One of the last remnants of San Antonio’s ‘Mexican downtown’ deemed unsafe, may soon be demolished
Listed as the A.W. Walter House, the old two-story landmark is in an area once known as “Mexican downtown.” Ownership of the building at 836 S. Laredo St., just a block from the Bexar County-funded San Pedro Creek Culture Park project, has been passed back and forth between the city and the river authority for 30 years.
The A.W. Walter house sits at 836 South Laredo St. The early 1900s structures was part of an area called Laredito and targeted for demolition. The South Laredo structure was listed as the A.W. Walter House.Urban renewal of the 1960s “mercilessly hit Mexican downtown … resulting in the removal of large swaths of Mexican American homes and businesses to make way for Interstate 10,” historian Sarah Zenaida Gould told the Alamo Citizen Advisory Committee during a presentation last year.
Vacant and previously damaged by fire, the Bergara-Le Compte House has undergone roof replacement, structural reframing, reconstruction of stone walls and other work in recent years, using grants totaling $65,000 from the city, conservation society and Texas Historical Commission., said the river authority considered moving the house but opted to restore it. Both structures are surrounded by security fencing.
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