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Stevens Building

San Antonio, Bexar County

Marker Text

One of the finest remaining structures in San Antonio's late 19th-century commercial district, this building was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by James Riely Gordon (1864-1937) and was completed in 1891. Over the years the first floor has housed dry goods and furniture stores. The second story served for a time as the headquarters of the city's scientific society and as the real estate office of John Stevens, who owned the building until the 1930s.

Marker Details

Address 315 E. Commerce
Location Description 315 E. Commerce, San Antonio
Marker # 5116
Dedicated 1984
Size, Type Medallion and Plate
Code commercial buildings; design and construction; Romanesque/Richardsonian Romanesque (Architectural style)
Latitude, Longitude 29.425916, -98.490323

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