Miraflores

The land along the San Antonio River below its headwaters was filled with springs that supported agriculture and livestock until city development reached the area in the early 1900s. In 1921, Dr. Aureliano Urrutia, a refugee from the 1910 Mexican Revolution, purchased an old dairy farm at the corner of River Avenue (Broadway) and Cow Street (Hildebrand). He had hoped to build a sanitarium modeled after his Sanatorio Urrutia in Coyoacán, Mexico, but instead created Miraflores, a private riverside garden filled with sculpture and fountains. Miraflores became the site of many family gatherings, celebrations, community events, and receptions for visiting dignitaries. Urrutia sold the Broadway frontage of Miraflores to USAA for its headquarters in 1953, and the company later purchased and preserved the sculpture garden. After later ownership by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and the University of the Incarnate Word, Miraflores was acquired by the City of San Antonio in 2005 and incorporated into Brackenridge Park.

San Antonio, Texas · United States