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233 Bushnell Ave
San Antonio, TX 78212
Mailing Address
Landa Gardens Conservancy
PO Box 12243
San Antonio, TX 78212
info@landagardens.org
Contact Us
Website
Office
233 Bushnell Ave
San Antonio, TX 78212
Mailing Address
Monte Vista Historical Association
PO Box 12386
San Antonio, TX 78212
Phone
210-737-8212
mail@montevista-sa.org
Mission
The Landa Gardens Conservancy is dedicated to raising funds to beautify and maintain the grounds at Landa Library so that the entire community can enjoy them!
History
1994 -- Group of neighbors, organized under the name of Landa Library Alliance, began raising money to build the playground Mr. Landa envisioned.
2001 -- The Monte Vista Historical Association, in conjunction with the Landa Library Alliance, formed the Landa Gardens Committee. Working in partnership with the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Public Library Bard, the Landa Gardens Committee created a master plan for the Landa Gardens.
2004 -- Landa Gardens Conservancy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was formed to raise the funds necessary to implement the plan and establish an endowment for perpetual maintenance of the grounds. More than $1.5 million was raised by the end of 2007.
Purpose
"To encourage the preservation of the distinctive heritage of the Monte Vista area; to keep the physical identity of this late nineteenth-early twentieth century district intact; and to educate the public, especially the youth, with knowledge of our inherited neighborhood values which contribute to a wholesome urban environment."
The Monte Vista National Historic District is located one and a half miles north of downtown San Antonio and is home to about 3,000 people in 100 city blocks. Its distinguished residential architecture, primarily from San Antonio's "Gilded Age," defined as extending from 1890 to 1930, forms the most extensive and intact neighborhood of this era in Texas.
Monte Vista Neighborhood -- Platted 1890-1927
Monte Vista Historical Association -- Founded 1973
Monte Vista Historic District -- Designated 1975
National Registry of Historic Places -- Designated 1998
Special thanks to our generous event sponsors: Friends of the San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio Public Library Foundation, Landa Gardens Conservancy, The Eugenia and Lawrence A. Bertetti Foundation, and Laura & Mike Baucum.
