RebAl
Senior Member
Civil War Photographer
Posts: 296
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Post by RebAl on Feb 1, 2008 11:23:23 GMT -5
 The Menger Hotel during the Alamo's Centennial in 1936. |
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Post by seguin on Feb 1, 2008 19:03:38 GMT -5
Great pics with those old cars! Funny how almost all the cars from the ´30's have a spare tire sitting on the outside...
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Post by neferetus on Feb 1, 2008 21:00:12 GMT -5
 Plaque about barbed wire on the Menger Hotel wall. |
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Post by seguin on Feb 1, 2008 22:12:16 GMT -5
Interesting story.
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Post by neferetus on Feb 2, 2008 12:00:28 GMT -5
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Post by neferetus on Feb 2, 2008 12:15:20 GMT -5
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Post by neferetus on Feb 2, 2008 12:16:29 GMT -5
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Post by seguin on Feb 2, 2008 21:47:36 GMT -5
I think I´ll check in at The Menger Hotel if I´m going to visit the Alamo one day. Why not get the max. out the visit. I would like to see a real ghost... ;D
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Post by neferetus on Feb 6, 2008 23:24:04 GMT -5
 Alamo Mo's view from his room at the Crockett Hotel, overlooking the Alamo. |
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Post by seguin on Feb 7, 2008 4:53:02 GMT -5
That´s a great view!
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Post by neferetus on Feb 7, 2008 11:10:48 GMT -5
The best in the hotel! 7th (top) floor, Northernmost, corner room. |
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Post by neferetus on Feb 7, 2008 11:32:13 GMT -5
 THE CROCKETT HOTEL In 1909 a fraternal organization built the current six-story building to serve as a hotel and fraternal lodge. The seven-story west wing was added in 1927. The building was carefully renovated to preserve its original grandeur in 1982, earning it a place on the National Register of Historic Structures. In 2007, Crockett Hotel was completely renovated. A section of less attractive modern hotel rooms was demolished to enhance the pool area, and the hotel's remarkable 7th floor suites were brought back to their former glory. |
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Post by neferetus on Jan 31, 2011 22:42:58 GMT -5
Brewmeister opens hotel and future landmarkJanuary 31 1859 On this date in 1859, William Menger opened his hotel, now a landmark, on Alamo Plaza in San Antonio. In partnership with Charles Philip Degen, he also operated a brewery on the site. The hotel is one of the best-known lodging houses in Texas. Its guests have included O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), Sidney Lanier, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Captain Richard King, of King Ranch fame (he died there), Sarah Bernhardt, Gutzon Borglum, Theodore Roosevelt, Babe Ruth, and Mae West. The building has been remodeled many times and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Menger continues to serve as a center for meetings and other social affairs. Attachments:
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