‘Laredito’ house with ties to pioneering family bottling company gets reprieve from demolition
The early 1900s structure at 836 S. Laredo St. was part of an area called “Laredito.” The city’s Historic and Design Review Commission last week voted 5-2 against the river authority’s proposal to demolish the circa-1890 A.W. Walter House.with ties to a pioneering Mexican American family-owned bottling company has been spared demolition — for now.
Gina Velasquez has heard countless stories from her father and his three siblings about their childhood home at 836 S. Laredo St. The house at 836 S. Laredo Street appears in the left background of this circa-1920s photo of the workers at Rodriguez Bottling. A bottling factory stood just behind the house, which is west of San Pedro Creek.“Very highly skilled artisans would have to be involved in the reconstruction of this building. Any vibratory movement, any kind of impact, any kind of sudden movements of this building could cause … localized and cascading failure throughout the building,” Garza said.
SARA acquired the property in 1987 for an underground flood-control tunnel project, and the City Council approved a landmark designation for the house the following year. The property was conveyed in 1992 to the city, which returned it to the river authority in 2016 for the Culture Park project. Under a deed agreement, if the property is ever used for purposes unrelated to the Bexar County-funded creek improvement, the property would revert to the city.
Lucia Rodriguez De Leon operated the Cinderella Beauty Shop from the house at 836 S. Laredo St., where she raised four children as a widow. She lived from 1909 to 1986 and still owned the house just west of San Pedro Creek when she died.Commissioner Ann-Marie Grube, who voted against the proposal, asked why the Walter House wasn’t included in the creek project. Rodriguez said SARA studied possibilities for reusing the house or moving it, but determined it’s too fragile to restore or relocate.
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