The Monte Vista Historic District is an affluent neighborhood of about 3,000 people located in Midtown
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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, Texas, USA. The district stretches from the southern area near
San Antonio College
San Antonio College (SAC) is a public community college in San Antonio, Texas. It is part of the Alamo Colleges District and the oldest public two-year college in Texas. The college has an average semester enrollment of 22,028 credit students an ...
(Ashby Place) to its most northern point along Hildebrand Avenue (near the city of Olmos Park). It was officially registered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Because of this, homeowners must adhere to rules and regulations set by the San Antonio Office of Historical Preservation and approved by the San Antonio Historic Design and Review Commission as well as the San Antonio City Council.
Monte Vista began development in 1889 when real estate developers took an interest in a goat pasture about 2 miles north of
Downtown San Antonio
Downtown San Antonio is the central business district of San Antonio, Texas, United States. It also serves as the urban core of Greater San Antonio, a metropolitan area with nearly 2.5 million people.
In addition to being encircled by Loops 1604 ...
. Homes were built street by street, with different developers owning blocks at a time. Building was largely completed by the 1930s.
Government and infrastructure
The
San Antonio Police Department
The San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) is the primary law enforcement agency serving the City of San Antonio, Texas, United States and some surrounding areas. Its headquarters are at South Santa Rosa district. SAPD is one of the largest munic ...
(SAPD) serves Monte Vista from the Central Substation.
The
United States Postal Service
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Laurel Heights Post Office is adjacent to and outside of Monte Vista.
Education
Primary and secondary schools
The district is within the
San Antonio Independent School District
San Antonio Independent School District is a school district based in San Antonio, Texas, United States.
San Antonio ISD ranks is the 13th largest of Texas' 1,057 school districts. The District encompasses 79 square miles with a total population ...
.District Map ." Monte Vista Historical District. Retrieved on March 25, 2010. Most of Monte Vista is zoned to Cotton Elementary School, and Mark Twain Middle School, both outside of the district. Some residents are zoned to Hawthorne K-8 Academy, also outside of the Monte Vista district. Edison High School, outside of the district, serves all of Monte Vista.
The
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the United States, and sui juris Latin Church in full communion with the pope of Rome. It encompasses in the U.S. state of Texas. The Roman Catholic Archd ...
Keystone School
Keystone School, generally called Keystone, is a co-educational independent private school for students from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade, located in the Monte Vista Historic District in Midtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. San Antonio Academy, a private PK-8 school for boys, is in Monte Vista. The Monte Vista Montessori School is also located in Monte Vista.
San Antonio College
San Antonio College (SAC) is a public community college in San Antonio, Texas. It is part of the Alamo Colleges District and the oldest public two-year college in Texas. The college has an average semester enrollment of 22,028 credit students an ...
.
Public libraries
The Hannah Landa Memorial Library of the
San Antonio Public Library The San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) is the public library system serving the city of San Antonio, Texas. It consists of a central library, 29 branch libraries (as of the fall of 2017), and a library portal. SAPL was awarded the National Medal for ...
San Antonio Public Library The San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) is the public library system serving the city of San Antonio, Texas. It consists of a central library, 29 branch libraries (as of the fall of 2017), and a library portal. SAPL was awarded the National Medal for ...