Menger Hotel (English Wikipedia)

Joe R. William; Marie D. Landon (December 10, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Alamo Plaza Historic District" (PDF). Built in 1857 the Menger was originally a two-story limestone building designed by John Fries. Located at the southwest corner of the block the building later ex-panded to a three-story building at this corner. Alfred Giles is responsible for this later design. The west facade of the original building is now a three-story, three -bay structure. The slightly projecting central bay is crowned by a pedi-mented parapet. The first floor contains a central door flanked by two windows, while the second and third floors each contain three round arched openings. The end bays contain two flat arched windows on each floor and these pavilions are capped by a bracketed cornice. Iron balconies extend at the second and third floor levels. Additions to the north and east have been made several times in the 19th and 20th centuries and thehotel now fills the entire block. A lavish three-story space in the Menger lobby, illuminated by a stained glass, leaded skylight, dominates the old part of the hotel. The solid block of hotel buildings is broken in the center by an interior courtyard of walkways through dense tropical foliage. (PDF document also available here. Downloading may be slow..)

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Thomas E. Alexander; Dan K. Utley (September 24, 2012). Faded Glory: A Century of Forgotten Military Sites in Texas, Then and Now. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1-60344-753-9.
David L. Peché (October 21, 2019). San Antonio's Historic Hotels. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-1-4671-0247-6.
Liz Carmack (October 25, 2007). Historic Hotels of Texas: A Traveler's Guide. Texas A&M University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-58544-608-7.
Docia Schultz Williams (June 2000). History and Mystery of the Menger Hotel. Taylor Trade Publications. pp. 20–22. ISBN 978-1-55622-792-9.
Docia Schultz Williams (June 2000). History and Mystery of the Menger Hotel. Taylor Trade Publications. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-1-55622-792-9.
Docia Schultz Williams (June 2000). History and Mystery of the Menger Hotel. Taylor Trade Publications. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-1-55622-792-9.
Docia Schultz Williams (June 2000). History and Mystery of the Menger Hotel. Taylor Trade Publications. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-55622-792-9.
Docia Schultz Williams (June 2000). History and Mystery of the Menger Hotel. Taylor Trade Publications. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-55622-792-9.
Docia Schultz Williams (June 2000). History and Mystery of the Menger Hotel. Taylor Trade Publications. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-1-55622-792-9.
Docia Schultz Williams (June 2000). History and Mystery of the Menger Hotel. Taylor Trade Publications. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-55622-792-9.

"The Menger Hotel, a Historic Hotels of America member". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

Brookins, Julia (May 21, 2013). "William Achatius Menger (1827-1871)". Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies. American Historical Association. Retrieved December 3, 2015.

Joe R. William; Marie D. Landon (December 10, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Alamo Plaza Historic District" (PDF). Built in 1857 the Menger was originally a two-story limestone building designed by John Fries. Located at the southwest corner of the block the building later ex-panded to a three-story building at this corner. Alfred Giles is responsible for this later design. The west facade of the original building is now a three-story, three -bay structure. The slightly projecting central bay is crowned by a pedi-mented parapet. The first floor contains a central door flanked by two windows, while the second and third floors each contain three round arched openings. The end bays contain two flat arched windows on each floor and these pavilions are capped by a bracketed cornice. Iron balconies extend at the second and third floor levels. Additions to the north and east have been made several times in the 19th and 20th centuries and thehotel now fills the entire block. A lavish three-story space in the Menger lobby, illuminated by a stained glass, leaded skylight, dominates the old part of the hotel. The solid block of hotel buildings is broken in the center by an interior courtyard of walkways through dense tropical foliage. (PDF document also available here. Downloading may be slow..)

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