L. Frank Saddlery Co., ca. 1880
The wholesale and retail saddle and harness business, established in 1880, moved to this building from Main Plaza in 1901. The company did much international business in Mexico and Cuba. It also supplied harnesses and saddles to the Allied Armies during the Crimean War and WWI. It later housed Karotkin’s Furniture Company for many decades. In December 2002, the Commerce Street façade collapsed during the gutted building’s renovation for hotel use. Replication of the original building, plus the addition of three floors, was completed in 2004.
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87.1126, San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation Library
Interior L. Frank Saddlery, 080-0235, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
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L. Frank Saddlery
Co., ca. 1880
239 E Commerce St
San Antonio, TX 78205
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