The local municipality is a charming, affluent enclave of historic homes on tree-lined streets, and some residents want to keep it that way.
The home of Sarah Reveley, an Alamo Heights Historic Association committee chairwoman, is in the city's cottage district, a collection of about 40 mostly Craftsman-style homes built between the 1920s and '40s. The issue of historic districts is so important to Reveley that she decided to run for Alamo Heights City Council.In 2022, the community in Alamo Heights marked its centennial year as an incorporated city.
The City of San Antonio has designated 32 historic districts in San Antonio. Historic districts are areas containing structures or sites that have historical, architectural, archaeological or cultural significance, or that contribute to the characteristics of a landmark, according to the city’s Office of Historic Preservation.San Antonio’s ordinance requires that a historic district designation must be supported by at least 51% of the area property owners.
In addition to historic homes — structures that are more than 50 years old, retain their character and are connected to historic events or people — Alamo Heights also features dwellings designed by noted architectsA Prairie-style home located in Alamo Heights is the type of structure conservationists seek to protect from demolition.The widespread demolition of homes was not a problem before 2019, Reveley said.
“AHHA encourages anyone who is planning to build a new house in Alamo Heights by razing an existing structure to consider that they are destroying a part of that which attracted them to this area.” Demolition requests in Alamo Heights are considered by the Architectural Review Board, an advisory group that sends its recommendations to the six-member City Council.
As for maintaining the character of Alamo Heights, Gaines said the city has “every kind of architectural design imaginable … and that’s part of the charm of the city.”Scott Ball / San Antonio Report At the request of the City Council, in February, Kuhn gave a briefing to the council about potential changes to the architectural review board process and ordinance. “We are trying to revamp our ordinance to strengthen and give our architecture review board some additional say,” Kuhn said.
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