The San Antonio Saloon, 1868

Posted on January 3, 2011 | Comments Off on The San Antonio Saloon, 1868

san_antonio_saloon_small“The San Antonio Saloon in this 1868 photograph occupies the first stone building in the city [Austin], built at Pecan Street and Congress Avenue by Ziller in the late 1840s.” —-from the new book Sixth Street by Austin M.D. Allen Childs

Via Sixth Street Allen Childs.

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0 responses to “The San Antonio Saloon, 1868”

  1. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | January 7, 2011 at 6:43 am |

    It shows healthy priority setting: saloon first 😉

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | January 7, 2011 at 9:59 am |

    Also a trend-setter, as Sixth Street today (east of Congress Avenue) is almost all saloons.

    Childs doesn’t mention it, but the upper floor probably was a brothel. None of those left hereabouts, at least not openly.

  3. David All's avatar David All | January 7, 2011 at 3:46 pm |

    Wow, a saloon downstairs and a brothel upstairs. Talk about one-stop shopping!