Staacke Brothers Building

Historical marker location:

309 E. Commerce, San Antonio, Texas

( 309 E. Commerce, San Antonio)

Marker installed: 1984

Designed by prominent Texas Architect James Reily Gordon (1864-1937), this structure was built in 1894 to house the successful Carriage business of German immigrant August Frederick Staacke (d.1909). An excellent example of the architecture of a developing commercial society, the Staacke building exhibits elements of the classical and renaissance revival styles. It features granite Corninthian columns and a two-story arcade.

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