South Alamo Street-South Mary's Street Historic District
a.k.a. King William Neighborhood;See Also:Alamo Methodist Church;Ja
Bounded by the San Antonio River, S. Alamo, S. St. Mary's, and Temple Sts., San Antonio, TXThe South Alamo Street-South St. Mary's Street Historic District can be read as a physical chronicle of San Antonio's urban and architectural history. The concentration of contributing structures, the cohesiveness of the architectural fabric, and the long period of continuous occupation distinguish this area. In comparison with other neighborhoods which were developed contemporaneously, this district re-mains perhaps the most intact. While the adjacent King William Historic District was a showcase for the city's architectural firms, the South Alamo Street-South St. Mary's Street Historic District took form under the impetus of a succession of developers and speculators. Viewed as a whole the district reveals the transformation of vernacular forms, the appearance and variety of popular architectural forms and patterns of urban and speculative development.
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Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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.