File:Arneson River Theater Section - San Antonio River Walk, 418 Villita Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX HALS TX-1 (sheet 6 of 6).png

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Arneson River Theater Section - San Antonio River Walk, 418 Villita Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
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Arneson River Theater Section - San Antonio River Walk, 418 Villita Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Description
Hugman, Robert H.H., Architect; White, John P., faculty sponsor; Smith, Gary W., faculty sponsor; Santiago, Felicia, delineator; Aikin, Hannah, delineator; Hagos, Ermias, delineator
Depicted place Texas; Bexar County; San Antonio
Date Documentation compiled after 2000
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HALS TX-1 (sheet 6 of 6)
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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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