Historical Marker

La Villita

San Antonio · Bexar County · Dedicated 1962 · THC Atlas #5029003006

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About this site

La Villita is a historical marker in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 1962. It is one of 239 historical markers documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 542 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.4216, -98.4879 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Little Church of La Villita (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include St. Philip's College, Cos House, and Smith, John W..

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5029003006. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

La Villita, on the south bank of the San Antonio River, was one of the city's first neighborhoods, beginning as a settlement of jacales for soldiers of the nearby Mission San Antonio de Valero and rebuilt in brick, stone, and adobe after an 1819 flood. In 1836 it lay along Santa Anna's cannon line during the siege of the Alamo; the city restored the district beginning in 1939, and it is now a National Register arts village.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org nps.gov

📍 29.4216, -98.4879 · San Antonio, Bexar County

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