DEPARTMENT: Office of Historic Preservation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Shanon Shea Miller
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 1
SUBJECT:
Resolution to proceed with landmark designation for 1201 S Flores.
SUMMARY:
This resolution requests direction from City Council to move forward with historic landmark designation for the property at 1201 S Flores. The Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC) recommended a Finding of Historic Significance for this property on September 2, 2015. Because the owner of the property does not give consent for landmark designation, OHP is seeking Council resolution to initiate the designation process.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The one-story, stream-lined Art Moderne building with elements of Art Deco at 1201 S Flores was renovated to house the Golden West Service Station in 1940. City Directories indicate a structure existed here as a residence and commercial building beginning in 1929. The City Directories first list the building as an automobile oriented service business from 1936 through 1939, when a used car business operated at the address. In 1941, the San Antonio Light included an article celebrating the renovation of the building and featuring a photograph which shows the property as it appeared until recent modifications to the structure. The article touts the many services, a recently-introduced innovation for gas stations, provided by the Golden West Service Station for the increasingly auto-oriented S Flores thoroughfare.
The building features a curvilinear fa?ade with a stucco and tile finish. Oblong, ship-style windows and recently demolished tower reflect the industrial aero-dynamic styles of the 1940s which were intended to capture concepts of speed and motion, perfectly matched to the auto-centric service provided by both the structure and the S Flores corridor.
The property was identified by the San Antonio Conservation Society through their Gas Station Survey.
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