Details for Menger Soap Works
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5029003336
Data
| Marker Number | 3336 |
| Atlas Number | 5029003336 |
| Marker Title | Menger Soap Works |
| Index Entry | Menger Soap Works |
| Address | 500 N. Santa Rosa |
| City | San Antonio |
| County | Bexar |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 548843 |
| UTM Northing | 3255593 |
| Subject Codes | buildings; manufacturing; factories, industrial buildings; German immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year | 1983 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | 500 N. Santa Rosa-backs to Martin St., San Antonio |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 16" x 12" |
| Marker Text | Johann Nicholas Menger (1807-1892), a native of Germany, came to Texas with the Castro Colony and moved to San Antonio in 1847. In 1850 he started a factory that supplied soap for much of the city and southwest Texas. By 1873, Menger had built this limestone structure, an important example of an early industial building, to house his soap works. Utilizing the waters of San Pedro Creek, the factory operated until the early part of the twentieth century. |