This was a nice change from the lavish homes we've seen (and still enjoy seeing) on your channel. Of note to me are the l hollow logs that support the roof and allow rain water to run off. In the Territorial, Spanish Colonial Revival, Mission Revival, and Spanish Eclectic architecture styles of the 1920s and 1930s, roof vents in the parapet walls are an homage to this original feature. The vents are made from terracotta tile 'tubes', and it's often a challenge to keep birds from nesting in them, lol. My prior home had open beams and a three-quarter corner fireplace which was plastered, had a curved narrow tile mantel, and a niche above for one of those vintage radios. My current house has curved ceilings, arches, niches with shelves, and a built-in gum wood buffet. Here in San Diego, the Presidio (old Spanish military headquarters), Mission San Diego de Alcala, and the home of the wealthy Estudillo family dating from this period underwent restorations starting in the 1920s/30s.
in the 1970s I took a group of British customers, many of them friends, from Austin on a tour of San Antonio. One of the British engineers had told me that he worked on weekends with his father-in-law restoring old houses in England. I asked him what he was working on at present. He said,"An old rectory, once Church property." "How old is it?" "Tenth or eleventh century." After touring the Governor's Mansion he signed the guest book. From Andover, England. "We are very much impressed by your modern methods of construcion."
I've toured this site. When you moderate anything it sounds so much more. I just remembered thinking how tiny everything is. Also wanted to confirm that it is haunted so is the Alamo, all mission grounds are. All the more fun to explore. Thanks Ken, love your channel. Gini
Another great video and tour. So glad the building has been preserved to interpret this period in the history of Texas. Hopefully there is adequate interpretation of the treatment of the Indigenous communities by the Spanish as they colonized this part of the "New World."
As a native San Antonian, I don’t know that I’ve ever really been inside this place! And I live maybe 3 miles away. I’ve passed by it thousands of times but just can’t remember going inside. This was pretty cool seeing it without anyone around to obstruct your view, etc. what was that last shot of a city though? San Antonio is NOT that fancy! It would’ve been nice to have seen how this spot is located really in the middle of different building styles and businesses. All in all, still a great video! Love the channel!
I toured this place along with the Alamo back in the 80s and 90s when I lived in Texas. We often drove over to San Antonio from Houston to enjoy the River Walk and stay in some of the lovely hotels. However, what the narrator doesn't talk about is how the Spanish were cruel and inhumane colonizers. They enslaved the natives and prolonged the Inquisition in their colonies, persecuting or executing anyone who wasn't Catholic. They were fascists, religious zealots, despotic dictators, and terrible land managers. The present-day Hispanics in San Antonio are lovely people with an exciting culture and cuisine. I loved going there.
I like to keep the videos short. I tend to opperate on the assumption that people understand the nuances. If I were to make a video going into great detail about the Spanish Colonizers it would be 20 minutes before we start exploring the house. That being said, I do appreciate your comment as it is informative and might help those who are not aware to better understand the history.
That's the US propaganda taught in US schools, and gullible and ignorant people like you believe their lies. What they don't teach you in US schools is how cruel, criminal and genocidal was the US government against the US Native population, in 1850 when the US government took over the Spanish/Mexican government there were 150,000 Native Americans living in the State of California, 50 years later in 1900 there were only 20,000 Native Americans left alive, the US government and the Anglo settlers went on killing spree and decimated the Native American population to steal their land, and that's just the State of California, that's not counting what they did to them in other states like Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, etc.. Did they teach you about the "Trail of Tears", apparently not, or you would not be saying all that nonsense and bigoted statements, since no one treated them worse than the US government. You're full of it, no one enslaved the natives, they were taught trades, farming and were encouraged to live in communities near the Missions. Where did you get that they were fascists, religious zealots, despotic dictators and "terrible" land managers, you're living in fantasy world, spewing venom and lies, and trying to re-write history your own way. Shame on you for being so ignorant and full of hate.
I find it interesting that, unlike the Anglo-Europeans, the Spanish, cruel as they were, did not commit genocide and eradicate entire nations. You don't find too many descendants of native people east of Texas.
What you also don’t mention is that natives murdered one another and stole. Stop with the BS. If you aren’t strong enough to hold your land, you lose it. Natives were not singing songs holding hands here.
As a native and life long resident of the American Southwest, this is the kind of grand building that I am accustomed to. I love seeing the slate and tile floors and the wonderfully thick insulating adobe walls. The deep, shaded outdoor spaces acted as a cooling feature to buffer the extreme heat of the region. Unfortunately, many of these grand buildings were constructed with Native American slave labor. Thank you for featuring it.
I grew up visiting the California missions made from adobe. Same feel. The thick walls have so much presence. Unfortunately, the old adobe buildings don’t perform well in earthquakes 😢
Great documentation and narration. thanks for bringing back memories of this. I was in the Cub Scouts when I first saw this place. Important first impression of Spanish Colonial architecture in the Southwest.
I remember my first time visiting this place when I was a kid. The place is an absolutely incredible piece of history. Then you got the river walk and the Alamo and whatnot... What a cool city. I just hate driving around in it.
Spanish culture is vibrant rich in cultural heritage of intellectual pursuits of writing painting architecture music you name anything of value created over centuries and they were part of it because European boundaries races mixed Roman Latin into Spanish Greek and so all if these racial groups rich in their backgrounds and that is what got brought here first and then they mingled with locals creating sound systems of establishment it’s those other criminals who got sent here and then their colonies slaves which carried on traditions of scoundrels in their bloodlines all documented how lands were taken from natives on just few baubles and drinks bullying abuses harms and so on that nature in that black white club still is there even today doing exactly what they did centuries back
I remembered. In my San Antonio history book. A picture from early 1920’s. A large and wide commercial sign hung on governor palace roof. I think it was a tire shop. It was awful looking. Also next door to San Fernando cathedral. And LaVillita ( little village). During depression it was a slum with mismatched shelters overlooking new 1929 Smith-Young Tower. Very vulgar. Until late 1930’s LaVillita was cleaned up and pushed poor out and restored it beautifully for tourists. Until 1981 all electric and phones lines were removed and planted underground. Back 1700’s no such electricity and phones.
And to be honest, we’re only a half hour in and this is already my favorite episode of hoarders ever. I can so relate to him because I love antiques , which is why I subscribe to your channel and I’m also an artist. The house is amazing. I hope Roberts health is doing well. 💜
It was an honor to help him with his house. Unfortunately, he rejected aftercare and decided to terminate our contract with him for the continued cleaning, restoration, and propelling the house forward as a museum. I wish him all the best, he is a talented and kind man and I would have liked to help him more in realizing his vision. We have talked several times since and I fear that he has gone back to his old ways. He has a good network of friends keeping an eye on him and helping him with everything outside the house-we all still care for him.
@@ThisHouse Yes. I saw the caption at the end. You did what you could. You are a very good and kind person. Take that with you. 💜. PS I immediately recognized your voice within the first few seconds of the show.
There is a lot of romanticized misinformation about this building. It wasn’t built as a place, nor for a governor. It was a residence and storeroom for the captain of the Presidio. This conjuring up of history came from an early San Antonio preservationist who led a decade long effort to get the city to purchase it. When it was restored in the 1930’s, much of what was done was not historically accurate and based on a romanticized past that never really existed there. But that’s been so long ago that this incorrect history is part of its history and it lives on as it is.
Tried answering several times, but anything with links seems to be deleted. The official page for the house (“spanishgovernorspalace”) operated by the City of San Antonio (which owns the house) has a good history of the house that explains when and how it got the name in the early 20th century, and how what we see today is not necessarily accurate and reflects a 1930’s interpretation. There is also an interesting site of architectural historian Vince Michael that has a lot of detailed history on the house, as he worked for the City of San Antonio on projects there. If you search Governors Palace on that site you’ll find it.
This was a nice change from the lavish homes we've seen (and still enjoy seeing) on your channel. Of note to me are the l hollow logs that support the roof and allow rain water to run off. In the Territorial, Spanish Colonial Revival, Mission Revival, and Spanish Eclectic architecture styles of the 1920s and 1930s, roof vents in the parapet walls are an homage to this original feature. The vents are made from terracotta tile 'tubes', and it's often a challenge to keep birds from nesting in them, lol. My prior home had open beams and a three-quarter corner fireplace which was plastered, had a curved narrow tile mantel, and a niche above for one of those vintage radios. My current house has curved ceilings, arches, niches with shelves, and a built-in gum wood buffet. Here in San Diego, the Presidio (old Spanish military headquarters), Mission San Diego de Alcala, and the home of the wealthy Estudillo family dating from this period underwent restorations starting in the 1920s/30s.
in the 1970s I took a group of British customers, many of them friends, from Austin on a tour of San Antonio. One of the British engineers had told me that he worked on weekends with his father-in-law restoring old houses in England. I asked him what he was working on at present.
He said,"An old rectory, once Church property."
"How old is it?"
"Tenth or eleventh century."
After touring the Governor's Mansion he signed the guest book. From Andover, England. "We are very much impressed by your modern methods of construcion."
I've toured this site. When you moderate anything it sounds so much more. I just remembered thinking how tiny everything is.
Also wanted to confirm that it is haunted so is the Alamo, all mission grounds are. All the more fun to explore. Thanks Ken, love your channel.
Gini
Like the Alamo I thought it was tiny too.
Anyone interested in San Antonio history should look into the CIDA, Canary Island Descendants Association. It’s fascinating..
This was a nice change of pace, Ken. We all know about the Alamo, but not the Presidio. Perhaps you could cover the Pio Pico house in Los Angeles.
I love the grounds! Very tranquil.
Love the floors.
You're speaking too fast.
Another great video and tour. So glad the building has been preserved to interpret this period in the history of Texas. Hopefully there is adequate interpretation of the treatment of the Indigenous communities by the Spanish as they colonized this part of the "New World."
Your videos never disappoint. So much history, so little time......
Thanks for featuring this house.
It's gorgeous 😍
It really is!
Very informative ❤
Glad you liked it!
I love the patios
The whole house was absolute but that bed is everything!
As a native San Antonian, I don’t know that I’ve ever really been inside this place! And I live maybe 3 miles away. I’ve passed by it thousands of times but just can’t remember going inside. This was pretty cool seeing it without anyone around to obstruct your view, etc.
what was that last shot of a city though? San Antonio is NOT that fancy! It would’ve been nice to have seen how this spot is located really in the middle of different building styles and businesses.
All in all, still a great video! Love the channel!
It looks like Austin! One of the buildings has a Silicon Labs name on it and another one says North Shore.
@@bdwon Yes - that is downtown Austin. Sad error.
I am lucky to live in
Zurich Switzerland,
with many buildings
older than 1700 . ♡ 🇨🇭
Beautiful city
My friend Randy used to live on Spiegelgasse in Zurich. Die Spiegelgasse ist eine Strasse in der Altstadt von Zürich rechts der Limmat.
Pride of my country and HISTORY ; stop.hate and xenophobia
Lol they didn’t need Catholic teaching
I toured this place along with the Alamo back in the 80s and 90s when I lived in Texas. We often drove over to San Antonio from Houston to enjoy the River Walk and stay in some of the lovely hotels. However, what the narrator doesn't talk about is how the Spanish were cruel and inhumane colonizers. They enslaved the natives and prolonged the Inquisition in their colonies, persecuting or executing anyone who wasn't Catholic. They were fascists, religious zealots, despotic dictators, and terrible land managers. The present-day Hispanics in San Antonio are lovely people with an exciting culture and cuisine. I loved going there.
I like to keep the videos short. I tend to opperate on the assumption that people understand the nuances. If I were to make a video going into great detail about the Spanish Colonizers it would be 20 minutes before we start exploring the house. That being said, I do appreciate your comment as it is informative and might help those who are not aware to better understand the history.
That's the US propaganda taught in US schools, and gullible and ignorant people like you believe their lies. What they don't teach you in US schools is how cruel, criminal and genocidal was the US government against the US Native population, in 1850 when the US government took over the Spanish/Mexican government there were 150,000 Native Americans living in the State of California, 50 years later in 1900 there were only 20,000 Native Americans left alive, the US government and the Anglo settlers went on killing spree and decimated the Native American population to steal their land, and that's just the State of California, that's not counting what they did to them in other states like Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, etc.. Did they teach you about the "Trail of Tears", apparently not, or you would not be saying all that nonsense and bigoted statements, since no one treated them worse than the US government. You're full of it, no one enslaved the natives, they were taught trades, farming and were encouraged to live in communities near the Missions. Where did you get that they were fascists, religious zealots, despotic dictators and "terrible" land managers, you're living in fantasy world, spewing venom and lies, and trying to re-write history your own way. Shame on you for being so ignorant and full of hate.
Oh God , here we go! Another runaway indian!
I find it interesting that, unlike the Anglo-Europeans, the Spanish, cruel as they were, did not commit genocide and eradicate entire nations. You don't find too many descendants of native people east of Texas.
What you also don’t mention is that natives murdered one another and stole. Stop with the BS. If you aren’t strong enough to hold your land, you lose it. Natives were not singing songs holding hands here.
Just looking at the steep staircase without any railings made me very uncomfortable.
It was a compound
Beautiful 💖 💕 😍 🤩
will be visiting soon.
I love San Antonio for history and people although I’m from a country has 5,000-year history and buildings. 😊
As a native and life long resident of the American Southwest, this is the kind of grand building that I am accustomed to. I love seeing the slate and tile floors and the wonderfully thick insulating adobe walls. The deep, shaded outdoor spaces acted as a cooling feature to buffer the extreme heat of the region. Unfortunately, many of these grand buildings were constructed with Native American slave labor. Thank you for featuring it.
I grew up visiting the California missions made from adobe. Same feel. The thick walls have so much presence. Unfortunately, the old adobe buildings don’t perform well in earthquakes 😢
Great documentation and narration. thanks for bringing back memories of this. I was in the Cub Scouts when I first saw this place. Important first impression of Spanish Colonial architecture in the Southwest.
I remember my first time visiting this place when I was a kid. The place is an absolutely incredible piece of history. Then you got the river walk and the Alamo and whatnot... What a cool city. I just hate driving around in it.
Very nice. 😄
…and it’s very haunted I assure you.
Everywhere including Menger Hotel.
Actually this place seems much more haunted than The Alamo to many Texans.
i visited the spanish governor’s palace, and someone dressed like a spanish military officer walked through the space, and then disappeared.
Spanish culture is vibrant rich in cultural heritage of intellectual pursuits of writing painting architecture music you name anything of value created over centuries and they were part of it because European boundaries races mixed Roman Latin into Spanish Greek and so all if these racial groups rich in their backgrounds and that is what got brought here first and then they mingled with locals creating sound systems of establishment it’s those other criminals who got sent here and then their colonies slaves which carried on traditions of scoundrels in their bloodlines all documented how lands were taken from natives on just few baubles and drinks bullying abuses harms and so on that nature in that black white club still is there even today doing exactly what they did centuries back
❤
Grandfather said his family was from canary islands, hernandez, mothers family was a cabrillo
Yeah the house they rake is ridiculous amounts of mkney over and dont put anything back in for the people. The greed never ended from the missions
I remember that staircase. I'm pretty sure the sign on the wall said it was stairs to the staff rooms. Like, the maid's room.
Sooooo much nicer than new homes.
Easy to know ils spainish style since outside, thanks for your video
The dining room looks exactly like the one in a Clint Eastwood movie
I think I saw you on Hoarders tonight Ken
@thishouse
You did! It was an honor to be able to help Bob with his house.
I remembered. In my San Antonio history book. A picture from early 1920’s. A large and wide commercial sign hung on governor palace roof. I think it was a tire shop. It was awful looking. Also next door to San Fernando cathedral.
And LaVillita ( little village). During depression it was a slum with mismatched shelters overlooking new 1929 Smith-Young Tower. Very vulgar. Until late 1930’s LaVillita was cleaned up and pushed poor out and restored it beautifully for tourists. Until 1981 all electric and phones lines were removed and planted underground. Back 1700’s no such electricity and phones.
Been there
My favorite thing was located in the righthand corner of the last frame...
OMG. IM WATCHING YOU ON HOARDERS.
And to be honest, we’re only a half hour in and this is already my favorite episode of hoarders ever. I can so relate to him because I love antiques , which is why I subscribe to your channel and I’m also an artist. The house is amazing. I hope Roberts health is doing well. 💜
It was an honor to help him with his house. Unfortunately, he rejected aftercare and decided to terminate our contract with him for the continued cleaning, restoration, and propelling the house forward as a museum. I wish him all the best, he is a talented and kind man and I would have liked to help him more in realizing his vision. We have talked several times since and I fear that he has gone back to his old ways. He has a good network of friends keeping an eye on him and helping him with everything outside the house-we all still care for him.
@@ThisHouse Yes. I saw the caption at the end. You did what you could. You are a very good and kind person. Take that with you. 💜. PS I immediately recognized your voice within the first few seconds of the show.
There is a lot of romanticized misinformation about this building. It wasn’t built as a place, nor for a governor. It was a residence and storeroom for the captain of the Presidio. This conjuring up of history came from an early San Antonio preservationist who led a decade long effort to get the city to purchase it. When it was restored in the 1930’s, much of what was done was not historically accurate and based on a romanticized past that never really existed there. But that’s been so long ago that this incorrect history is part of its history and it lives on as it is.
I did not find this in any of my research, could you please provide a source for your claim?
I agree. @@ThisHouse
Tried answering several times, but anything with links seems to be deleted. The official page for the house (“spanishgovernorspalace”) operated by the City of San Antonio (which owns the house) has a good history of the house that explains when and how it got the name in the early 20th century, and how what we see today is not necessarily accurate and reflects a 1930’s interpretation. There is also an interesting site of architectural historian Vince Michael that has a lot of detailed history on the house, as he worked for the City of San Antonio on projects there. If you search Governors Palace on that site you’ll find it.
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