Market House Station

The Market House was built in 1859 and was one of the San Antonio’s few examples of Greek Revival architecture. After the Civil War, the municipal administration and the police force (and everything else) came under new management.  The Police Headquarters operated out of the Market House which had facilities for both male and female prisoners. At some point in time, Police Headquarters moved to the French Building, probably right after the City Council left there in 1884 for the far nicer digs in the new Kampmann Block at Commerce and Main Plaza. The majority of prisoners (male) and Recorder’s (Corporation) Court, however, remained at the old “Bat Cave” on Military Plaza. The building was lost to a river control project in 1924-25.