Marker Inscription
A German immigrant, August Biesenbach (1848-1915) and his wife, Louisa (1852-1916), began construction of this house in 1880. The walls of the house are stucco over brick with a hipped roof and Gothic Revival details. From 1910 to 1955, the house was owned and occupied by members of the Guenther Mill family. In 1955, O'Neil Ford, the famed director of the La Villita restoration project, purchased the house which served as offices for his architecture firm for the next 26 years, during which time he designed the Tower of the Americas in HemisFair Park and numerous buildings for Trinity University. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2016
About this site
Biesenbach House is a historical marker in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 2016. 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 29.4120, -98.4954 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Guenther, Carl Hilmar, House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Edward Steves House, J.M. and Birdie Nix House, and Elias and Lucy Edmonds House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507018355. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
