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The King William Historic District of San Antonio, Texas was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas on January 20, 1972. [1] The area was originally used as farm acreage by the Spanish priests of the Misión San Antonio de Valero, and eventually parceled off for the local indigenous peoples of the area. [2]
The construction of the large concrete exterior of William & Mary Hall began in 1969. [60] Replacing Blow Hall as the main athletic facility, William & Mary Hall hosted its first game in December 1970 and was dedicated in 1971. The arena area was renamed to Kaplan Arena in 2005; the remainder of the building adopted that name in 2016.
In 1880, Groos hired Giles to build his San Antonio home. [4] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas as a contributing structure of the King William Historic District. [5] Groos died in 1893. [2] In 1957, the house was purchased by the San Antonio Council of the Girl Scouts of the USA.
Edward Steves (1829–90) was a San Antonio city alderman who had relocated to Texas from his native Germany. He and his wife Johanna maintained a family home on rural acreage in Kendall County. He ran the successful Steves Lumber Company [11] in San Antonio from 1866 to 1877. Steves was a civic leader in the San Antonio business community ...
The Wren Building (constructed between 1695–1699 [4] [5] [1]) is the oldest standing building constructed for and in use by a U.S. college or university, [7] [8] [9] [better source needed] ahead of runner-up Harvard University's Massachusetts Hall (constructed in 1720). [7]
Among the earliest depictions of the President's House can be found in the Bodleian Plate, a copperplate dating to circa 1735–1740 of indeterminate origin—though perhaps meant to illustrate a book by William Byrd II—and rediscovered in the Bodleian Library archives in 1929 by historian Mary F. Goodwin.
The Earl Gregg Swem Library (colloquially Swem Library) is located on Landrum Drive at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The library is named for Earl Gregg Swem, College Librarian from 1920-1944. [1] In 2008, the Princeton Review rated William & Mary's library system as the eighth best in the United States. [2]
The multi-story Italianate limestone Anton Wulff House is at located at 107 King William Street in the King William Historic District in San Antonio. It was built 1869–1870 on land originally owned by Pedro Huizar, and which was once part of San Antonio de Valero Mission. In 1902, the Wulff family sold the house to Arthur and Elise Guenther. [2]