Historic Downtown San Angelo

Historic

DOWNTOWN San Angelo

BUILDING DOWNTOWN • ONE BLOCK AT A TIME Published by Grace Media for Downtown San Angelo, Inc.

Fall 2019

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Welcome to Historic Downtown San Angelo, where a mix of modern art and a Western heritage create a socially inclusive experience.

Explore, play, dine, celebrate, shop, and relax with your family and friends. The words used to describe Historic Downtown San Angelo are as numerous and diverse as the people who live and visit here.

Having the honor and pleasure of serving as Executive Director of Downtown San Angelo, Inc. has allowed me the opportunity to sit on the front row to witness property owners, business entrepreneurs, municipal government, and concerned citizens do amazing work in the revitalization of our downtown.

Del Velasquez Executive Director

Downtown San Angelo, Inc. 24 West Concho Avenue San Angelo, TX 76903 Phone: 325-655-2345 Fax: 325-655-1234 E-mail: director@dtsa.org

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Open Monday through Saturday Lunch From 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Dinner from 5:00 to close Cathouse Lounge Open From 11:00 am until close Live Music in the Bar and Lounge on Friday and Saturday Nights

26 East Concho Ave.

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A Steakhouse in Historic Downtown

The legend of Miss Hattie’s goes beyond its history. Voted as one of the Best Burgers in Texas by Texas Monthly, and reputed as one of the best 21-day aged mesquite smoked rib eye steaks by our customers.

Others have tried to copy Miss Hattie’s bacon-wrapped Jalapeños and crab cakes, no one has succeeded.

Miss Hattie’s Restaurant offers private and semi private rooms for your Wedding Reception, Wedding Rehearsal Dinner, Company Party, Business Meetings or Family Events including reunions, bridal and baby showers.

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*Dates and times are subject to change or cancellation.

October 5 March Madness 11 a.m. at Heritage Park, corner of Twohig and Oakes Watch the monarch butterflies’ migration.

Oct. 19 Murder at Fort Concho Fort Concho, 630 S. Oakes St. Participate in a Clue-like whodunit.

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Dallas String Quarter – Electric 7 p.m. at 72 W. College Ave. FMI: 325-658-5877 or sanangleosymphony.org

Houston Ballet 7:30 p.m. at Murphey Performance Hall, City Auditorium, 72 W. College Ave.

Oct. 10 Fort Concho After Dark 8 p.m. at Fort Concho, 630 S. Oakes St. Ghost tour FMI: 325-657-4444

Through Oct. 27 EnPleinAir Texas Various locations.

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Oct. 12 Family Day 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, 1 Love St. Free admission and hands-on art activities.

Oct. 30 26th annual Texas Midwest Conference 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. McNease Convention Center, 501 Rio Concho Drive FMI: 325-658-6464

Oct. 17 Mike and the Moonpies live 8 p.m. at Blaine’s Pub, 10 W. Harris Ave.

Nov. 2 The Pianists 7 p.m. at 72 W. College Ave. FMI: 325-658-5877 or sanangleosymphony.org

Oct. 18 – 19 Brews Ewes & BBQ BBQ cookoff, 5 places with awards in three categories.

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Nov. 9 Family Day 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, 1 Love St. Free admission and hands-on art activities.

Oct. 18 - Nov 3 “Young Frankenstein” 7:30 p.m. at SAPAC, 82 Gillis St. FMI: Be Theatre, 325-716-4125 or betheatre.com/youngfrankenstein

Nov. 14 Cirque Mechanics 7:30 p.m. at Murphey Performance Hall, City Auditorium, 72 W. College Ave.

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Nov. 16 “Popovich Comedy Pet Theater” 2 p.m. at SAPAC, 82 Gillis St. FMI: sanangelopac.org Nov. 22-24 “Matilda” 7:30 p.m. at Murphey Performance Hall, City Auditorium, 72 W. College Ave. FMI: 325-284-3825 Dec. 6 – 8 Christmas at Old Fort Concho Fort Concho, 630 S. Oakes St. Enjoy this annual holiday tradition that includes music, living history, food, shopping, entertainment and more.

FMI: 325-657-4444 Dec. 7 Community Tree Lighting Ceremony and Christmas Parade 5:15 p.m. at South Chadbourne and Concho Avenue Dec. 7 - 31 26th Annual Tour of Lights 2.5-mile drive along the banks of the Concho River Features more than 3 million lights.

Magic of the Holidays 7 p.m. at 72 W. College Ave. FMI: 325-658-5877 or sanangleosymphony.org Dec. 8 Bike Through the Lights 4:30 p.m. YMCA, 3 S. Randolph St.

Dec. 14 Family Day 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, 1 Love St. Free admission and hands-on art activities.

Tuba Christmas noon at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, 1 Love St. Kayak Through the Lights 5 p.m. at the Concho River Walk Dec. 16 Run Rudolph Run 5:30 at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, 1 Love St. Dec. 17 “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” 6:30 p.m. at Murphey Performance Hall, City Auditorium, 72 W. College Ave. FMI: 325-284-3825 Jan. 24 Literature Alive: “The Stinky Cheese Man” SAPAC, 82 Gillis St. FMI: Be Theatre, 325-716-4125 Jan. 25 The Hot Club of San Angelo 72 W. College Ave. FMI: 325-658-5877 or sanangleosymphony.org Jan. 26 Literature Alive: “The Stinky Cheese Man” SAPAC, 82 Gillis St. FMI: Be Theatre, 325-716-4125

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ith its rows upon rows of historic buildings, many of the facades of which date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Concho Avenue is perhaps San Angelo’s historic crown jewel.

Located in the heart of downtown, Concho Avenue harkens back to the city’s beginnings, when it was formed in the late 1800s because of its abundant natural resources. Forts on the western frontier sprang up to protect the mail lines and settlements, and Fort Concho formed near the confluence of the North Concho, South Concho, and Concho rivers.

Shortly after Fort Concho’s founding in 1867, Bartholomew “Bart” DeWitt bought a few hundred acres of land in what is now San Angelo

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and named it Santa Angela, in honor of his late wife.

The burg was later renamed San Angela, then San Angelo.

Frequently patronized by the fort’s soldiers, what is now Downtown San Angelo was a hive of activity, with many of its buildings – including those on Concho Avenue – serving as bordellos. The last one, now called Miss Hattie’s Bordello Museum, was permanently shuttered in 1952.

Historic downtown seemed a forgotten slice of San Angelo’s rowdy history until the 1990s, when Regional/Urban Design Assistance Program (R/UDAT) and a group of local community leaders resolved to revive it. Today, the heart of San Angelo, including historic Concho Avenue, is a veritable treasure trove of history and things to do, with a plethora of locally-owned boutiques and shops, nightlife, and eateries. Concho Avenue, in particular, is a testament to the acumen of San Angelo’s leaders, past and present, who saw the area’s potential and resolved to return it to its former glory.

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Heritage Haus

Clocks & Fans

LOCATED IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANGELO

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San Angelo’s History Merchant

Specializing in the Sale and Repair of Fine Clocks and Quality Ceiling Fans

230 South Chadbourne 325.655.4900 (ON THE CORNER OF CHADBOURNE AND CONCHO AVE.)

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J. Wilde’s

20 E. Concho Ave. Historic Name: Schwartz and Raas Building Date Built: Late 1880s Designer: Oscar Ruffini Building’s Original Use: Schwartz and Raas Mercantile History: Schwartz and Raas closed in 1894. Joyce Wilde purchased the restored building from the late Kenneth Gunter in 2002 and moved her business J. Wilde’s there. In 2015, J. Wilde’s moved to the back of the building, and clothing boutique Mustang Sally’s leased the front. Mustang Sally’s left in 2018, and Wilde took up the remainder of the space, this time with a focus on vintage clothing.

Unique Architectural Features: Though the building has been completely redone, the briTck and rock walls inside are original.

The line of doors across the front of the façade were replaced, but the columns are original. The building also has a boardwalk in front of the façade that stretches down to Miss Hattie’s.

Current Status: Operating as J. Wilde & Friends since 2018 and J. Wilde’s since the 1970s. The business is the oldest on East Concho.

In Wilde’s words: “The size of it is over 7,000 square feet; it’s a large building, and the façade. …is just one of the prettiest ones (in the area). This one is just a little bit grander in the front because of the detailing. When we came on the street, it was mainly bars and mechanic shops and a couple of antique shops. It’s been fun to watch it (grow).”

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Miss Hattie’s Restaurant Cathouse Lounge 26 E. Concho Ave.

Date Built: Late 1880s Designer: Oscar Ruffini Building’s Original Use: San Angelo National Bank History: The building was one of the first permanent structures in San Angelo in the 1880s. The adjacent Sarge’s Saloon, owned

by John Nasworthy, was built into the bank’s side and expanded.

A tunnel underneath the bank led to Miss Hattie’ Bordello. Later renovations to the building uncovered artifacts that confirmed legends of ranchers, farmers, and soldiers who traveled discreetly from the bank’s tunnel to the popular bordello. The building was nearly demolished in 1976 before Kenneth Gunter purchased it and restored it. He leased the building as a restaurant and in the late 1990s re-opened it with wife Brenda as Miss Hattie’s Restaurant.

Unique Architectural Features: Original tin ceiling and brick walls in the main dining room; original 1880s rock walls in the bar and adjacent rock back room; cast iron cornice with pediment reproduced in fiberglass from historic photographs.

Of note: Restored and registered in 1981, it is the only local building listed on both the state and national registers as a historic landmark.

Current Status: Miss Hattie’s Restaurant and Cathouse Lounge, owned by Mayor Brenda Gunter.

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Sassy Fox 34 E Concho Ave.

Date Built: 1888 Building’s Original Use: Concho Avenue Bakery History: The building also was at one time a meat locker, and later Buck & Cox Motor Co., an automobile dealership.

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Unique Architectural Features: The skylight in the building is still in existence from when the building was a meat locker. Other features include an original tin ceiling, which an architect claimed was from Europe and dated to the late 1700s or 1800s.

The wall closest to the Miss Hattie’s building is a 36-inch dry stack, which means all rock with no mortar. Mortar has since been installed to prevent dust from filtering through.

Current Status: Owned by Alfred and Barbara Strain as Sassy Fox Boutique since 1995.

In Barbara Strain’s words: “I am just such an advocate for the entire Downtown, (and) both of my stores (including Jessie Rose Mercantile across the street). It’s just living history. I live in a house that Marcus Koenigheim built to develop this area. It’s amazing to me that he was building it, and we came along 100 years later, and I’m living in his house.”

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Heritage Haus

Clocks & Fans

Heritage Haus Clocks & Gifts 230 S. Chadbourne St.

Date Built: Mid 1880s.

Original Use: Vroman and Nason mercantile History: The building became the Corner Saloon. In 1892, Canadian ex-heavyweight prizefighter Thomas McCloskey brought the building and eventually renamed it McCloskey’s Place, also a saloon. Accounts differ on how the name came to be the Arc Light Saloon. Some reports are that McCloskey installed wood arc lights at the corner of the building and renamed it Arc Light Saloon, while owner Martin Valis said it came to be known so because soldiers from the fort crossing the Oakes Street Bridge called it the light of arc. The Concho Club Bordello occupied the building’s second floor.

Upon prohibition, the Arc Light Saloon became the Arc Light Drugstore, then the Arc Light Recreation Club, the Liberty Café in 1944, and later the Alexander Café. The space was also reported to have been Talley’s Clock Shop, Arc Light Antiques, a barber shop, cab company headquarters, a real estate company, and even a hotel. Valis bought Heritage Haus from Doris Jones in the 1980s.

Unique Architectural Features: The oak floor and rock wall of the second story are original, as is the tin ceiling in the back room.

Of note: The Alexander family, who owned it as a café, in the late 1950s commissioned a mural on the wall of the building that pays homage to its days as a saloon. Valis also said the building has a friendly resident ghost who has a habit of moving objects.

Current Status: Valis still owns the building as Heritage Haus Clocks & Gifts.

In Valis’ words: “People come in here just to look at the building. When you walk in you get the feeling that, ‘Wow, this is history.’ Or people will walk in and say, ‘Wow, look at all the clocks.’ It’s the feeling you get when you walk in. It’s just a neat place to be.”

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Downtown San Angelo

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Established in 2004, Downtown San Angelo, Inc. was formed by a group of 35 individuals who were dedicated to downtown revitalization. In November 2005, the organization was granted membership in the Main Street Program. This program is a major effort by the National Trust for Historic

Preservation to provide assistance to cities whose older central business districts are seeking to retain some vestige of their visual character and whose economic position is slipping. The premise of this program is that economic revitalization can take place within the context of historic preservation.

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Call DTSA offices at 325-655-2345 or email us at director@dtsa.org for more information on how to become a downtown member.

Napoli’s Italian Restaurant 421 S Chadbourne St San Angelo Strength & Conditioning 30 N Chadbourne St Yoga San Angelo 63 N Chadbourne St Vital Forensics 133 W Concho Ave #211 Carters Sugar Shop 28 N Chadbourne St Lifted Vape & Smoke 225 S. Chadbourne St Knosh Restaurant 208 S Oakes St LaBella Massage and Skincare 322 W. Twohig Ave.

Stroll

Every Third Thursday - 5:00 - 9:00 PM Each Thursday of every month Downtown San Angelo welcomes you to the Down-town Stroll.

Visitors are invited to explore the best art food, and fun that downtown has to offer. Trolley services will run from 6-9 pm to chauffeur everyone through the stroll. (meets at the Museum of Fine Arts)

Stroll Dates: October 17 November 21 December 19 January 16 February 20 March 19

For more information visit downtownsanangelo.com.

GYM 28 18 N Chadbourne St Man Made Fitness 117 S Chadbourne St Endorphin Chasers: PTC 19 W Beauregard Ave Slangin Dough 16 E 3rd The Attic 59 N Chadbourne 19 Thirty-Three Whiskey Bar 217 S Chadbourne St Egotistic Studio 9 W Beauregard Ave Trufant Brothers Tattoo 227 S Chadbourne St

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