King_William_Historic_District

King William Historic District

King William Historic District

United States historic place

The King William Historic District of San Antonio, Texas was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas on January 20, 1972.[1] The area was originally used as farm acreage by the Spanish priests of the Misión San Antonio de Valero, and eventually parceled off for the local indigenous peoples of the area.[2] In addition to residential homes, the district also includes the King William Park and Bandstand originally built in 1892 on the arsenal grounds, and later moved to its current location. Other features are the Upper Mill Park, the King William River Walk, and the Johnson Street pedestrian bridge.[3]

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The subdividing of the area into residential lots dates to 1853–66, coincided with the German diaspora in Texas. San Antonio by then was experiencing an influx of German immigrants, fueled in part by the German Adelsverein colonization efforts of the mid-19th century. Wilhelm Thielepape was one of those colonists, and served as Mayor of San Antonio 1867–1872.[4] Surveyor Ernst Hermann Altgelt relocated to San Antonio in 1866, and built the first home in the area now known as the King William District. Being the first home builder in the area, he named it after King of Prussia William I, German Emperor.[5] What eventually became a German enclave of the King William Historic District continued into the next generations. The 419 King William house was built in 1884 by Smith Ellis, but eventually sold to Otto Meusebach, the son of John O. Meusebach who led the Adelsverein colonization and founded the German town of Fredericksburg, Texas.[3]

The King William Historic District evolved into more of an area for the financially successful, rather than any particular ethnicity. Louis Bergstrom was a successful businessman from Sweden. Several of the homes were designed by British architect Alfred Giles: the Carl Wilhelm August Groos House, the Edward Steves Homestead; Sartor House for jeweler Alexander Sartor Jr. Giles designed the Oge House for business leader and former Texas Ranger Louis Oge.[6] The area was home to the United States Arsenal beginning in 1859. In 1985, the H-E-Bu grocery chain acquired ten acres for their corporation headquarters.[3]

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52 properties (or 53 if Ball houses counted separately)

See also

Bibliography

  • "NRHP King William Historic District – Atlas Number 2072001349". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  • "TSHA | King William Historic District". www.tshaonline.org.
  • "King William". www.sanantonio.gov. City of San Antonio. Retrieved September 12, 2021.

References

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    "King William Historic District – Atlas Number 2072001349". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "King William". www.sanantonio.gov. City of San Antonio. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "King William Area – A Walking Tour" (PDF). San Antonio Conservation Society. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    Albrecht, Theodore. "Thielepape, Wilhelm Carl August". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Altgelt, Ernst Hermann". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Giles, Alfred". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Ernst Altgelt House". San Antonio Registry. San Antonio House Registry. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Altgelt-Isbell House – Atlas Number 5029000134". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Ball House". San Antonio Registry. San Antonio House Registry. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    Long, Christopher. "Beckmann, Albert Felix". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Biesenbach House – Atlas Number 5507018355". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Details – Elias and Lucy Edmonds House – Atlas Number 5507015407 – Atlas: Texas Historical Commission". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Elias Edmonds House". San Antonio Registry. San Antonio House Registry. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Martin Froebel House". San Antonio Registry. San Antonio House Registry. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  15. [15]
    "Alfred Giles". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Carl Wilhelm August Groos House – Atlas Number 5029002287". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    Guenther Gideon, Margaret. "Groos, Gustav (1832–1895)". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Guenther, Carl Hilmar". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Guenther, Carl Hilmar, House". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    Long, Christopher. "San Antonio Arsenal". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    Foster-Frau, Silvia (September 1, 2017). "'Literary bridge' still beating heart of San Antonio". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Alex Joske House". San Antonio Registry. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Norton-Polk-Mathis House". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "King William Historic District—South and West Texas; A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary". www.nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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    "Herman Scuchard House". San Antonio Registry. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  26. [26]
    "John James Stevens House". San Antonio Registry. San Antonio House Registry. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  27. [27]
    "Steves Homestead (Atlas Number 5507015493)". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  28. [28]
    Burkholder, Mary V. "TSHA | Anton Wulff House". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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