Jen Stanford

German School

Hermann Sons was initially founded in 1840 — not as an insurance company, but as a…
Middle Floor

To the unacquainted, the middle floor of the Hermann Sons Home Association building brims with obscurity…
Garden Street Renamed to S St Mary’s

The Hermann Sons Home Association main entrance did not alway open to S. St. Mary’s Street.…
Former Hall

In the early 1900s Villita Street spanned from Alamo Street all the way to Presa Street.…
Stained Glass Window – Part 2

Though the grand church-like stained glass window in the Hermann Sons ballroom imparts an air of…
Stained Glass Window – Part 1

Lovely though it is, the stained glass window in our ballroom is much more than a…
Hermann Sons Carnival

This month a noteworthy Hermann Sons anniversary quietly passed by without fanfare. While San Antonio was…
Before there was George Jones

If you attended our Rooftop Solar Eclipse party on Saturday, October 14, you were standing in…
Fallout Shelter

Back when duck-and-cover drills were a routine school day activity and the specter of nuclear war…
Oldest TABC Beer & Wine License in Texas

We were flattered to get a shout-out in the June 2023 issue of Texas Monthly in which the…