardt had given up the saloon business and become a secretary for the Board of Health, and he ended his work life as a salesman for the San Antonio Brewing Association. Mr. Bosshardt died in 1942, and Mrs. Bosshardt lived here until her death in 1965. Other owners were Helen Wyschetzki Hall (1965), E.M. Gilmore, Jr., and R.J. Hayes (1973), James M. and Kristin A. Breaux (2005), and Patrick A. Hartsell (2015). It now belongs to a limited liability company.

221 Claudia

William F. Schutz, a real estate broker who, for a time, was in business with Fred C. Groos, purchased this lot from developers Leroy Denman and Floyd McGown in October 1904 for $475. Schultz built this Victorian house, featuring two front-facing gables, cut-away windows, and a hipped roof, and then sold it to Leila M. Edwards in October 1905. Leila, a dressmaker, used the house as a rental property, and after she married Thomas C. Gaskins in 1909, she sold the house to her daughter, Dora Edwards Keller. Mrs. Keller and her husband, Joseph, a boxer, wrestler, and promoter, lived here for a couple of years. Dora’s mother, by then Leila M. Rainer, repurchased the house from them in 1915. By 1922, Leila, again a single woman, had become an insurance agent, and as Leila M. Miller (according to the deed, “formerly Edwards, later Gaskins, later Rainer”), she sold the house to Hugo and Lucille Jaeckle. Hugo owned an auto repair shop on West Pecan. In May 1928, the Jaeckles sold to William A. Hannsz, a postal clerk. San Antonio Light sports editor George Harold Scherwitz, Sr., the son of Frank and Susie Scherwitz (331 Wickes), bought the house in May 1929. Harold and his wife, Maude R., lived here until 1975, when they sold to Fidela and Guadalupe Vasquez, Jr. Other owners were Francisco M. Amaro (1997), Kelly Parkinson and Charles Kurt Hemphill (2009), and Judson Clark and Megan Elizabeth Janak (2015).

217 Claudia

Ed. Schunke (1007 South Alamo) married Alma Donop on January 25, 1905. In December of that same year, her parents, Herman and Mary Donop (1203 Saint Mary’s), gave them this lot, but it was to be considered an advance on Alm’s inheritance. The Schunkes’ only child, Elmer Louis Schunke, sold the house to Bernadette McKeon in 1982. Other owners were Julie Hooper Abad (1999), Lisa H. Cowherd (2000), Mehdi C.D. and H’krih N. Shelhamer (2008), and Lee M. Beekley (2014).

215 Claudia

On October 12, 1904, Henry F. and Ida Eisfeld purchased the lot next to this one, and two weeks later, they returned it to developers Leroy G. Denman and Floyd McGown, and then purchased this one. In 1905, the Eisfelds agreed to pay George W. Thomas $1371 to build a “one-story, five-room cottage” here. In 1915, Adolph, a plumber, and Emilie Rips purchased the house for $3600 and sold it to Mrs. W.V. Champion in 1920. Fred and Nellie Small bought the house in 1922 and sold to John Enser, a baker, in 1924. The Enser family living here in 1930 included wife, Katie, son, Fred, daughter, Josephine Conditt, plus Josephine’s husband and son. Siblings Fred, who worked as a generator man at Linde Air Products, and Josephine lived here until their deaths in 1981. The Patrician Movement bought the house from the estate in 1982. Adolia R. Ors bought the house in 2016.

212 Claudia

Mary Kottler, a widow, purchased three lots at this corner in 1909 from J.E. and Rachael M. Bell. She borrowed $1000 and built this house for herself and her son, George. In 1910, when the house first appeared in the city directory, it was numbered 118 Claudia. George married Hazel Dyche in January 1911 and moved to 1105 South Saint Mary’s. Mary deeded the property to her son in 1913, and H.M. and Ana M. Baetz bought it in 1914. Agnes Beuhler acquired it as a rental in 1917 and sold it in 1935 to the Atlas Land Company. Charles J. Smith was a bartender at the Silver King Buffett when he and his wife, Ada Mae, bought the house in 1941. Mrs. Smith sold to award-winning craftsman Jose Luis Ramos and Sarita C. Ramos in 1977.

216 Claudia

R.B. Harding purchased this lot in 1905, and in 1906, he and his wife, Clara, granted a mechanic’s lien to B. Bohmfalk. Mr. Bohmfalk agreed to build a “one-story, four-room frame house with hall, bath, front and back galleries” within 60 days. Harding, who was the barber at the Post Office Barber shop, moved his family here when the house was completed. In 1910, they sold to E.B. Wardner, who, within a few months, sold the house and all its household contents to Louis and Sadie Green Schlosberg. The Schlosbergs sold to Frank H. Melcher in 1921. Nellie Melcher Nocker, Frank’s widow, sold the house to P.C. Ballard in 1946. Other owners were Emery L. and Edna Whirty (1947), Catarina H. Guerra (1947), Loraine E. and Alvin R. Martin, III (1978), Melissa Martin (1993), and Imelda Maldonado (1997).

222 Claudia

John G. and Lucy Dullnig were living across the street when they purchased this lot in 1907. The $2550, Folk Victorian cottage that A.C. LeVelle constructed for them was complete, and they were living in it by 1910. The household included Lucy’s sister, Elsie Lohmuller, and Mrs. Lohmuller’s two children, plus Lucy’s daughter by a previous marriage, Eleanor Van Siebergen. Eleanor married Richard T. Cody in 1920, and he moved in also. Eleanor died in 1935, and her widower and their son, Richard T. Cody Jr, continued to live here. When Lucy Dulling died in 1942, her only grandchild, Richard Jr., inherited the house, but she left her son-in-law a life estate. After Richard, Sr. died in 1947, Richard, Jr. and his wife, Henrietta, sold the house to Augustin F. and Paula G. Aleman. Their daughter, Escila Aleman, owned the property until her death in 2011. Tamanna S. and Colin M. O’Dea purchased the house in 2013.

226 Claudia

Shortly before they divorced, Bernhardt and Elsie Lohmuller sold this lot to George P. Ankerson. He had this house built some time before 1910, when the city directory shows him and his wife, Amalia, living here. The address is 126 Claudia, and the listing shows his occupation as a clerk for Joske Brothers Company. The Ankersons sold to Mary Stella and S.J. Hollier in February 1920. Walter Allen bought the house in 1938 from Mrs. Hollier. Zona Allen, Walter’s widow, sold to John W. and Katheryne T. Ingle in 1969. Other owners were Jane and Jesus Cantu (1975), Edward and Catherine Garcia (1997), and Laura S. Linder and Michael Bussey (1998).

232 Claudia

August Huppertz was working as a deputy county clerk in Austin when he met and married Agnes Steinle. The couple moved to San Antonio about 1900, and he became the deputy county clerk for Bexar County. Agnes purchased this lot from Henrietta Bruhar in March 1909. In July, the couple hired A.J. Wernette to design and build, within 45 days, a two-story, eight-room frame house for $2000. Before he died in August 1911 deeded all the household goods to Agnes. She began earning her living as a seamstress and made extensive changes to the house in 1917 and 1922. This work may have been to convert her home to a boarding house or duplex; in 1924, it had dual addresses (230 and 232 Claudia). Her heirs sold to George and Anna Wilke in 1943. Other owners were John Jeffrey (1955), Raul Garcia (1981), Roy and Becky Garcia (1983), Emilio Cadena (1986), Amelia Hernandez (1989), and Edward and Catherine Garcia (1996).

236 Claudia

Rudolph Geiser purchased this lot from developers Denman and McGown in 1905. Four years later, Beiser hired W.V. Barnes to build this Victorian house. He sold the house to Fred C. Hammond and L.B. Haines in July 1919 for $2650. These house flippers sold the house to John Ballard for $3,600, a day before his wedding, on September 6, 1919. He brought his bride, Ola, home to this expensive house. The Rogers added the two-story back wing in 1935. Ola sold the house to Sylvia I. Abundis in September 1977, fifty-eight years after she arrived here as a new bride. Other owners were Jeff Vollmer and Susan Courter (1996), Nancy H. Leake (1996), and Katherine E. Cornforth (2015).

519 Cedar

J. Pearson Newcomb hired A.C. Groher to build “a certain two-story frame cottage” on this lot in November 1905. Newcomb and his wife, Herma, lived here until they sold the house in 1909 to W.H. Laswell. Other short-term owners were M. and Estelle Ucovich (1911), W.C. and Sallie Holland (1915), H.E. and Kittie S. Hinds (1918), and R.T. and Maud Dunaway (1919). The Dunaways transferred the house to their daughter, Evelyn, in 1923, and she seems to have lost it. Ruth Barro Dunkleberg, a native of Spain, bought the house from the Grand Lodge of the Order of Sons of Herman in 1934, and after her husband Lester died, she sold it to Edward R. and Hortense Treviño in 1960.

523 Cedar

Dan S. and Minna Dunham purchased this lot from Caroline Poyle and her husband, R. Poyle, for $550 in 1908. The Dunhams had this house built and were living in it by 1910. Minna died of tuberculosis in 1914 and Dan married Inez Hannzs in 1916. They sold to Fred and Elizabeth Pfeiffer in 1933. Agatha Moegelin, a saleswoman at Sommers Drugs, bought the house in 1946. She later married Michael L. Rohaly, a World War II and Korean War Veteran. Their estate sold the house to Edward R. and Hortense Treviño (519 Cedar) in 1984.

527 Cedar

Reinhold C. Lehman, a cigar salesman, bought this lot from Dan S. Dunham in 1915 for $650. After Mr. Lehman died in 1917, his widow, Maud, hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this apartment building. She lived here until she sold the property in 1932. A number of owners followed, including J.G. Rountree, who deeded the house to his daughter, Adele, while he and his new wife of one year, Mabel Bigby Rountree, were divorcing. She sued him, unsuccessfully, to prevent the transfer. The use of the shared driveway between this house and 531 Cedar was formalized in a 1949 agreement between the owners of this house, Benjamin B. and Minnie Leese, and the Boeers, who owned 531 Cedar. Other owners of this house were George, James, and Cindy Gee (1950), Pete Cortez (1961), Gloria and Rudy Reyes (1978), Mary Lou Koehler (1983), David Ylitalo (1985), and Roy Dexter and Bonnie Boyd (2001). It now belongs to an LLC.

531 Cedar

Fred Bast (534 Mission) bought this lot from Annie Juenger in 1918 and hired Ed. Steves & Sons to build this Four Square house for $5000. He and his wife, Maude, sold it in 1919 to John F. Mudge for $11,000. Mudge deeded the house to his wife, Lucy, as her separate property, and by 1924 she had converted the house to a duplex. After Lucy sold it to Sarah Jane Howe in February 1925, it was converted into a triplex. Later owners, Mrs. E.V. Hargrove (May 1925) and Samuel Peterson (1928) added more units. H.A. and Alwine Boeer owned the property from 1930 until 1965, when Mr. Boeer sold it to Tillie Diaz. Tillie married Felipe Treviño, and they sold to Abraham and Marie Palacio in 1991. It is now owned by a limited liability company.

535 Cedar

Charles and Maude Harpole sold this lot and the one next door, 531 Cedar, to John Williams, Jr. in 1910. That same year, John and his wife, Ellen, hired J.T. Harvey to build this house for $2,100. They lived here for several years and then sold the house and both lots to Anna Juenger in 1916. Tilton and Emma Beasley bought the house from her in 1919. Mr. Beasley worked as a patrolman until he was 70 years old. According to the San Antonio Light, in June 1927, Policeman Tilton arrested a man for attempting to sell him a stolen car for $25. The Beasleys and their daughter, Inez Lorine Beasley, lived the rest of their lives in this house. Inez, who was a stenographer, sold to Minnie C. and Genaro J. Martinez, Jr. in 1976. Other owners were Genaro D. Garza (1987) and Alejos and Dianna Aranda (1992).

603 Barbe

Joseph and Anna Juenger purchased five adjoining lots from developers Denman and McGown in 1908, and chose this corner lot to construct their large, two-story house. Joseph, who owned the Sunny South Bar at the corner of Houston and Navarro, died in 1912. In 1916, Anna sold her home to John Williams, a haberdasher, and his wife, Ellen, for $3100. The Williamses, their children, John’s father, and a housekeeper, remained here through 1926. Vyla V. Clifton bought the house in 1927. Henry Lee Taylor bought it in 1930, and the house was a rental until E. Dulaney sold it to Myrtle and Paul E. Roberts, Sr. in 1944. In 1967, Hazel and Paul E. Roberts, Jr. agreed to provide living quarters for his mother and father ”for as long as they both shall live.” In return, they received title to this house. Other owners were Herman and Virginia Calaviz (1967), L.C. and Dorothy Ruth Hall (1979), Abraham Epstein (1979), Herman Hudepohl (1979), Robert Garza (1996), S. Leonardo Blangiardo, Guy Banta (2006), and Gino Lutz (2014).

607 Barbe

This structure was built sometime after 1954. The lot was originally a part of the Juenger property next door at 603 Barbe. The second owners of 603, John and Ellen Williams, sold 40 feet of their lot to Louis Bauml (614 Barbe) in 1929, and eventually the Schmidts (609 Barbe) purchased it. Other owners have been Nancy Hudepohl (1983), Robert Garza (1996), Terry Gietzen (2000), Michael Jackson (2001), Sherri Wasson (2009), and Yong Qiang Zhang (2011).

609 Barbe

After Erna Anna Donop married Henry M. Schmidt in 1914, her parents, Mary and Herman Donop (1203 Garden), purchased this lot from Marguerite Van Dunker and sold it to the newlyweds. The lot remained vacant until the Schmidts built this craftsman-style house about 1923 and moved in. Henry Schmidt was a postal clerk with the Railway Mail Service. The house remained in the Schmidt family until 1983, when their son Stanley sold it to Herman and Nancy Hudepohl for $32,500. Other owners were Robert Garza (1999), Guy R. Banta (2006), Karine Berghauser (2010), Bartholomew Nichols (2015), and Evan Morris and Courtney Miller (2017).

615 Barbe

Herman Donop bought this lot from Joseph and Anna Juenger in 1910. His Victorian house with its dentil trim on the cornice and diamond imbrication on the front gable first appears in the city directory in 1912. T.A. Farnsworth, a pricer at the San Antonio Drug Company, and his wife, Adele, were the first tenants. Herman and Mary Donop owned the property until their deaths, and their daughter, Erna A. Schmidt, inherited it in 1949. She and her husband, Henry M., lived here and then sold the house to William J. Ersch, a World War II Veteran, and his wife, Harriet, in 1957. They sold to Ramon O. and Juanita A. Ytuarte in 1975.

619 Barbe

This house was built by Joseph and Anna Juenger about 1910 and rented. Anna sold the house to William V. and Cecilia Koch in 1915. Later that year, they sold to Mrs. Agnes Beuhler, a real estate investor. She sold to the D. Ansley Company Inc. in 1935. Two years later, real estate investor Emma Toudouze bought the house (Emma and her sister, Mary Tinney, had lived in their family home at 606 Adams before it was condemned to make room for the new Brackenridge High School; they began investing in real estate in the late 1920s). Emma sold this house to Joe and Olivia L. Gossman in 1949. Joe died in 1969, and Olivia sold to Abraham D. Palacio in 1985.

623 Barbe

C.R. Hoffman granted a lien to Joseph Juenger to finance the building of this “one-story five-room frame” Victorian cottage in March 1906. Joseph and Anna Juenger took possession of the house and sold it to Thomas B. and Athene Gerard Went in 1907. The Wents sold to Jefferson Davis Childs, a lawyer, and his wife, Laura, in 1909. After Jefferson died in 1923, Mrs. Childs earned her living as a police matron. She sold the house to Don L. and Celia Haner in 1945. Other owners were Edward and Blanche G. Trevino (1972), Henry Guerra and Anna Guerra (2002), and Mary T Pawlak and Sacha De’Angeli (2015).

614 Barbe

Louis and Emma Bauml moved here from Bay City, Michigan, in 1913, and bought this house from the newly widowed Anna Juenger. Mr. Bauml was a plasterer whose first employer was J.C. Dielmann. By 1948, Bauml was a contractor with an office in the American Life Building, and the Bauml sons had followed him into the construction business. Joseph A. was an engineer for W.E. Simpson Company, and Louis F., Jr. was an architect with Bauml & Whitworth. The Baumls sold to Maria G. De Long, a widow, in 1957. She sold to Edwardo and Maria C. Guerra in 1962. They lived here with their daughter, Minerva V., who inherited the house and sold it to Richard and Natalia Conrad in 2017.

610 Barbe

The Juengers hired Gus Zaimanzig to build this bungalow for $2000 in 1912. Leopoldine Trojan bought it from Anna Juenger shortly after Joseph’s death in 1912. Mrs. Trojan was also newly widowed. She and Joseph Trojan married in Colorado County, Texas, in 1875 and had four children. After the deaths of a daughter, a son, and her husband in 1911, Mrs. Trojan moved to San Antonio. She married twice more, and in 1924, as Leopoldine Clements, she sold the house to Maggie Matheny. Other owners were Hattie Fifer Norman (1949), Minerva V. (Guerra Cashner) and Jeffery S. Partenheimer (1977) (see 614 Barbe), and Macario Escamilla, III (2018).

606 Barbe

After they built their home at 603 Barbe, Joseph and Anna Juenger purchased the three lots across the street. Originally, the lots faced Cedar Street, but the Juengers redrew the plat and created four lots facing their home. On the corner lot, they built 602 Barbe. This lot was sold to W.E. Lowery, and Henry A. Ries purchased it from him in 1913. Ries and his wife, Vivian, built this Victorian cottage and were living here by 1914. Henry spent much of his work life employed by the railroads but, in 1948, he listed his job as a review auditor for Slick Airways. Earl and Tom Slick ran the company, which was located at Alamo Field, now San Antonio International Airport. Henry died in 1966, and Vivian sold the house to Alfred and Mary Valdez in 1973.

602 Barbe

In June 1910, Joseph and Anna Juenger hired J.T. Williams to build this Neoclassical house. They sold it to Albert and Kate Rine for $5000. Rine was the president of the Albert Rine Lumber Company, which advertised “Good Lumber, Prompt Delivery, Courteous Treatment and Loans for Building Purposes”. It became the Mission Lumber Company and continued to operate on Presa Street for another fifty years. Rine later worked as a lumberman for the Hillyer Deutsch-Jarratt Company, which, in 1914, purchased this house for $ 3,200. Albert Sien, a partner in Shiner-Sien Paper Company, and his wife, Isabel, bought the house in 1919 and, in 1922, advertised an apartment here with a “bath and sleeping porch”. Oletha Stagner bought it in 1930 and sold to James and Esther Daniels in 1933. Daniels was president of the National Outdoor Advertising Company. There were eight owners between 1941 and 1956, when Clyde and Mary Lucille Byrd bought the house. Alfred and Mary Valdez bought it in 1976, and April Krueger in 2016.

603 Cedar

The widowed Agathe Schulze (221 Adams) bought this lot from Mary D. and J.L. Wipff in 1919. When she built this Craftsman bungalow, sometime before 1920, she must have utilized the skills resident in the family business, Schulze Brothers Manufacturing Company. The house has glorious wood detailing. The front-faced gable has embellished knee braces at the eaves and a widow and vents above. The square porch posts feature egg and dart detailing and sit atop piers that rise above the porch floor and extend all the way to the ground. The house has retained much of its original detail, including Craftsman-style screens, double-hung single-pane windows, a slat-type porch rail, and a battered foundation. Mrs. Schulze rented the house to her niece and nephew-in-law, Annie and August Nicholas Withoff, who had been living on Garden Street. He was a salesman for the Jack Neal Auto Company, a Chevrolet dealership located on South Flores Street. The couple bought the house in 1933 and lived here the rest of their lives. Pablo, a World War II veteran, and Margaret S. Montoya bought the house in 1963 from Mrs. Withoff’s estate. Margaret, a widow, sold it in 1995 to Mary E. Schultz, who sold to the San Antonio Mennonite Church in 1996.

605 Cedar

Max and Edna Lange sold this lot to Joseph A. Sievers for $925 in 1918. Sievers and his wife, Lena, built this house and sold it to John M. Saunders, a cotton buyer. In 1939, after Saunders’ wife, Emma, died, he sold the house to investors Mary Toudouze Tinney (147 Crofton) and Emma Toudouze. Essie and C.H. Berger, Jr., bought the house from them in 1950. Mr. Berger and his children sold it to Jesus S. and Josefina Guzman in 1971. Later owners included their son, Arthur Guzman (1979), Karis Graham (2008), and Rebecca Flores (2012).

611 Cedar

Developer W.A. Baity built this structure about 1915 and sold it to Thomas S. Crosbie. Crosbie, an oilman, was born in Canada and naturalized in Texas. The U.S. Census of 1920 shows him living here with his wife, Nora, three children, his wife’s aunt and uncle, and two servants. The marriage did not survive, and he deeded the house to Mrs. Crosbie in 1928. She sold to investors Mary Toudouze Tinney and Emma Toudouze in 1937. During the time they owned the property, they converted it to an apartment house. Other owners were Glen E. and Anna Lisenbee (1947), William and Leonora Emery (1948), Norvin S. and Estelle Thomes (1948), Miladie Fraser (1967), Julio A. and Rose Marie Dominguez (1978), and Julie Hooper Abad and Jennifer C. Abad (2005).

614 Cedar

Developers W.A. and Paralee Baity built this bungalow with its Craftsman accents and sold it to Miss Merle E. Sapp in 1920 for $5475. She sold it in 1921 to Henry A. Rogers, owner of Henry A. Rogers Furniture Company at 239 West Commerce. His wife, Ann, began working at the Brackenridge High School Cafeteria Around 1924, and by 1934 had become the manager of the Milam School Cafeteria. The marriage seems to have ended in divorce, and Ann was briefly married to Jesse R. Brady. She lived in this house until her death in 1963. Jesus S. and Josefina Guzman (618 Cedar) purchased the house then and deeded it to their son, Arthur G. Guzman, in 1979. Roei Taieb purchased the house in 2007 and sold it to James Finley and Katherine Gillen in 2017.

615 Cedar

Arthur B. Kliefoth purchased this Craftsman bungalow from developer W.A. Baity in 1916 for $3650. There were apparently some misunderstandings during the sale because Mr. Baity later signed a legal agreement promising to connect their sewer line. Arthur’s widow, Emma (one of the Bergstrom sisters from 208 King William), sold the house in 1957 to S.W. and Maxine L. Gray. Other owners were Rudolph R. and Elsie B. Haag (1962), Alfredo M. and Maria M. Rodriguez (1975), and Jesus and Minerva Garcia (1980).

618 Cedar

Rudolf Schwethelm, owner of the Union Grain and Feed Company, married Erna Mary Kruger on June 10, 1916. In January 1917, he purchased this lot from developer W.A. Baity for $500. The bungalow he had built here has retained its classic Craftsman details, including the extended rafter tails, the knee brackets at the eaves, and a front-faced gable and its smaller twin dormer. The cross gable roof extends to cover two large porches, oriented to catch the evening breezes. The porch roof is supported by square posts with band and dagger detailing, and the absence of the middle two pyramidal piers is a classic Craftsman detail. The porch railings are a slat and square spindle pattern.After living here more than a decade, the Schwethelms had financial difficulties, divorced, and in 1930, Lodie T. Eldridge purchased the property. She sold it to Ella Cross, a widow, and in a separate transaction, she also sold Mrs. Cross all the contents, possibly left by the Schwethelms. Mrs. Cross defaulted on the loan, and the property was sold to Earl L. Knight, the owner of E.L.K. Sand and Gravel Company in Schertz, Texas, and his wife, Olevia, in 1934. Frank L., a steward on the Missouri Pacific Rail Line, and Rose V. Henning moved to San Antonio, Texas, from Kansas and bought the house in 1945. Jesus S. and Josefina G. Guzman (614 Cedar) bought this house from them in 1954. Other owners were Arthur G. Guzman (1985), Armon Harold Brown (2007), and Michelle A. Grajeda and Frank Alfaro (2012).

619 Cedar

O.H. Gastring purchased this two-story Craftsman from developer W.A. Baity in 1916 for $2500. In 1919, he and his wife, Josephine, hired L.D. Middleton to draw the specifications and build a sleeping gallery addition to the house. They sold their home to Ed and Francisca Z. Thomae in 1945. The Thomaes sold to Rudolph C. and Ramona Garza in 1959. Santos and Maria D. Rivera purchased the house from the Garzas in 1972. In 1977, they deeded the property to James Rivera but reserved a life estate for themselves. Other owners were Alvin Raymond Brunswick, Jr. (2009), Jeremy T. and Alexis Nelson (2011), and Geraldo and Catherine L. Ortega (2015).

622 Cedar

Developer W.A. Baity built this bungalow about 1916 and sold it to Ignacio Triguares Glennie the next year. O.H. Gastring (619 Cedar) bought the house from Glennie’s widow, Ines S. Trigueros de Glennie, on February 10, 1919, for $5250 and sold it to Otto Gass fourteen days later for $5000. Ida M. and Alf H. Vorpahl purchased the property in 1929. Alf made his living as a salesman for the National Biscuit Company, which was then located at 1227 South Saint Mary’s. Dorothy Helen and Edward Grams, Sr., became the owners in 1940. Other owners were Mark Buchhorn and Jamie Panizza-Kimble (1997), Billy Wade Mahaney (2003), and Ricardo D. and Maureen L. Ruiz (2010).

627 Cedar

At the time he purchased this house from W.A. and Paralee Baity in 1918, Rudolph W. Richter worked as a clerk in his family’s bakery. He and his wife, Mary, lived here for forty years, during which time he worked as an auditor and eventually became secretary-treasurer at Richter’s Bakery, “Bakers of Butter-Krust.” Other owners were Bernard C. and Selma Reddon (1949), Geraldine and William P. Johnson, Jr. (1951), Pedro, Maria M., and Carmen Garcia (1968), Frances M. Wooten (1968), Thomas L. and Consuelo G. Avant (1977), and Domitila M. and Johnny R. Sandoval, Jr. (1979). It now belongs to a limited liability company.

630 Cedar

William T. Souter, a sewer inspector for the city, bought this lot from W.A. Baity for $900 in 1918, had this bungalow built, and was living here with his family before the 1919 city directory was published. During his time here, he became the chief trench inspector for the city engineer and served as the secretary for the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He died in 1945, and his widow, Mary Ann, sold the house to Houston P. Finnigan in 1946, just a month before he married Clarise A. Martin. Mr. Finnigan later deeded the house to his wife, and she sold to Sebastian and Juanita Hernandez in 1973. Other owners included John R. and Melanie Chaney (2008) and Maria Luisa Vela-Gude (2010).

631 Cedar

James F. Welch, a watchman at a government warehouse, purchased this lot from developer Mary E.V. Winslow in 1915. The Minimalist house is listed on the city directory for two years as a vacant structure before James and his wife, Stella, are first listed here in 1917. He died in 1921. In 1927, Mrs. Welch remarried, but not before executing an “anti-nuptial agreement” that kept her property separate and granted her $ 3,000 upon the death of her new husband, Edward Loomis. Mr. Loomis died in 1929, and Mrs. Loomis collected the $3000 from his estate. When she died in 1949, her house was donated to the Catholic Church. The Archbishopric of San Antonio, via a deed signed by Archbishop Robert E. Lucy, sold the house to Emlia and Thomas Maldonado in 1954. Thomas Maldonado Jr. sold it to Johnny R. and Domitila M. Sandoval in 2001. It now belongs to an LLC.

634 Cedar

Developer W.A. Baity built this bungalow and sold it to Mrs. E.B. Hucker and Mrs. I.N. Thurman in 1917. Fritz and Josephine Schleuning (419 Wickes) bought the house from them in 1918 and sold to W.G. Linnartz in 1919. W.G. was a partner in Linnartz & Frey, wholesale brokers. He and his wife, Mary, sold to Katie W. Johnson in 1942. She sold the house to Tillie Patricia Chabisek in 1944. Other owners were Clem A. and Julia Koldoziej (1947), R.G. and Elvira Brabson (1953), Jon and Freda Hur (1995), Daniel Lopez and Gina Amatangelo (1998), and Alejandro A. Garcia (2006).

635 Cedar

William A. and Henry George Tarrillion (637 Cedar) bought this lot and the one next door in 1929. They built this house about 1933. It is first listed in the 1935 directory with Coy, a salesman, and Mary Presley as tenants. Benjamin B. and Winnie F. Leese purchased the house in 1944. Other owners were John J. and Olga Caperton (1946), William and Gladys Dawkins (1947), Howard Virgil and Ethel E. Moseley (1952), Acencion and Guadalupe L. Tello (1964), Rebecca Limon Hardy (1971), Mary Elizabeth Schultz (1993), Candace K. Nigh (1998), Daniel Julian Marvain (2007), and Louis G. and Sylvia A. Casillas (2017).

637 Cedar

Edna Withoff purchased these two lots from developer Mary E.V. Winslow in 1907 and sold them to I. Jack Miller in 1909. He and his wife, Dora Bell, sold to brothers Henry George and William A. Tarrillion in 1929. The Tarrillions built this bungalow-style duplex about 1930. In 1966, Henry George and Adela J. Tarrillion deeded their share of the house to William’s widow, Annie J. Tarrillion. She sold it in 1977 to Ycidro L. and Felicitas Rangel. They conveyed the property to Gloria R. Rangel in 1995.

638 Cedar

Nellie Holley bought this bungalow with its Craftsman accents from developers W.A. and Paralee Baity in 1917 and sold it to B.E. and Hermana Scholl in 1918. The first two owners bought the house as an investment, but when Earl and Irene Schiller bought it in 1930, they made it their family home. Earl was a pipefitter for the SA & APR. Juan and Elvira Mendoza bought the house in 1969 from Mr. Schiller’s estate. Other owners were Lisa Juarez and David Juarez (1994), and Domitila M. and Johnny R. Sandoval, Jr. (631 and 627 Cedar) in 2011.

642 Cedar

Richard Brown, an assistant manager at John J. Kuntz Lumber Company, bought this lot in 1918 and, in 1921, he and his wife, Ethel, paid his employer, John J. Kuntz Lumber Company $5750 to build this Craftsman bungalow. Ethel’s estate sold the house to Isaias C. and Gabriela Juarez in 1978.

643 Cedar

This pyramidal bungalow was constructed sometime before 1910, when it first appeared in the city directory, rented to Charles Hoffman. It was vacant for several years before William Huffaker bought it from The Commercial Bank and Trust Company in 1918 and immediately sold it to his mother, Alice Huffaker. Emma Toudouze bought the house as an investment in 1936, and in 1946, she sold to Albert D. and Sarah Welch. The Welches divorced, and, after Sarah married Joe Schnabel, the Schnabels sold the house to Josephina M. Gonzales. In 1969, she sold to Rose C. Jimenez.

1443 South Saint Mary's

In 1927, the Westminster Presbyterian Church, then located on the West Side of Garden Street (now the 700 block of South Saint Mary’s), purchased two lots from Manuel and Juana Maria Ochoa for $7,000. The church hired the San Antonio Building Materials Company in February 1928 to construct the part of the building that is on the southwest corner of the property. That building was converted to classrooms when the assembly hall was built in 1948. The San Antonio Mennonite Church bought the building from the successor to the Westminster Presbyterian Church in 2012.

1423 South Saint Mary's

Four young siblings, Maggie, Adele, Gustav, and Bernhard Schoenert, bought this lot from Fritz and Mary Mathis in 1905 and built this house before 1907. They lived here until about 1909, when they sold to Marguerite Fisher. Other owners were Emilio F. and Bertha Loya (1912), Robert and Jaunita Hudson (1915), Mrs. A. Witte Robinson (1930 ), Rena Flint (1946), James J. Slaughter (1962), Rafael Ruiz (2012), and Carlos Gonzales (2017).

1419 South Saint Mary's

The house that Maggie Banks built here about 1905 was demolished after 1971, and the current structure was built. The original footprint of the Banks house is shown on the 1912 Sanborn map. It is owned by Betty Jean Pirhala (2012) and is a commercial structure.

1415 South Saint Mary's

Annie Beitel, daughter of Joseph Beitel, the founder of Beitel Lumber Company, bought this lot from Mary Winslow in 1903 and gave it, along with a house she had constructed, to her nephew Jesse J. Beitel after he married Oscella Bailie in 1911. The Beitels sold the house in 1920 to Harry O. Felthouse for $5500. His widow, Ava Ray Felthouse Martin, sold it in 1964. Other owners were Marcos R. Rodriguez and Lydia Rodriguez Valencia (1964), James J. Slaughter (1994), Rafael Ruiz (2012), and Herbert Padilla (2014). It now belongs to a holding company.

1411 South Saint Mary's

Harry W. and Josephine Miller bought this lot from Mary V. Winslow in 1903 for $300. Josephine was the daughter of Joseph Beitel, and Harry worked as a collector in the family's lumber company, Beitel Lumber Company. Joseph Gruy bought the property from the Miller Estate in 1936, and Harry O. Felthouse purchased the house in 1943. Ava Ray Felthouse Martin, his widow, sold it to James and Rachael Rios in 1964. Their son James Rios, Jr. inherited it in 2003.

1407 South Saint Mary's

The two rental houses Herman Donop built here about 1907 were destroyed sometime between 1954 and 1971, when the current structure was built. It was once the Children’s Shelter Thrift Shop, named Found. It is now known as HUB MRKT, a bike shop.

1311 South Saint Mary's

Frank LaSalle Lightfoot was in the plumbing business and eventually opened a hardware store next to his home at 1501 South Saint Mary’s Street. During the early years of the business in the 1920s and 1930s, his brother-in-law, Cleofus Jimenez, worked for him in the store. Cleofus died in 1939, and Lightfoot hired Cleofus’ children to man the store. When Mr. Lightfoot died in 1960, the Jimenez siblings (539 Mission) inherited the store. The original store was demolished in the 1970s, and the Jimenez family rebuilt here. It served for many years as the neighborhood source for all things needed to keep an old house running. The current structure is a Subway.

1305 South Saint Mary's

George and Hazel Kottler built this house about 1911 and lived here until they sold it to Charles H. Edwards in January 1914. Edwards sold in May 1914 to J.T. and Lilian LaPrade, who later that year sold to A.S. and Lucy Case. Minnie Rosa Bicking bought the house in 1921 for $5000, and her estate sold to J.F. Perry, Jr. in 1944. Other owners included Quinton and Cecile Grobe (1950) and George C. (Jr.) and Maria Weber (1971).

1303 South Saint Mary's

J.E. and Rachael Bell purchased four lots here from developers Leroy G. Denman and Floyd McGown in 1904, built this house about 1905, and sold it to Marie Kottler in 1909. She sold to George Kottler in 1911. George and his wife, Hazel, sold to H.J. Weierhauser in 1912, and Mr. Weierhauser’s estate sold to George R. Karges in 1951. The next year, he sold to Leo C. and Josie C. Rodriguez. Leo Rodriguez, Mariana R. Bogrand, and Joe Rodriguez inherited the house in 2004.

1249 South Saint Mary's

August and Victoria Klabund bought this lot from developers Denman and McGowen in 1903 and sold it to Anne Fletcher in 1904 for $500. She built this house before 1905 and lived here with her daughter, Edith. In 1909, Edith married John C. Sullivan, a lawyer, who moved in with them. Anne deeded the house to her daughter in 1932. The Sullivans lived here until Edith died in 1962, and John gave the property to the Santa Rosa Medical Center. They sold to the Patrician Movement in 1984, and it now belongs to Christus Santa Rosa Health Care Corporation.

1227 South Saint Mary's

When Charles P. Steffler purchased this property from H. Spencer in 1902, the deed required that he build his house facing Fir, which he did. By 1912, he had surrounded his home with a bakery complex that included a storefront on Garden Street. The business grew into The National Bread Company, and sometime between 1912 and 1951, when the National Biscuit Company was here, all traces of the original house disappeared. The current structure was built for Anna McDaniel Chapman by the Harry Hooker Construction Company in 1977 and now belongs to Mission Ice Equipment.

1209 South Saint Mary's

In 1902, Gus Graebner purchased four lots from Kate Spring and constructed a grand house that remained until the 1970s, when it was demolished and the current structure was built. Its original footprint is shown on the 1912 map. 1209 South Saint Mary’s was previously home to The Children’s Shelter and now houses Urban Office, a coworking space.

1141 & 1143 South Saint Mary's

When Detlef and Anna M. Jochimsen bought this property from the heirs of Casper J. Ringelstein in 1907, the deed stated that the Ringelstein fences extended into Garden and Steiren streets and “were to be removed. The houses were probably built in the late 1920s and were rental properties. Richard Jochimsen, their son, and his wife, Millie, lived in 1143 in the 1930s and sold the houses to Michael Casey in 1985.

1135 South Saint Mary's

Emma Ringelstein, a bookkeeper at the Lange Soap Company, married George Doebbler, a harpist and music teacher, on November 19, 1906, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Her family sold her this lot for $1000 in 1907, and the couple hired F.A. Schoenfeld to build a “four-room frame cottage, with bath, and front and back gallery” in 1909. The material was to be of “good class,” and the construction accomplished in a “good workmanlike manner,” and they paid him $1400. George died in February 1911, and Emma moved back to the Ringelstein home (1127 South Saint Mary’s, where the Monty now sits) with her young son, Francis. Melvin G. and Frances E. Sevin purchased the house from the estate of Emma (Ringelstein) Doebbler in 1946, and Michael Casey bought it from Mrs. Sevin in 1986. It is now home to Isaac Maxwell Metals.

1127 South Saint Mary's

Casper and Wilhelmina Ringelstein owned all of what became New City Block 2963. They built a caliche block house and lived here until their deaths. The property was subdivided in 1902, and the lots were sold. When the Ringelsteins’ daughter, Mary, deeded the house to her nieces in 1947, it is interesting that this lady, who seemed to manage the family business, signed the deed with an “X”. The original house was demolished before 1951, when the Sanborn maps show a gas station here. The building and grounds are currently home to The Good Kind.

1115 South Saint Mary's

Mueller built this two-story early Craftsman house, and he and his wife, Emilie, moved here from 229 Madison about 1907. The widowed Emilie lived here until her death in 1932 at age 81. Minnie, the Muellers’ daughter, and her husband, Harold Schramm, became the owners, and the Schramms’ daughter, Emily Atkinson, inherited the property in 1979. Other owners were Earl and Rachel Zertuche-Slaughter (1981), Maria Elena Tarralva and Alfonso E. Alonso, Jr. (1991), Primos Holdings (2004), and Medrano Business (2015).

1109 South Saint Mary's

Charles H. Mueller purchased a plot of land from the Ringelstein heirs in 1906 for $4000. He built the office and warehouse for his Paint Manufacturing Company here about 1907. The original office building appears to still be in place behind the north side of a newer façade. The south side of the building was built about 1946. It has served many tenants, including The Spiritual Church and La Niece Beauty Shop (Operated by Mary Elizabeth Niece [806 East Guenther]). The Muellers’ great-grandchildren, Harold O’Hanlon Atkinson and Thalia Atkinson Heck, sold this part of the property to Richard S. and Mary T. Solis in 1984. Hector Javier and Nohemi Elias Sanchez bought it in 2002.

1101 South Saint Mary's

William Ruppersberg bought this lot from Ernst Wehrhahn in 1874. He advertised his business in the 1883 city directory as “Broom Manufacturer… Groceries and Provisions…Fine Beer Garden…A splendid place to spend your evenings and Sundays. Situated in a quiet and most retired part of the city… Corner of Mill and Broom.” None of the original structures remain, and it is now the Studio of third-generation “faux bois” or “trabajo rustico” concrete artisan Carlos Cortés.

1031 South Saint Mary's

Architect James Wahrenberger built a house here in the 1880s. His widow, Maria, sold the property to Leona Bethea in 1938, and by 194,0 she had demolished the house, built this commercial structure, and leased it to Winn Store No. 1. It is now home to The Family Dollar Store.

1027 South Saint Mary's

Detlef and Anna Jochimsen bought this lot from John Darrah in 1900 for $800. In July 1901, they hired George P. Mockert to build “a five-room, one-story frame house” for $1600. He built this Queen Anne cottage with cut-away bay windows supported by lacy brackets and an unusual gable-on-pyramid roof. The Jochimsens’ only son, Richard, a plumber, and his wife, Millie Jenall (535 Mission), lived here for many years and sold to Robert J. and Gloria L. Wigglesworth and Antonio and Sheila R. Garza in 1989. The house is one of a few on South Saint Mary’s that is still a family home. It is owned by Tina Marie Garza and Gloria Gonzales.

925 South Saint Mary's

Alexander Joske purchased a tract of land from Ernst Wehrhahn in 1889, and a school, now known as the James Butler Bonham Elementary School, was constructed later that year. Mr. Joske purchased another plot in 1892 and subsequently sold the land and building to the city of San Antonio for $ 5,000. The 1896 Sanborn map shows the main building with an open two-story porch on the back and identifies it as “Public School No. 10 No Lights -- Heat Stoves”. It is listed in the 1903 city directory as Bonham. The rectangular wings on each side were added in 1914. The building itself is a two-story, load-bearing structure of stretcher bond coursing trimmed with pink granite. The center portion has a hip roof, but the breezeways and wings have flat roofs. The base of the building is trimmed with granite around the perimeter of the first floor level, and the crawl area is of quarry-face stone. There were later additions and alterations, the most recent being the cafeteria/auditorium (1996) and gym (2002), designed by Alamo Architects, and a classroom/theater wing designed by architect Marmon Mok (2016).

921 South Saint Mary's

Originally part of the Wehrhahn property, this lot was sold by George W. and Emma G. Huntress to Catherine Beetz in October 1904 for $1100. She built the house the next year and lived here for several years. Hermann Schuchard bought the house from her in 1923, and later that year, he sold it to Erhard Guenther. The house was a rental and now an office owned by the Bruna Rosas Trust.

801-825 South Saint Mary's

Isaac Bledsoe purchased these properties in the 1920s, demolishing older residential structures in each case and replacing them with commercial buildings. Over the years, the buildings changed forms and were home to neighborhood businesses, such as the Garden Cafe, the Lange Piano Company, and the Aztec Film Distribution Company. Bledsoe sold the properties to the Fidelity Realty Company, Inc., in 1946. Kenton and Nancy Kimball own 801, and Linda and Daniel Rutherford own 825.