Moore Building - San Antonio, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 25.503 W 098° 29.231
14R E 549743 N 3255188
Six story brick building stuccoed and scored to look like stone. Erected in 1904, the building is basically rectangular with an angled SW corner to mark the main entrance.
Waymark Code: WMXTNP
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2018
Views: 5
Texas Historic Site Atlas
On both the south (Houston Street) and west (Crockett Street) facades fenestration is organized in vertical bands between three-story pilasters that are linked by arches at the top. A small cornice elaborated by terra cotta swag and cartouche motifs marks the fifth floor, while a dentilled cornice emphasizes the 6th floor. Terra cotta details further embellish the divisions between the paired windows on the 5th and 6th floors. Crowning the structure is a projecting pressed tin cornice.
The building originally had a roof garden above the fifth floor with pavilions at four corners. An alley off Houston provided access to the elevator. In 1909, the addition of the sixth floor replaced the roof garden and expansion to the east closed the Houston Street entrance.
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Date of construction.: 01/01/1904
Current use of the building.: Multiple offices including: entro San Antonio
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