Introduction
The Leeper House has become the headquarters for the Mitchell Lake Audubon Center in San Antonio, Texas. It was. moved from the site of the McNay Museum to Mitchell Lake and refurbished. The home is an example of Colonial Revival Style design and was built in about 1910. The site of the house at Mitchell Lake has been extensively improved including driveways, parking, lighting, and landscaping.
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 Photo: Sumner W. Dana |
May 18, 2003 The reconstruction of the Leeper House is underway! The photo at left taken on May 18th shows the great progress already made on the roof. Click on the photo to see a larger image. |
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May 1, 2003 On May 1, 2003 the San Antonio Express-News published a story, "Road to Conservation", with photos covering the Leeper House move from the McNay Art Museum to the Mitchell Lake Wildlife Refuge. The thumbnail image at left, titled "Historic Travel", was featured in the story. Click on the image to see a larger version or follow this link to see an image of the entire story with photos. Warning, to insure that the story is readable the image files are higher resolution that most images on the internet. This makes the files large and they may load slowly for you depending on the speed of your internet connection. |
The links below include an extensive collection of photos of the house as it sat on skids prior to being moved. Many of these photos focus on the features of the original architecture. There is also a short history of the house. Finally there is a on-line version of a Powerpoint presentation that has been used to present information on the plans of the Mitchell Lake Wetlands Society for the Leeper House.
The Leeper House Presentation - A presentation of notes and photos of the Leeper House. This presentation is best viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or newer and a display resolution of 800 by 600 pixels or higher. Image sizes ranges from 1 kb to 928 kb, downloads of the larger pages may be slow, but the images look great. This presentation will open in a new window. Close the new window to return to this page.
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Copyright
© 2002-2005, Mitchell Lake Wetlands Society, Inc.
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