Eagar House
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Down Alamo Street, removed from the excitement of the Plaza is a six-room stone house built at the end of the Civil War, the home of Mrs. Sarah Eagar, born February 19, 1842, the first Anglo-American girl born in San Antonio. The land on which the house was built was bordered by the Alamo acequia and was given to Mrs. Eagar as a wedding present from her father. The ditch is gone, but the house still stands today behind a curtain of greenery.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Just off Alamo Street stands a six-room stone house built at the close of the Civil War for Sarah Eagar, born in 1842 and remembered as the first Anglo-American girl born in San Antonio. The land, bordered by the old Alamo acequia, came to her as a wedding gift from her father. The irrigation ditch has long since vanished, but the house endures behind a screen of greenery.
Why it matters
The home ties one woman's life to San Antonio's transition from a Spanish and Mexican town to an American city, and to the vanished acequia system that once watered it.
Plan your visit
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Museums & culture
- Instituto Cultural de Mexico0.1 mi away
- Briscoe Western Art Museum0.2 mi away · 210 West Market Street
- San Antonio Art League Museum0.3 mi away · TX
- Texas Highway Patrol Museum0.3 mi away · TX
- Villa Finale Visitor Center0.3 mi away
- Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks0.4 mi away
Attractions
- Yanaguana Gardennearby
- La Villita0.2 mi away
- River boat boarding0.2 mi away
- Tower of the Americas0.3 mi away · 739 East César E. Chávez Boulevard, San Antonio, TX
- Sea Life Aquarium0.3 mi away · 849 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX
- River boat boarding0.3 mi away
Food & drink
- Chipotle0.3 mi away · 849 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX
- McDonald's0.3 mi away · 101 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX
- Cafe Ole0.3 mi away
- Which Wich?0.3 mi away
- The Original Mexican Restaurant0.3 mi away
- Margaritaville0.3 mi away · 849 East Commerce Street, San Antonio, TX
Places to stay
- The Monarch San Antonio0.2 mi away
- Hilton Palacio del Rio0.2 mi away
- Hotel Contessa0.3 mi away · 306 West Market Street
- Grand Hyatt San Antonio0.3 mi away · 600 East Market Street, San Antonio, TX
- Marriott Riverwalk0.3 mi away
- The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio0.3 mi away · 420 West Market Street, San Antonio
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