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Hotel Information
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COMMUNICATION:
Telephone: (210) 227-4392 Facsimile: (210) 227-0915
TRANSPORTATION: San Antonio Airport: (8 miles, 13.2 km) 20 minutes by
taxi (approximately US $16.00) or by airport shuttle (approximately US $9.00
one way).
ROOMS: 352 beautifully appointed guestrooms, including 38 suites,
individually decorated with antique furnishings and artwork. All rooms have
color remote controlled televisions, Sony Playstations, two (2) telephones
with voice mail, message alert, data ports, full size irons/ironing boards,
coffee/coffee makers and hairdryers. Non-smoking and accessible rooms are
offered.
PARKING: LOCAL ATTENDEES:
Valet parking - $17.00- Hotel Garage Valet Parking - $ 10.00
Self-parking - $12.00- Surface Lot Self Parking - $ 5.00
Parking rates are subject to change. Self Parking after 4:00 pm & Weekends $
6:00
DINING:
The Madrid Room
-- Provides informal dining for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast is
served starting at 6:00 a.m., weekday lunches feature Chef�s specials and
pasta bar from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Dinner is served from 5:00 p.m. to
10:00 p.m. and Room Service is available 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight.
Sunday Brunch is served in the Peacock Alley from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Pete�s Pub -- Offers cocktails, light lunches, and snacks in the
lively sociable atmosphere of a Victorian Pub. Open Monday through Friday
from 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight. Saturday and Sunday open at 12:00 Noon.
SERVICES:
Business Center, room service, on-premises dry cleaning and laundry service,
shoeshine stand, pay-per-view movies, valet and self-parking are available.
SPORTS: An outdoors heated swimming pool, hot tub, sundeck and
exercise facility are located on the sixth floor. The local YMCA is within a
10-minute walk. Tennis and golf facilities are a 10 -- 15 minute drive from
the hotel.
SPECIAL FEATURES: The hotel is renowned for it's Peacock Alley (grand
lobby) with priceless museum-quality antiques, objects d�art and crystal
chandeliers. The St. Anthony Hotel, rich in history and tradition, is known
for uncompromising quality service.
Lobby
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Historical Fact Sheet
LOCATION
- The St. Anthony Hotel is located
across from historic Travis Park at 300 East Travis Street, in the heart
of downtown San Antonio. A part of the city�s commercial and retail
center, the hotel is only a few blocks from the San Antonio Convention
Center, Paseo del Rio Riverwalk, Rivercenter Mall, and the Alamo.
HISTORY
- The St. Anthony, with its rich
heritage, has been designated a Texas & National Historical Landmark.
- Named after the city & a saint,
San Antonio de Padua, the St. Anthony Hotel was built in 1909 by prominent
cattlemen B.L. Naylor and A.H. Jones; the latter also mayor of San Antonio
from 1912 to 1913. Quickly earning its reputation for elegance and Old
World style, the hotel proved so successful that a second, nine-story wing
was added in 1911.
- R.W. Morrison, a railroad tycoon,
purchased the property in 1936. He was determined to make the St. Anthony
one of the nation�s great hotels. He was also responsible for collecting
many of the hotel�s French Empire antiques and built a third wing in 1941.
Original oil paintings and watercolors by such noted artists as Remington,
Cartier, and DeYoung were acquired and placed in public areas as well as
guestrooms.
- The lobby area, known as Peacock
Alley, features antique treasures and eight-foot Empire-style chandeliers.
Also gracing Peacock Alley is a painting of a mighty eagle known as
"Monarch of the Golden West" painted by James Ferdinand McCann, an Irish
artist who fell in love with Texas and settled in San Antonio.
- The landmark hotel boasts a number
of firsts. It was the first hotel to be completely and continuously
air-conditioned; first to have a drive-up, garage level registration desk;
first to use electric eye automatic opening doors; and first to install
the sophisticated Dimension telephone communications system.
- After Morrison�s death in 1948,
his trustees operated the St. Anthony. In the 1960�s, the hotel was again
renovated and the private St. Anthony Club and several meeting rooms were
incorporated into the existing building. In 1971, financier William Ochse
purchased and redecorated the property. The most recent full-scale
renovation was completed in early 2002.
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