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Located on the banks of the San Antonio River in
the La Villita Historic District, this one-story limestone house was built
for Major Jeremiah Dashiell by San Antonio contractor and stonemason J.H.
Kampmann, circa 1850. The San Antonio Conservation Society purchased the
house in 1942, restored it, and used it as headquarters until 1975 when its
offices moved to the Anton Wulff House.
The national preservation lobbying organization,
Preservation Action, was founded on this site on March 23, 1974. The
building underwent extensive structural repair in 1978 and, again, in 1995.
From 1975 to 2004, the Dashiell House served as the headquarters for a Night
in Old San Antonio. When the NIOSA offices moved to the Gresser House on
South Presa Street, the Society chose to rent the Dashiell House to the Fig
Tree restaurant, while retaining use of the garden overlooking the river for
several Society events. |
