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Item Alamo Arbor Construction and Electrical Conduit Installation Monitoring, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas(Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2014) Nichols, Kristi M.In late December of 2013 and early January of 2014, the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) of the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) contracted with the Texas General Land Office (GLO) to monitor the excavation of trenches for the installation of electrical conduit and post holes associated with the Arbor expansion located at Mission San Antonio de Valero/Alamo (41BX6) in the heart of downtown San Antonio. The work conducted was located on the grounds closest to the intersection of Bonham and Houston Streets. Given the location on the grounds of the Alamo, the grounds have the potential to produce significant cultural deposits. During the course of the project, no significant or diagnostic artifacts were encountered. The excavations encountered disturbed soils that were related to the previous installation of utilities. As a result, CAR recommended no additional work was necessary within the current project area and allowed the installation to occur as planned.Item Background Research and Historic Standing Structure Survey for the New Alamo Colleges Office Complex and Veterans Outreach and Transition Center(Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2013) Nichols, Kristi M.The Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) at The University of Texas at San Antonio was contracted by Facility Programming and Consulting at the request of the Alamo Colleges to perform background research on six tracts of land and a Historic Standing Structure Survey of three structures that are situated east of downtown San Antonio, Texas. St. Philip’s College hopes to use the properties as college offices and to renovate the Good Samaritan Hospital into the Veterans Outreach and Transition Center. The Good Samaritan Hospital opened in 1948 to serve the African American community during a period of heavy segregation. Though the building lay vacant for many years, the structure and the role it played in the community provide important insight to the history of San Antonio as a whole. Therefore, due to its historical and cultural significance to the community, CAR suggests that the structure is potentially eligible for formal listing as a State Archeological Landmark (SAL). Two additional structures that will be impacted by the proposed project are craftsman-style bungalows built sometime prior to 1952. Both structures exhibit alterations that were done after 1952. CAR contends that they do not warrant formal listing as State Archeological Landmarks. Furthermore, because there are no nearby streams that would have attracted prehistoric occupations to the area, the likelihood of encountering buried prehistoric cultural remains is minimal within the project area. Therefore, CAR recommends no pedestrian archaeological survey of the project area. The Architecture as well as the Archeology Division of the Texas Historical Commission reviewed and concurred with these recommendations.