Department: Office of Historic Preservation
Department Head: Shanon Shea Miller
Council district impacted: District 5
Subject: Resolution to proceed with landmark designation for 1417 W. Salinas
Caption: Resolution to proceed with landmark designation for 1417 W. Salinas [Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Shanon Shea Miller, Director, Office of Historic Preservation].
Summary: This resolution requests direction from City Council to move forward with historic landmark designation for the property at 1417 W. Salinas. The Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC) recommended a Finding of Historic Significance for this property on March 19, 2014.
Background Information: The house at 1417 W. Salinas was constructed in the early 20th century (ca. 1924). It does not appear on the 1912 Sanborn map, but the property address appears in the 1924-25 City Directory. The property was first identified in San Antonio newspapers in 1924 as a 4-room rental property available through Conness Realty Company (San Antonio Express, 6/6/1924). It was advertised for rent again in 1928 with "lights, water, gas, new paper, paint, near I & GN Depot" (San Antonio Express, 10/7/1928). Throughout the 20th century the property was occupied by a variety of tenants and owners.
The house is small bungalow form with a cross-gabled roof, inset porch, and clapboard siding. A rear gabled addition of historic age appears to have been added in the early to mid-20th century. The house has retained original one-over-one wood sash windows, original transoms over both front entrances, and original square wood porch supports with Craftsman-influenced capitals. The house, although vacant, has retained its original setting and context and is located on a residential street of similar historic-age homes. It is also located immediately adjacent to the St. James A.M.E. Church.
This house represents an intact example of an early 20th-century house with few changes and...
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