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San Antonio preservationist and architect dies
On this day in 1964, Henry John Steinbomer died in San Antonio, where he
had been born in 1902. He was a zealous restorer and preserver of
historic buildings in this city notable for its architecture. Steinbomer
cofounded the Historic Buildings Foundation, which restored a number of
early buildings before merging with the San Antonio Conservation
Society. For the society he helped restore the home of José Antonio
Navarro and initiated the Index of Historic San Antonio Buildings. As an
architect he designed more than 100 churches across Texas. Among these
are the Church of the Good Shepherd and Methodist Student Center,
Austin; St. Bartholomew's Episcopal and Parkdale Baptist in Corpus
Christi; First Avenue Lutheran, Galveston; St. Paul Lutheran and First
Methodist, McAllen; First Presbyterian, Midland; Sacred Heart Cathedral
and St. Mark's Presbyterian, San Angelo; St. Luke's Episcopal, Jefferson
Methodist, and Central Christian, San Antonio; the chapel of Texas
Lutheran College, Seguin; and Trinity Lutheran, Victoria.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- STEINBOMER, HENRY JOHN
- SAN ANTONIO, TX
- SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY
- JOSE ANTONIO NAVARRO STATE HISTORICAL PARK
- ARCHITECTURE
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