San Pedro Ave., San Antonio, Texas. County/parish: Bexar.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 01, 1979. NRIS 79002916.
2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 2 contributing structures.
San Pedro Springs Park is located in the Bexar County city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. Surrounding the source of the springs, the 46-acre park is the oldest in the state of Texas. It is the location of a Payaya Indian village known as Yanaguana, and is the original site of the city of San Antonio. The park is alternately known as San Pedro Park. The park was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1965. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas on November 1, 1979.
Although it is often stated that it is the second oldest city park in the United States after Boston Common, it is at most the tenth oldest after Plaza de la Constitución in San Augustine, Florida among others.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971091