Lerma's Nite Club
1602-1612 N Zarzamora, San Antonio, TX?Lerma's Nite Club at 1612 Zarzamora Street on the west side of San Antonio, Texas, is a conjunto music venue that was in continuous operation at the same location from the late 1940s through the summer of 2010. The business occupies a tenant space in a five-unit Art Moderne one-part commercial block in the heart of a busy commercial district. The Conjunto style of music that was regularly performed at Lerma's from its establishment in the 1940s is a regional style popular in south Texas and northern Mexico, and is characterized by its instruments (accordion, bajo sexto, bass, drums, and vocals) and themes popular with the working-class segment of the Mexican population. Lerma's is a rare historic example of a night club devoted solely to this popular music form in San Antonio, and is nominated to the National Register under Criterion A in the areas of Entertainment and Ethnic Heritage: Hispanic at the local level of significance. The period of significance is 1948 through 1961, ending at a point fifty years ago, per National Register guidelines.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
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