Photography Exhibit of Historic Farm & Ranch Complexes in San Antonio Area

The San Antonio Conservation Society’s Historic Farm & Ranch Complexes Committee and the Center for Architecture presents a photography exhibit of 12 historic farms and ranches located in Bexar County and the outlying counties that runs Monday – Saturday, now thru August 31. The collection of photographs are a sampling from the extensive collection of files from the San Antonio Conservation Society’s Historic Farms and Ranches Complexes Committee, and the San Antonio Express-News, as well as those provided by family members and owners of the featured properties.


The featured 12 historic farms and ranches are: Max Aue Stage Stop, de la Garza-Cantu House, Heermann Store, Blas Herrera Complex, Heidemann Complex, Enoch Jones Complex, Marnoch House, Miguel Menchaca Complex, Presnall-Watson Complex (Land Heritage Institute), Trueheart Complex, Von Plewhe Complex, and the Yndo-Thomae Complex.
Individual information on each of the 12 properties are available, upon request.

WHEN: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. – noon; now thru Aug. 31

WHERE: Pearl Full Goods Building, 200 E. Grayson St., Suite 110 (free parking)

For additional information on this exhibit, please contact the San Antonio Conservation Society at 210-224-6163 or the Center for Architecture at 210-226-4979.

MORE: The Historic Farms and Ranches Complexes Committee of the San Antonio Conservation Society was established as a Special Committee in 2006 after former President of the Society, Joanna Parrish, became concerned that the historic farms and ranches in Bexar County were highly endangered. Working with the City of San Antonio’s Office of Historic Preservation city archaeologist, Kay Hindes, committee members began surveying the rural areas to update the 1973 Bexar County survey done by AACOG. Of the 56 historic properties originally identified in the 1973 survey, 41 were located and 15 of the properties had been lost. During the process of the survey, 44 additional 19th century historic farm complexes were identified. Approximately 100 historic farms and ranches have currently been identified and located and are in the process of being documented.

Society committee members, with the assistance of the City of San Antonio’s Office of Historic Preservation, continue to work to locate, identify, photograph and document mid-19th century and early 20th century farm and ranch complexes in Bexar County.