Menger Hotel
Early San Antonio boarding house keeper, Wm. Menger in 1859 opened fine stone hotel, the "new" Menger, beside Alamo Plaza. To host Indians, presidents, poets, actors, generals, singers, public of the world. Served venison, quail, mutton, beef, soup made of San Antonio River turtles. Bar's vintages had ice imported by Gulf steamers and expressed to San Antonio in special wagons. Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders were recruited here.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
29.4246° N, 98.4866° W
Where to Find It
Menger Hotel, 204 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi NE Menger Hotel San Antonio
- <0.1 mi NE Barbed Wire Demonstration San Antonio
- <0.1 mi NE San Antonio Section, National Council of Jewish Women San Antonio
- <0.1 mi E Pan American Round Table San Antonio
- <0.1 mi E John Hermann Kampmann San Antonio
- 0.1 mi N Alamo Low Barracks and Main Gateway San Antonio