Old Mill on the Pajalache Acequia

San Antonio, TX

German craftsman Carl Schulze arrived in San Antonio in the late 1880s and, with his brother Otto, became one of the city's busy homebuilders during a boom era. Around 1891 he built this house for himself and his wife Agathe, later remodeling it in an eclectic mix of styles with fine Eastlake millwork on the front gable. A later owner, Fritz Schilo, would in 1917 open Schilo's delicatessen — an institution that outlived the house's residential days.

San Antonio, TX

George Chabot came from England to San Antonio as a commission merchant trading in cotton, wool, and hides, and in 1876 he and his wife Mary built this two-story stone house with its carved galleries. The family held the home until 1940, and among its members was grandson Frederick Charles Chabot, a noted historian of Texas and San Antonio. The house reflects the mercantile prosperity of a frontier city becoming a commercial hub.

San Antonio, TX

Alabama natives Joseph Madison and Birdie Lanier Nix came to San Antonio in the early 1890s, where J.M. made his name erecting hotels and commercial buildings. In 1899 the couple built twin houses on King William Street, and this one—designed by noted architect Atlee B. Ayres in the Free Classic style—shows off a front-gabled roof, Palladian attic vent, and New England-style shingling. The Nixes went on to raise landmarks across the city, including the Nix Professional Building.

San Antonio, TX

Carl Wilhelm August Groos left Germany for Texas in 1848 and became a founder of the Groos National Bank in San Antonio. In 1880 he built this limestone Victorian home, designed by the noted architect Alfred Giles, where his descendants lived until 1948. The San Antonio Girl Scouts acquired the house in 1957.