Historical Marker
Book Building
Historical marker location:
140 East Houston, San Antonio, Texas
( 140 East Houston, San Antonio; MARKER REPORTED MISSING 5/2011 (may be inside building))
Marker installed: 1978
During the 1850s, the U.S. Army occupied several stone and adobe buildings which stood at this site. Dwight Dana Book (1869-1955), a civil engineer and veteran of the Spanish-American War, bought the property in 1904. He had this red brick commercial building erected in 1906. Attorney's, realtors, architects, physicians and other tenants leased office space here. A popular club called the "Night Spot" was once located in the basement level. (1978).
The first domed stadium in the world, the Astrodome, was built in Houston in 1965 and hosted numerous sporting events and concerts over the years.