Monday, February 19 – We began our second day in San Antonio, Texas, by visiting the King William Historic Home District. Settled by German immigrants. these beautiful homes were built by German immigrants and date back to the 1790’s. Nearly all the homes in this area along the San Antonio River Walk have been restored to their original grandeur. Many of the homes are constructed with beautiful Texas sandstone, which we found especially appealing. This is a very enjoyable tour, and one we would highly recommend. Be sure to pick up a brochure. There are about 45 houses on the tour. Thanks Laurel, Raven and Chickadee, for the great suggestion.
Ernst Altgelt, the first to build on current-day King William Street, is credited with naming his street after King Wilhelm I of Prussia.
Five gables and six chimneys. 1905-06.
Italian Villa Style. 1880.
Three stories. 1876. Paul’s favorite
Empire style home. 1887.
Victorian French. 1876. Marsha’s favorite.
Our next stop was Market Square. This area is composed of several large building containing many smaller Hispanic shops in the Mariachi Plaza. It has the feeling of being in Mexico with similar merchandise one would find in the typical Mexican border town. We enjoyed walking through many of the shops but didn't find anything we couldn't live without. We then took a tour of the outside shopping opportunities. We did stop at a delicious bakery for a treat.
Indoor plaza.
Outdoor shopping. The weather wasn’t very nice.
Great bakery.
This guy wanted to know if he could pass as a Mariachi musician. What do you think?
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!
what a fun tour thanks for taking us along. Great pictures.
ReplyDeleteThose are pretty cool homes. Next time we go Medina Lake we will have to make the trip into San Antonio.
ReplyDeleteWasn't that a fun tour? I'm so glad you enjoyed the architecture. I liked seeing your favorites. I had decided that the Empire style one was my favorite, but we decided against buying it right now, haha! (I only want it if it comes with a full staff to take care of it.)
ReplyDeleteAll Paul needs is a guitar to join up with a mariachi band. And a costume. :-)
This is my kind of tour!! Those houses were fantastic!!
ReplyDeleteOur son has been transferred/promoted to LSU so we will be visiting him and being so close (or at least closer) to Texas we will definitely visit San Antonio and this tour is on the list!!! Thanks!!!
Looks like some great stuff we missed!
ReplyDeleteI love, love San Antonio. There's so much to see and do there!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the ideas. Not sure how long our quick getaway will be, and we’ll have some errands to run as well. But, we’ll be there for a couple of days again when we start our road trip in April, so we can keep some of these ideas for later.
ReplyDeleteYour index on the sidebar is great for finding past posts for a place.
Thanks for a good idea if we get this way again! It might be fun to bike around to see the houses. Love the color of the sandstone. Yup! Paul is almost ready...give him a sombrero and a guitar and he is good to go!
ReplyDeleteThis was like a step into the past for us. We really enjoyed this walk while in San Antonio. I think that guy needs a little work, like a sombrero, a guitar, and a bushy mustache! LuAnn
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