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REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE Historic Neighborhoods and Districts San Antonio boasts a large number of locally or nationally designated historic districts, from commercial districts downtown to many significant historic neighborhoods. The rich architectural diversity of San Antonio is reflected in the city’s historic commercial buildings, ornate Victorian-era mansions, and early 20th-century Craftsman bungalows.

Alamo Plaza Historic District San Antonio’s iconic Alamo Plaza is located at the center of the city and includes the Alamo Chapel and complex, open/public use space formerly part of the courtyard of the Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo), and the commercial resources that developed around the plaza during the late nineteenth and twentieth century.

King William Historic District The National Register of Historic Placeslisted King William Historic District is generally located between the San Antonio River, Cesar Chavez Boulevard, South St. Mary’s Street, and South Alamo Street.

La Villita Historic District The National Register of Historic Placeslisted La Villita Historic District is located a few blocks from Alamo Plaza near downtown San Antonio. It includes twenty-seven nineteenth century dwellings representing unique examples of early residential development in the city.

Lavaca Historic District The National Register of Historic Placeslisted and locally designated Lavaca Historic District is located southeast of downtown San Antonio about two blocks east of the King William Historic District and south of HemisFair Park.

Hemisfair Park Historic District HemisFair Park was the site of the 1968 World’s Fair, a planned cultural fair to celebrate “the confluence of civilizations in the Americas” and the City of San Antonio’s cultural diversity.

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