 |  |  |  |
| Clifford Building (1893) (423-31 Commerce). San Antonio, TX. Architect: James Riely Gordon. | Staacke Bros & Stevens buildings. San Antonio, TX. Architect: James Riely Gordon. | Stevens building (1891) (315 Commerce) detail. San Antonio, TX. Architect: James Riely Gordon. On National Register. | Stevens building housed a University club. San Antonio, TX. |
 |  |  |  |
| Staacke Bros building (1894) (317 Commerce) detail. San Antonio, TX. Architect: James Riely Gordon. On National Register. | Staacke Bros building housed a carriage business. San Antonio, TX. | Old Alamo National Bank building now the Vault (1902) (316 Commerce). San Antonio, TX. Style: Renaissance Revival. Architect: James Wahrenberger, Coughlin & Atlee B. Ayres. On National Register. | Nix Professional Building (1931) (23 floors) (408-414 Navarro St.) was tallest hospital in USA when built. San Antonio, TX. Architect: Henry T. Phelps. |
 |  | ![Tower Life Building [aka Smith Young Tower]. San Antonio, TX.](/t/USTX/TXA290.JPG) |  |
| Old San Antonio National Bank (1866) (239 Commerce). San Antonio, TX. Style: Moorish. Architect: Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz. | Old San Antonio National Bank detail. San Antonio, TX. | Tower Life Building [aka Smith Young Tower] (1929) (30 floors) (310 South Saint Mary's St.). San Antonio, TX. Architect: Atlee B. Ayres & Robert Ayres. On National Register. | Tower Life Building facade. San Antonio, TX. |
 |  |  |  |
| Tower Life Building gargoyles. San Antonio, TX. | Tower Life Building portal. San Antonio, TX. | San Fernando Cathedral facade (1868-73) by François Girard on Main Plaza de Las Islas. San Antonio, TX. On National Register. | San Fernando Cathedral baroque original interior (1749). San Antonio, TX. |
 |  |  |  |
| San Fernando Cathedral stained glass windows of Sts Michael & Raphael. San Antonio, TX. | San Fernando Cathedral tomb of Texas heroes Travis, Crockett & Bowie. San Antonio, TX. | Bexer County Courthouse (1892) (20 Dolorosa St. on Main Plaza de Las Islas). San Antonio, TX. Style: Richardsonian Romanesque. Architect: James Riely Gordon. On National Register. | Bexer County Courthouse lamp detail. San Antonio, TX. |
 |  |  |  |
| Bexer County Courthouse balconies. San Antonio, TX. | Lady Justice Fountain (c1896) at Bexar County Courthouse. San Antonio, TX. | City hall (1891) on Military Plaza. San Antonio, TX. Style: Second Empire. Architect: Otto Kramer. | San Antonio City Hall (1889-92) on Plaza de Armas. San Antonio, TX. |
 |  |  |  |
| Cinco de Mayo statue with two birds (1981) at San Antonio City Hall. San Antonio, TX. | San Fernando Cathedral & Municipal Plaza building over Plaza de Armas. San Antonio, TX. | Municipal Plaza building (originally Frost Bank Building) (1922) (12 floors) (114 W. Commerce) now City Council chambers & city offices. San Antonio, TX. Architect: Leo Maria Joseph Dielmann. | Fountains in Plaza de Armas. San Antonio, TX. |
 |  |  |  |
| Spanish Governor's Palace (1749) on Military Plaza. San Antonio, TX. On National Register. | Spanish Governor's Palace detail of door carving. San Antonio, TX. | Adobe house (c1835) in Casa Navarro State Historic Park, one of a group of adobe buildings (228 S. Laredo St.). San Antonio, TX. | O.Henry adobe house (1855), where author William Sidney Porter published his Rolling Stone weekly humor newspaper in 1895-6. San Antonio, TX. |
 |  |  |  |
| Milam Building (1928) (21 floors) (115 E. Travis) plus Weston Centre behind. San Antonio, TX. Architect: George Willis. | Weston Centre (1989) (30 floors) (112 East Pecan St.) with square frame on crown. San Antonio, TX. Architect: Cambridge Seven Assoc.. | Bank of America Plaza (1983) (28 floors) (300 Convent St.) with diagonal change of surface. San Antonio, TX. | Alamo National Building (1929) (24 floors) (105 South Saint Mary's St.) & Bank of America Plaza. San Antonio, TX. |
 |  |  |  |
| Bank of America Plaza facade. San Antonio, TX. | Old Texas Theater facade incorporated as entrance to modern SBC building (175 East Houston). San Antonio, TX. | Texas Theater (1926) terra-cotta tile work details. San Antonio, TX. Architect: Bowler Brothers. | Detail of Hotel Valencia Riverwalk (2002) (13 floors) (146 East Houston). San Antonio, TX. Architect: 3D/International. |
 |  |  |  |
| Balconies of Hotel Valencia Riverwalk. San Antonio, TX. | Majestic Theater (1929) (214 East Houston). San Antonio, TX. Style: Spanish Colonial & Mission. Architect: John Eberson. On National Register. | Majestic Theater box office. San Antonio, TX. On National Register. | Frost Brothers building (217 East Houston). San Antonio, TX. |
 |  |  |  |
| Metalwork detail of Frost Brothers building. San Antonio, TX. | Carved capitol detail with Mayan motifs of Frost Brothers building. San Antonio, TX. | Window panel detail of Frost Brothers building. San Antonio, TX. | Buckhorn Bar & Museum with buffalo & longhorn heads on exterior (318 East Houston). San Antonio, TX. |
 |
|
|
|
| Skyline of San Antonio. San Antonio, TX. |
|
|
|
