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San Antonio River Walk, 418 Villita Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

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San Antonio River Walk, 418 Villita Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

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Significance: Its Native American name was Yanaguana, which means "refreshing waters," but the San Antonio River (as a Spanish priest named it in 1691) has not always been so appreciated. Its infrequent, but extensive flooding created dangerous conditions for downtown San Antonio. Still, it was the site of 5 Spanish missions from San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo) to Mission Espada, about 6 miles to the south. By the early 1900s it was little more than a trash-ridden stream along the rear of commercial buildings. In 1919, a study proposed covering over many of the river's bends with pavement, among other actions to prevent flooding. After a particularly deadly flood in 1921, many citizens wanted to implement the flood prevention recommendations of the study...
Survey number: HALS TX-1
Building/structure dates: after. 1938- before. 1941 Initial Construction

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Date

1900 - 1909
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Contributors

Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
Hugman, Robert H.H., Architect
White, John P., faculty sponsor
Smith, Gary W., faculty sponsor
Santiago, Felicia, delineator
Aikin, Hannah, delineator
Hagos, Ermias, delineator
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Location

San Antonio (Tex.)29.42233, -98.48865
Google Map of 29.4223279, -98.4886451
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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