Casa Navarro State Historic Site

Thank you to everyone who came out for The Friends of Casa Navarro's Concert Under the Stars. It was a blast watching the San Antonio Symphonic Band and a great start to the holiday season! We hope to see you all back next year!!

Join Casa Navarro and our partners next Saturday for the San Antonio Living History Association's Battle of Bejar event! We will be out there making small adobe bricks that visitors can take home!!

Casa Navarro will be at the Battle of Bejar event on December 9th! Come join us to make your own miniature adobe brick and see some amazing living history programs as well!

We hope you have a great Thanksgiving! We will be closed Thanksgiving day, but we open back up on Friday!

Thank you to everyone who came out to our first Tejas Tastebuds event!! We are especially thankful to our partners; the Bexar County Clerk's Spanish Archives, San Antonio UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, and the City of San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation!

We made a banana atole and a rice atole for our first event. This will be a quarterly program going forward, so be on the look out for the next one!!

Our next Downtown Mural Walking Tour is tomorrow at 10 AM! The weather is supposed to be a little chilly so be sure to wear something warm. The tour will take around and hour and will be a mile long.

As of now the program is still going to happen, but we will be monitoring the weather tomorrow to see if rain will be an issue. We will release an announcement an hour before the program if we are cancelling.

Last Saturday Casa Navarro got a new neighbor! The historic O Henry House was moved from the intersection of Laredo and Dolorosa streets, to right across Laredo street from Casa Navarro.

William Sydney Porter, who used the pen name O. Henry, lived here from 1883 to 1885. While here he wrote a few short stories and started a tabloid called The Rolling Stone. In the coming months we will continue to post more information about the O. Henry House and its famous resident!

Yesterday the Friends of Casa Navarro celebrated Dia de los Mu***os with the unveiling of a new headstone for their ancestor, Adela Navarro. They also took the opportunity to visit the grave of Jose Antonio Navarro.

Afterwards there was a small celebration back at Casa Navarro State Historic site with the traditional ofrenda altar and pan de mu**to.

Tomorrow we will have our first Tejas Tastebuds event! We will be cooking two atole recipes. One is a banana based recipe and the other is a rice based recipe, come join us to see a demonstration on how to make these two amazing dishes! Be sure to register using this link: https://publicinput.com/W23014

Join us at Casa Navarro as we demonstrate two historic atole recipes. Use this link to register: https://publicinput.com/W23014

Due to the threat of rain, our Downtown Mural Walking Tour is being rescheduled for Saturday, November 11th! We hope to see you there and we apologize for any inconvenience.

Our last Downtown Mural Walking Tour was a success, and we would love for you all to join us for our next one on tomorrow! The tour will take around an hour and will be a mile long. Tickets will be $4 and will cover admission to the site after the tour.

The San Antonio Symphonic Band will be preforming at Casa Navarro on November 28th for the Friends of Casa Navarro's A Concert Under the Stars event. It will be a fantastic time with refreshments and great music! Get your tickets today by scanning the QR code!!

The Friends of Casa Navarro will have a Dia de los Mu***os event celebrating the life of Jose Antonio Navarro and Adela Navarro on Nov 2nd. Join the Friends at San Fernando Cemetery #1 for a headstone unveiling and cleaning and then join us at Casa Navarro for a light lunch afterwards!!

Our last Downtown Mural Walking Tour was a success, and we would love for you all to join us next Saturday for another one! The tour will take around an hour and will be a mile long. Tickets will be $4 and will cover admission to the site after the tour.

Be sure to stop by and visit the Bexar Country Clerk Spanish Archives' Rancheros y Charros exhibit!! Out staff had a chance to swing by last week and found it incredibly informative!

Our last Downtown Mural Walking Tour was a success, and we would love for you all to join us for our next one on October 28th! The tour will take around an hour and will be a mile long. Tickets will be $4 and will cover admission to the site after the tour.

Join us tomorrow for the annular solar eclipse!! You will get free eclipse glasses with admission!
The eclipse will be visible in San Antonio from 10:23 AM to 1:33 PM, we hope to see you here!!

Join us at Casa Navarro on October 14th for the annular solar eclipse!! You will get free eclipse glasses with admission!
The eclipse will be visible in San Antonio from 10:23 AM to 1:33 PM, we hope to see you here!!

We had a great time at last month's historic plaza days, come join us tomorrow between 11:30 and 1:30 for a fun day of history, food, and music!

We had a great time at last month's historic plaza days, come join us next Friday, September 29, between 11:30 and 1:30 for a fun day of history, food, and music!

Join us tomorrow at the A/C Hotel for a forum about the Chili Queens hosted by the Main Plaza Conservancy!

On September 16, 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the bell of his parish in
Dolores, yelling for Mexican independence from Spain. This became known as El Grito de Dolores (Cry of Dolores). Even though Father Hidalgo’s revolution failed, it ignited the revolutionary spirit in Mexico. In 1825 September 16th became recognized as the official day of Mexican Independence, also known as
Diecisèis de Septiembre.

In San Antonio the celebrations for it required multiple committees to organize properly. Jose Antonio Navarro openly supported Mexican independence from Spain so it should be no surprise that he served on one of the committees, the one in charge of organizing the parade and floats for the celebration. Much like Navarro, the citizens of San Antonio continue to celebrate Diecisèis de Septiembre with celebrations and parades.

We had a great time at last month's historic plaza days, come join us on September 29 between 11:30 and 1:30 for a fun day of history, food, and music!

Join us next Thursday at the A/C Hotel for a forum about the Chili Queens hosted by the Main Plaza Conservancy

Our last Downtown Mural Walking Tour was a success, and we would love for you all to join us for our next one on October 28th! The tour will take around an hour and will be a mile long. Tickets will be $4 and will cover admission to the site after the tour

Join us at Casa Navarro on October 14th for the annular solar eclipse!! You will get free eclipse glasses with admission!

The eclipse will be visible in San Antonio from 10:23 AM to 1:33 PM, we hope to see you here!!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Historic Plaza Days last week!! We hope to see you at the next one on September 29th!!