LC 1-1 Descent Trail - The Corps begins the descent: Cold, hungry and tired.

Mockersons froze hard, ascended a mountain without anything to eat. " We (be) scendad down a fough rockey way".

Plaza de Las Islas

The Plaza de Las Islas was the traditional heart of the City of San Antonio. It represented the center of the early community with the cathedral, government buildings, and commercial structures radiating from its center.

As the city grew in ...

HemisFair Park

During the months of April through early October 1968, San Antonio hosted an International Exposition. The event was a celebration of the 250^th anniversary of the founding of San Antonio. Using urban renewal and other funds, the City of San ...

96. Fisher and Company Building.

96. Fisher and Company Building. 5200 Willing Street. 1910. Masonry Vernacular. This brick building was constructed by Fisher and Company in 1910. This two story brick vernacular building served as a dry goods store when Mrs. S.F. Mitchell purchased it ...

93. I.M. Joespson's Dry Goods

I.M. Josephson's Dry Goods Building. 5234 Willing Street. 1892. Masonry Vernacular. An 1895 Sanborn Insurance Map indicates the building originally served as a dry goods store. Dry goods is a historic term for items such as textiles, ready to wear clothing, ...

80. Faircloth Parker Huse

80. Faircloth Parker House. 5197 Santa Rosa Street. 1927. Mediterranean Revival. The house was built by David Faircloth for his daughter and son-in-law, Tom and Bessie Faircloth Parker.

75. Creary Potter House

75. Creary-Potter House. 6830 Pine Street. Circa 1869. Frame Vernacular. This house was built by John Butler who had served as sheriff, and republican legislator in Milton. Butler left Milton in 1878. In approximately 1889, the house was later acquired ...

73. Delia F. Carter House. 6811 Pine Street

73. Delia F. Cater House. 6811 Pine Street. 1888. Frame Vernacular. The house shows subtle elements of
Greek Revival Style with its distinctive
pedimented portico and squared
classical columns. The front facade
features an asymmetrical main entrance
which is is ...

71. Walker House. 5115 Pike Street

Walker House. 5115 Pike Street. Circa 1925. Craftsman. This house exhibits classic Craftsman details, low pitched front gabled roofs, partial width porch supported by square columns on brick piers and decorative beams under the gables.

70. Plant House. 5110 Pike Street

70. Plant House. 5110 Pike Street. Circa 1930. Craftsman. This craftsman styled bungalow features exposed rafters, and a low pitched roof with decorative braces underneath the gables.