Yturri–Edmunds Historic Site
historic place in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
The Yturri–Edmunds Historic Site is a historic site in San Antonio, Texas. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas. The homestead and mill were designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1966.
History
In the early 19th century during the era of Mexico's General Colonization Law, Manuel Yturri de Castillo was given a land grant on property once owned by Mission Concepcion. He was thought to have been born in Spain, but immigrated to Mexico. There, he was employed by Spanish merchants who transferred him to San Antonio. In 1821, he married Maria Josefa Rodriguez, whose family were among the first Canary Islanders to arrive in the area in 1731. Upon his death, his property passed to his heirs. His granddaughter Ernestine Edmunds bequeathed the property in the historic site to the San Antonio Conservation Society (SACS), which took possession of it in 1961.
Historic site
The adobe-block house, which is thought to have been built by Yturri de Castillo 1840–1860, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County, Texas, in 1996.
The public source identifies “Yturri–Edmunds Historic Site” as historic place in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Yturri, Edmunds and Historic.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Yturri–Edmunds Historic Site”, the useful work is to connect “historic place in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14711415. Authority coordinates are 29.398, -98.488. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1966, 1821, 1731 and 1961.
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This entry incorporates text from “Yturri–Edmunds Historic Site” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.