The Old Spanish Trail Cultural Corridor was designated by Texas Commission on the Arts in the beginning of 2019. The purpose of the TCA cultural corridors program is to encourage and promote the arts for energizing the economy, businesses, and tourism.
Our OST Cultural Corridor is 2.5 miles beginning at Hildebrand and Fredericksburg road, then going down to North Flores and Savings Street, ending at the world renowned Artpace founded by the late Linda Pace.
The OST CC mission is to promote and sustain this area of Fredericksburg Road to North Flores focusing on existing and new arts organizations, artists, businesses, and highlighting legacy establishments that are located along the trail.
The OST CC website has been built to be inclusive of the 7 surrounding neighborhoods that are Monticello, Jefferson / Woodlawn Lake, Keystone, Beacon Hill, Alta Vista, and 5 Points which the OST CC navigates. Synergy and alliances are critical to collaboration which will enrich this area as a whole.
From businesses to arts groups to historic neighborhoods, residents of San Antonio, and tourists seeking authentic experiences will not be surprised at the depth of history that the Old Spanish Trail Cultural Corridor encompasses. Not only does the OST CC have history from the early 1800’s but it also has emerging new vibrant small businesses that give San Antonio its vibe in a big way.
The Local Sense of businesses with the arts make for an incredibly rich corridor that is a must see and must experience area of San Antonio.
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“where the edge and legacy meet”
On the backs of horses and on foot, in the 1700’s the Conquistadores begin to forge the trail that went from Florida to California. The midway point, San Antonio has been a stopping and starting point of much travel that occurred by wagons drawn by mules to take goods to town from the surrounding farms and ranches.
The 1800’s wagon trains and stagecoaches came thru San Antonio, with one two story house still standing on our OST CC being a stagecoach inn. Across from the stagecoach inn at 1108 N Flores, the Declaration of Mexico was written by Venustiano Carranza, leader of the Mexican Revolution and eventually President of Mexico in 1917. You will find a Texas Historical Marker there today in commemoration.
In 1919 after the cars and travel were more prevalent, San Antonio’s Gunter Hotel was chosen as the location for the Old Spanish Trail Association, which was one of the first groups planning an interstate highway from St Augustine to New Orleans. They named the association after the Spanish explorers which kept the legacy alive.
There have been several commemorations, since with one in 2004 commemorating a 100-year centennial by the City of San Antonio and Bexar County.
The centennial celebrations can be seen on the OST100 website below.
OST CC designated in 2019 by the Texas Commission on the Arts recognizes the rich history of the Old Spanish Trail’s businesses, arts, neighborhoods which is authentic and cherished by its residents.
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