Believing civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. once visited the Denver Heights San Antonio home, the owners hope it becomes a museum.
Alma Chavarria wants to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by turning her home of 27 years, which locals believe was visited by the civil rights leader, into a performing arts center for youth in the Denver Heights neighborhood.Eugene and Alma Chavarria have heard the claims more than once.
But in order to open a studio on the property, the Chavarrias need approval from the City of San Antonio to add “conditional use for performing arts studio” to their current “residential mixed historic landmark” zoning designation. Alma Chavarria and some other locals believe that Martin Luther King, Jr. once visited and perhaps sat in the front room of the house on 230 Cactus Street.The Spanish eclectic house built in 1917, and a second structure behind the home built in 1910, are situated at the corner of Cactus Street and Martin Luther King Drive in a neighborhood where many such homes have long since been demolished.
The 1912 City Directory lists Willie and Erastus Lee as the home’s first owners and occupants. They lived in the small wood-sided commercial structure on the east side of the property. A church deacon involved in local politics, Abernathy was reportedly a cousin to Rev. Ralph Abernathy, a close companion to King.
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