Menger Hotel

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The Menger Hotel is a memorable lodging situated in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. It is found where the Battle of the Alamo happened.The Menger FamilyWilliam and Mary Menger opened the Menger lodging in 1859 in San Antonio's Alamo Plaza. The gets ready for the inn emerged through the prevalence of William Menger's bottling works. The Mengers sold the property in 1881 to the Kampmann family. William Menger had emigrated from Germany to America in 1847. Menger settled in San Antonio and continued his past exchange as a cooper and brewer. With his German roots Menger conveyed lager to San Antonio. He opened the Menger Brewery in 1855 on the fight grounds of the Alamo (now known as the Alamo Plaza). In 1858 the Mengers contracted a modeler, John M. Fries, who might finish the two-story fifty-room inn. Up until this point most organizations in San Antonio were motel and there were couple of bottling works. The Menger inn opened in February 1859 and turned into an overnight success.The Construction of The Menger HotelThe Menger Hotel was worked in 1859. William Menger procured John M. Fries to be the draftsman of the lodging and J.H Kampmann to be the contractual worker of the hotel.The Menger Hotel During the Civil WarThe inn likewise withstood the hardships expedited for the duration of the season of the family's proprietorship. The Mengers saw the energizing occasions that hinted at the Civil War and furthermore encountered the turmoil of the Reconstruction in the South. As