BlockFrom the record
One of 161 National Register listings published here for Bexar County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Light House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 300 Argyle Ave, Alamo Heights, 78209
- When was it listed? March 2011
- Category. building
- Census division. San Antonio Central
- Architectural style. modern architecture
- National Register reference number. 11000131 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Light House between 2008 and 2011, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 16/ S. ZARZAMORA |
| 10 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BINZ ENGELMAN AND SPRINFIELD |
| 20 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1604 COMMAND |
| 12 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Light House: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliated Aggregates Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Cementville Quarry | Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| San Antonio Portland Cement Co | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| San Antonio Portland Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Alamo | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Capitol Cement Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lime Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Longhorn Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| San Antonio Prtlnd Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Trolley Stop in Alamo Heights | 0.5 miles | 2004 |
| Dubuis Hall | 0.7 miles | 2023 | |
 | Miraflores Park | 0.7 miles | 2006 |
 | Dionicio Rodriguez Bridge in Brackenridge Park | 0.7 miles | 2004 |
| University of the Incarnate Word Administration Building | 0.7 miles | 2010 | |
| Monkey House/Commissary (San Antonio Zoo) | 1.0 miles | 2024 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 11000131 in Record Group 79. |
| Bexar County | All 161 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.