Marker Inscription
Property of Casino Association, organized 1853 among cultured German settlers. Club house and opera building, erected 1858, had a theatre; a hall seating 700; banquet rooms; club rooms. Setting during Civil War for military balls, entertainments, suppers; tableaux, concerts and minstrel shows to benefit the Confederate cause; and meetings of ladies to roll bandages. The owners obtained the best artists of the day to perform here. In the 1850s one noted guest was Col. Robt. E. Lee. Later audiences included Gen. U.S. Grant and Buffalo Bill. (1965)
About this site
Casino Club is a historical marker in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 236 historical markers documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 503 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.4250, -98.4887 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Casino Club Building, San Antonio (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include San Antonio Casino Club Building, Maverick Building, and Stevens Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5029000751. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
