San Antonio Casino Club Building
a.k.a. Casino Club
102 W. Crockett St., San Antonio, TXThe San Antonio Casino Club Building, completed in 1927, is a visually unique structure in its combined Art Deco and Mayan architectural styling. Mayan detailing, found primarily in the cast concrete motifs and the stair-stepped central tower, represents an unusual style in Texas borrowing from the architectural ancestry of its Mexican-Mayan neighbors. The rear of the building fronts the San Antonio River Walk lending an historic charm through detail, scale, and positioning to the winding river. Two local social clubs established in the 19th century in Texas, merged in 1925 and collaborated to construct this building as an elegant clubhouse.
Bibliography
Heusinger, Ed. W; A Chronology of Events in San Antonio. Standard Printing Company, 1951.
The San Antonio Express; 12/19/26, 2/24/1924, 6/22/52, 5/7/62, 7/12/31. Casino Club Vertical File, D.R.T. Library
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.