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{{Infobox NRHP | name =La Villita Historic District
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}}'''La Villita Historic Arts Village''' is an art community in Downtown [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], USA. There are many fine arts galleries, stores selling souvenirs, gifts, custom jewelry, pottery, and imported Mexican folk art, as well as several restaurants in the district. La Villita connects to the [[San Antonio River Walk]] and its outdoor Arneson River Theatre. It is very close to [[The Alamo]], the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, the Rivercenter Mall, and the Hemisfair Park. It is within easy walking distance of most downtown hotels.


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'''La Villita Historic Arts Village''' is an art community in [[Downtown San Antonio|downtown]] [[San Antonio, Texas]], [[United States]]. There are [[art galleries]], stores selling souvenirs, gifts, custom jewelry, pottery, and imported Mexican folk art, as well as several restaurants in the district. La Villita connects to the [[San Antonio River Walk]] and its outdoor venue, the Arneson River Theatre. It is close to [[the Alamo]], the [[Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center]], [[Rivercenter Mall]], and [[HemisFair Park]]. It is within walking distance of most downtown hotels.
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Located on the south bank of the San AntonioRiver, La Villita was one of San Antonio’s first neighborhoods. In 1939, as ground broke on the San Antonio River Walk development, city official led by Mayor Maury Maverick acted to preserve this colorful part of San Antonio’s history. It was an Indian settlement, then a collection of primitive brush huts, called ''jacales'', for the Spanish soldiers (and their Indian wives and children) stationed nearby at the Mission San Antonio de Valero (an active mission from about 1718 to 1793, now better known as the [[Alamo]]). <ref>http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adp/history/mission_period/valero/valero.html</ref> After a flood in 1819 washed away most of the huts, more substantial adobe houses replaced them.


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Located on the south bank of the [[San Antonio River]], La Villita was one of San Antonio's first neighborhoods. In 1939, as ground broke on the San Antonio River Walk development, city officials led by Mayor [[Maury Maverick]] acted to preserve this part of San Antonio's history. It was a [[Native Americans of the United States|Native American]] settlement and then a collection of primitive brush huts, called ''jacales'', for the Spanish soldiers (and their Indian wives and children) stationed nearby at the [[Mission San Antonio de Valero]] (an active mission from about 1718 to 1793, now better known as the Alamo).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adp/history/mission_period/valero/valero.html |title=The Mission San Antonio de Valero |access-date=2013-05-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309095628/http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/adp/history/mission_period/valero/valero.html |archive-date=2013-03-09 }}</ref> After a flood in 1819 washed away most of the huts, more substantial [[adobe]] houses replaced them.
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Late in the 19th century European immigrants from Germany, France, and Italy moved into the area and soon became active in business and the trades -- retailers, bankers, educators, and craftsmen. The variety of architectural styles seen in La Villita's buildings reflects the cultural mix, from the humble one-room homes of the poor to the fine spacious houses of the prosperous.<ref>http://lavillita.com/index.php/history</ref>


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Late in the 19th century, European immigrants from Germany, France, and Italy moved into the area and soon became active in business and trades: retailers, bankers, educators, and craftsmen. The variety of architectural styles seen in La Villita's buildings reflects the cultural mix, from the one-room homes of the poor to the larger houses of the prosperous.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lavillita.com/index.php/history |title=History of la Villita Historic Arts Village &#124; la Villita Historic Arts Village in Downtown San Antonio |access-date=2013-05-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529065709/http://lavillita.com/index.php/history |archive-date=2013-05-29 }}</ref>
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La Villita declined into a slum in the early part of the 20th century. During the Great Depression, work began on the River Walk, a make-work project funded by the [[Works Progress Administration]] that passed close to La Villita. City fathers led by Mayor [[Maury Maverick]] sponsored a companion effort by the [[National Youth Administration]] in 1939 to restore and preserve this colorful part of San Antonio's history. The NYA offered classes in arts and crafts as part of its program.


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La Villita deteriorated into a [[slum]] in the early part of the 20th century. During the [[Great Depression]], work began on the River Walk, a make-work project funded by the [[Works Progress Administration]] which came close to La Villita. The project, led by Mayor Maury Maverick, sponsored a companion effort in 1939 by the [[National Youth Administration]] to restore and preserve this colorful part of San Antonio's history. The NYA offered classes in arts and crafts as part of its program.
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Today La Villita is a thriving arts community that stands as a monument to San Antonio’s past. La Villita is on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas]]. A historic arts village since 1939, the galleries and shops found in just one square block offer unique art by local and regional artists featuring oil paintings, sculptures, watercolors, metal art, rock art, textiles, copperwares, pottery, jewelry, stained glass and regional folk art.


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Today La Villita is an arts community, and is included in the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas]]. The galleries and shops found in one [[city block]] offer art by local and regional artists featuring oil paintings, sculptures, watercolors, metal art, rock art, textiles, copperwares, pottery, jewelry, stained glass, and regional folk art.
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The four-block area always offers food and drink, but over four nights during [[Fiesta San Antonio]] each April, La Villita is host to a Night in Old San Antonio with dozens of booths grouped to offer fun foods in 15 areas such as Sauerkraut Bend, China Town, Irish Flat and the Mexican Market. The outdoor festival, with the narrow streets decorated with paper flowers and ''papel picado'' (cut paper banners), typically attracts 85,000 celebrants, many wearing costumes and funny hats. The event is a major fundraiser for the [[San Antonio Conservation Society]]. <ref>www.niosa.org/EventMap.aspx</ref>


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During four nights of the [[Fiesta San Antonio]] each April, La Villita is host to a ''' Night in Old San Antonio''' with dozens of booths grouped to offer fifteen areas for various kinds of food, such as Sauerkraut Bend, China Town, Irish Flat, and the Mexican Market. The outdoor festival, with its narrow streets decorated with paper flowers and ''papel picado'' (cut paper banners), typically attracts 85,000 celebrants, many wearing costumes and unusual hats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/claudiaalarcon/2019/04/14/fiesta-san-antonio-celebrates-217-years-of-revelry-history-and-culinary-traditions/|title=Fiesta San Antonio Celebrates 127 Years Of Revelry, History And Culinary Traditions|last=Alarcón|first=Claudia|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> The event is a major fundraiser for the [[San Antonio Conservation Society]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niosa.org/EventMap.aspx |title=NIOSA - Event Map |access-date=2014-01-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140107085321/http://www.niosa.org/EventMap.aspx |archive-date=2014-01-07 }}</ref>
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Contributing properties


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==Contributing properties==
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Twenty-seven houses or buildings are listed as notable in the district. Some of these are also notable individual listings.<ref>{{cite web|title=La Villita San Antonio|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2072001350&site_name=La%20Villita%20Historic%20District&class=2001|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=26 December 2011}}</ref>

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Twenty-seven houses or buildings are listed as notable in the district. Some of these are also notable individual listings.<ref>{{cite web|title=La Villita San Antonio|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2072001350&site_name=La%20Villita%20Historic%20District&class=2001|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|access-date=26 December 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123043939/http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2072001350&site_name=La%20Villita%20Historic%20District&class=2001|archive-date=23 November 2015}}</ref>


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| Aldrete House || ||323 East Nueva
| Aldrete House || ||323 East Nueva || c1818 || 1966<ref name="Aldrete">{{cite web|title=Aldrete houses|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5507013326&site_name=Aldrete%20Houses&class=5000|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=September 21, 2012}}</ref> ||
||| c1818 || 1966<ref name="Aldrete">{{cite web|title=Aldrete houses|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5507013326&site_name=Aldrete%20Houses&class=5000|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|access-date=September 21, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123512/http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5507013326&site_name=Aldrete%20Houses&class=5000|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> ||
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| Aldrete House (rear house) || ||323 East Nueva || c1818 || 1966<ref name="Aldrete"/> ||
| Aldrete House (rear house) || ||323 East Nueva
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| {{sort|Bombach,O|[[Otto Bombach House]]}} || || 231 South Alamo || 1847-1855|| || Currently '''Little Rhein Steak House'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Little Rhein Steak House|url=http://www.littlerheinsteakhouse.com/about.php|publisher=Little Rhein Steakhouse|accessdate=September 12, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Gerem|first=Yves|title=Marmac Guide to San Antonio|year=2001|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=978-1-56554-821-3|page=154}}</ref>
| {{sort|Bombach, O|[[Otto Bombach House]]}} || || 231 South Alamo
||| 1847-1855|| || Currently '''Little Rhein Steak House'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Little Rhein Steak House|url=http://www.littlerheinsteakhouse.com/about.php|publisher=Little Rhein Steakhouse|access-date=September 12, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921222056/http://www.littlerheinsteakhouse.com/about.php|archive-date=September 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Gerem|first=Yves|title=Marmac Guide to San Antonio|year=2001|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=978-1-56554-821-3|page=154}}</ref>
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| Canadian House || || 206 South Presa || || ||
| Canadian House || || 206 South Presa
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| Caxias House || || 416 B Villita || || ||
| Caxias House || || 416 B Villita
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|Cos House || || 503 Villita
|Cos House || || 503 Villita || Pre-1835 || 1965<ref>{{cite web|title=Cos House|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5029001072&site_name=Cos+House&class=5000|work=RTHL|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=26 December 2011}}</ref> || Home of [[Martín Perfecto de Cos]]
|Bldg. 18|| Pre-1835 || 1965<ref>{{cite web|title=Cos House|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5029001072&site_name=Cos+House&class=5000|work=RTHL|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|access-date=26 December 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202619/http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5029001072&site_name=Cos+House&class=5000|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> || Home of Mexican general [[Martín Perfecto de Cos]], who herein signed the Articles of Capitulation on Dec. 9, 1835, ending the [[Siege of Béxar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=General Cos House |url=https://texashistoricalmarkers.weebly.com/general-cos-house.html |website=Texas Historical Markers |access-date=4 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Articles of Capitulation Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=82889 |website=THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref>
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|{{sort|Dashiell, J|[[Jeremiah Dashiell House]]}} || || 515 Villita
|{{sort|Dashiell,J|[[Jeremiah Dashiell House]]}} || || 515 Villita || ||1962<ref>{{cite web|title=Casa Villita|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5507013340&site_name=Casa%20Villita&class=5000|work=Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=September 19, 2012}}</ref>|| Aka '''Casa Villita''', currently leased to the '''Fig Tree Restaurant'''<ref>{{cite web|title=The Dashiell House|url=http://www.figtreerestaurant.com/dashiell-house.php|publisher=Fig Tree Restaurant|accessdate=September 19, 2012}}</ref>
||| ||1962<ref>{{cite web|title=Casa Villita|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5507013340&site_name=Casa%20Villita&class=5000|work=Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|access-date=September 19, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120556/http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5507013340&site_name=Casa%20Villita&class=5000|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>|| Aka '''Casa Villita'''<ref>{{cite web|title=The Dashiell House|url=http://www.figtreerestaurant.com/dashiell-house.php|publisher=Fig Tree Restaurant|access-date=September 19, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120232423/http://www.figtreerestaurant.com/dashiell-house.php|archive-date=January 20, 2013}}</ref>
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| Diaz House || || 206 Arciniega || || ||
| Diaz House || || 206 Arciniega
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| Elmendorf House || || 220 Arciniega || c.1811 || || aka Elmendorf-Taylor House
| Elmendorf House || || 220 Arciniega
||| c.1811 || || a.k.a. Elmendorf-Taylor House
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| Faville (Florian) House || || 510 Villita || || ||
| Faville (Florian) House || || 510 Villita
|Bldg. 14|| || ||Currently River Art Group Gallery (14), B.Link Gallery (14B), and an upstairs event rental venue Florian Hall (14c)
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|German-English School || || 419 South Alamo
|German-English School || || 419 South Alamo || 1859,1869 || 1962<ref>{{cite web|title=German-English School|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5029002178&site_name=German-Gugush+School&class=5000|work=Recorded Texas Historic Landmark|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=26 December 2011}}</ref> || Consists of two buildings erected a decade apart
|Bldg. 10 & 11|| 1859,1869 || 1962<ref>{{cite web|title=German-English School|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5029002178&site_name=German-Gugush+School&class=5000|work=Recorded Texas Historic Landmark|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|access-date=26 December 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524075215/https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5029002178&site_name=German-Gugush%20School&class=5000&atlas_num=5029002178&site_name=German-Gugush%20School&class=5000|archive-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> || Consists of two buildings erected a decade apart;
Currently Bird & Pear (10) and Copper Gallery (11)
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| Gissi House || || Plaza Nueva || c1854, rebuilt 1969 || ||
| Gissi House || || Plaza Nueva
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| Louis Gresser House || || 225 South Presa
| Louis Gresser House || || 225 South Presa || || ||Owned by the [[San Antonio Conservation Society]] <ref>{{cite web|title=Louis Gresser House|url=http://www.saconservation.org/OurHistory/PropertiesPurchased/SocietyProperties/tabid/153/ArticleID/30/ArtMID/526/La-Villita-Historic-District-.aspx|publisher=SACS|accessdate=September 21, 2012}}</ref>
||| || ||Owned by the [[San Antonio Conservation Society]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Louis Gresser House|url=http://www.saconservation.org/OurHistory/PropertiesPurchased/SocietyProperties/tabid/153/ArticleID/30/ArtMID/526/La-Villita-Historic-District-.aspx|publisher=SACS|access-date=September 21, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120232423/http://www.saconservation.org/OurHistory/PropertiesPurchased/SocietyProperties/tabid/153/ArticleID/30/ArtMID/526/La-Villita-Historic-District-.aspx|archive-date=January 20, 2013}}</ref>
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| Jack Hays House || || 212 South Presa|| c1847|| 1962<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Hays House|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5507013365&site_name=Jack+Hays+House&class=5000|work=Recorded Texas Historic Landmark|publisher=Texas Historic Commission|accessdate=26 December 2011}}</ref>|| [[John Coffee Hays]] was a Texas Ranger
| Jack Hays House || || 212 South Presa
||| c1847|| 1962<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Hays House|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5507013365&site_name=Jack+Hays+House&class=5000|work=Recorded Texas Historic Landmark|publisher=Texas Historic Commission|access-date=26 December 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095952/http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5507013365&site_name=Jack+Hays+House&class=5000|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>|| [[John Coffee Hays]] was a Texas Ranger
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| Henshaw (Martinez) House || || 515 Villita || || ||
| Henshaw House (former Martinez property)|| || 515 Villita
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| House || || 420 Villita || || ||
| House || || 420 Villita
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| House || || 514 Villita || || ||
| House || || 514 Villita
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| House || || Arciniega and South Alamo || || ||
| House || || Arciniega and South Alamo
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| Kuhn House || || 218 South Presa || || ||
| Kuhn House || || 218 South Presa
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|Little Church of La Villita || || 418 Villita
|Little Church of La Villita || || 418 Villita ||1876 ||1962<ref>{{cite web|title=Little Church of La Villita|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5029003096&site_name=Little+Church+of+La+Villita&class=5000|work=Recorded Texas Historic Landmark|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=26 December 2011}}</ref> || Currently non denominational<ref>{{cite web|title=Little Church of La Villita|url=http://lavillita.com/index.php/facilities/the-little-church|publisher=La Villita|accessdate=September 21, 2012}}</ref>
|||1876 ||1962<ref>{{cite web|title=Little Church of La Villita|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5029003096&site_name=Little+Church+of+La+Villita&class=5000|work=Recorded Texas Historic Landmark|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|access-date=26 December 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114814/http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5029003096&site_name=Little+Church+of+La+Villita&class=5000|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> || Currently non denominational<ref>{{cite web|title=Little Church of La Villita|url=http://lavillita.com/index.php/facilities/the-little-church|publisher=La Villita|access-date=September 21, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127181059/http://lavillita.com/index.php/facilities/the-little-church|archive-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref>
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|McAllister Building || || 301-303 South Alamo || || ||
|McAllister Building || || 301-303 South Alamo
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| Anton Phillip House || || 422 South Presa || || || aka Staffer House
| Anton Phillip House || || 422 South Presa
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| William Richter House || || 419 South Presa || c1868 || ||
| William Richter House || || 419 South Presa
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| San Martin House || || 416 A South Presa || || ||
| San Martin House || || 416 A South Presa
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| Walter C. Tynan House || || 401 South Presa || mid-1880s || ||
| Walter C. Tynan House || || 401 South Presa
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| Yturri House || || 327 South Presa || || ||
| Yturri House || || 327 South Presa
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| Manuel Yturri House || || 325 South Presa || || ||
| Manuel Yturri House || || 325 South Presa
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==External links==
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* [http://www.lavillitasanantonio.com/ Official web site]

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[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Bexar County, Texas]]
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in San Antonio, Texas]]
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La Villita Historic District
La Villita Historic District is located in Texas
La Villita Historic District
La Villita Historic District
La Villita Historic District is located in the United States
La Villita Historic District
La Villita Historic District
LocationSan Antonio, Texas
Coordinates29°25′13″N 98°29′20″W / 29.42028°N 98.48889°W / 29.42028; -98.48889
Built1845
Architectural styleMission/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.72001350[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1972

La Villita Historic Arts Village is an art community in downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. There are art galleries, stores selling souvenirs, gifts, custom jewelry, pottery, and imported Mexican folk art, as well as several restaurants in the district. La Villita connects to the San Antonio River Walk and its outdoor venue, the Arneson River Theatre. It is close to the Alamo, the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Rivercenter Mall, and HemisFair Park. It is within walking distance of most downtown hotels.

Located on the south bank of the San Antonio River, La Villita was one of San Antonio's first neighborhoods. In 1939, as ground broke on the San Antonio River Walk development, city officials led by Mayor Maury Maverick acted to preserve this part of San Antonio's history. It was a Native American settlement and then a collection of primitive brush huts, called jacales, for the Spanish soldiers (and their Indian wives and children) stationed nearby at the Mission San Antonio de Valero (an active mission from about 1718 to 1793, now better known as the Alamo).[2] After a flood in 1819 washed away most of the huts, more substantial adobe houses replaced them.

Late in the 19th century, European immigrants from Germany, France, and Italy moved into the area and soon became active in business and trades: retailers, bankers, educators, and craftsmen. The variety of architectural styles seen in La Villita's buildings reflects the cultural mix, from the one-room homes of the poor to the larger houses of the prosperous.[3]

La Villita deteriorated into a slum in the early part of the 20th century. During the Great Depression, work began on the River Walk, a make-work project funded by the Works Progress Administration which came close to La Villita. The project, led by Mayor Maury Maverick, sponsored a companion effort in 1939 by the National Youth Administration to restore and preserve this colorful part of San Antonio's history. The NYA offered classes in arts and crafts as part of its program.

Today La Villita is an arts community, and is included in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas. The galleries and shops found in one city block offer art by local and regional artists featuring oil paintings, sculptures, watercolors, metal art, rock art, textiles, copperwares, pottery, jewelry, stained glass, and regional folk art.

During four nights of the Fiesta San Antonio each April, La Villita is host to a Night in Old San Antonio with dozens of booths grouped to offer fifteen areas for various kinds of food, such as Sauerkraut Bend, China Town, Irish Flat, and the Mexican Market. The outdoor festival, with its narrow streets decorated with paper flowers and papel picado (cut paper banners), typically attracts 85,000 celebrants, many wearing costumes and unusual hats.[4] The event is a major fundraiser for the San Antonio Conservation Society.[5]

Contributing properties

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Twenty-seven houses or buildings are listed as notable in the district. Some of these are also notable individual listings.[6]

La Villita Historic District Contributing Structures
Structure Name Image Address Date Built RTHL Notes
Aldrete House 323 East Nueva c1818 1966[7]
Aldrete House (rear house) 323 East Nueva c1818 1966[7]
Otto Bombach House 231 South Alamo 1847-1855 Currently Little Rhein Steak House[8][9]
Canadian House 206 South Presa
Caxias House 416 B Villita
Cos House 503 Villita Bldg. 18 Pre-1835 1965[10] Home of Mexican general Martín Perfecto de Cos, who herein signed the Articles of Capitulation on Dec. 9, 1835, ending the Siege of Béxar.[11][12]
Jeremiah Dashiell House 515 Villita 1962[13] Aka Casa Villita[14]
Diaz House 206 Arciniega
Elmendorf House 220 Arciniega c.1811 a.k.a. Elmendorf-Taylor House
Faville (Florian) House 510 Villita Bldg. 14 Currently River Art Group Gallery (14), B.Link Gallery (14B), and an upstairs event rental venue Florian Hall (14c)
German-English School 419 South Alamo Bldg. 10 & 11 1859,1869 1962[15] Consists of two buildings erected a decade apart;

Currently Bird & Pear (10) and Copper Gallery (11)

Gissi House Plaza Nueva c1854, rebuilt 1969
Louis Gresser House 225 South Presa Owned by the San Antonio Conservation Society[16]
Jack Hays House 212 South Presa c1847 1962[17] John Coffee Hays was a Texas Ranger
Henshaw House (former Martinez property) 515 Villita
House 420 Villita
House 514 Villita
House Arciniega and South Alamo
Kuhn House 218 South Presa
Little Church of La Villita 418 Villita 1876 1962[18] Currently non denominational[19]
McAllister Building 301-303 South Alamo
Anton Phillip House 422 South Presa a.k.a. Staffer House
William Richter House 419 South Presa c1868
San Martin House 416 A South Presa
Walter C. Tynan House 401 South Presa mid-1880s
Yturri House 327 South Presa
Manuel Yturri House 325 South Presa

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "The Mission San Antonio de Valero". Archived from the original on March 9, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  3. ^ "History of la Villita Historic Arts Village | la Villita Historic Arts Village in Downtown San Antonio". Archived from the original on May 29, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  4. ^ Alarcón, Claudia. "Fiesta San Antonio Celebrates 127 Years Of Revelry, History And Culinary Traditions". Forbes. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "NIOSA - Event Map". Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  6. ^ "La Villita San Antonio". Texas Historical Commission. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Aldrete houses". Texas Historical Commission. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  8. ^ "Little Rhein Steak House". Little Rhein Steakhouse. Archived from the original on September 21, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  9. ^ Gerem, Yves (2001). Marmac Guide to San Antonio. Pelican Publishing. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-56554-821-3.
  10. ^ "Cos House". RTHL. Texas Historical Commission. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  11. ^ "General Cos House". Texas Historical Markers. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  12. ^ "Articles of Capitulation Historical Marker". THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  13. ^ "Casa Villita". Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. Texas Historical Commission. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  14. ^ "The Dashiell House". Fig Tree Restaurant. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  15. ^ "German-English School". Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. Texas Historical Commission. Archived from the original on May 24, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  16. ^ "Louis Gresser House". SACS. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  17. ^ "Jack Hays House". Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. Texas Historic Commission. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  18. ^ "Little Church of La Villita". Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. Texas Historical Commission. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  19. ^ "Little Church of La Villita". La Villita. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
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