San Antonio Historic Home with Hill Country Views

Welcome to Menger Cottages in San Antonio! On our beautiful seven-acre property, we have two cottages. Our COUNTRY COTTAGE (sleeps 6) is a German limestone with hill country views from the elegant front porch. Inside, the spacious living room has gracious stone fireplace & original hardwood floors. A French door leads into the MOZART Room w/ queen bed and side porch for morning coffee. The MIMI Room has a queen bed & lots of natural light. newly remodeled kitchen has pass-thru to the dining room, bar seating & Old World charm that makes cooking a social activity! The European bath has spacious shower, exposed limestone walls. separate WC. Enjoy meals outside on our biergarten patio w/ dining table & conversation seating. The huge fenced back yard is perfect for dogs.

The quirky Lodge accommodates two people and is the tiniest rock cottage. Original hardwood floors. Relearn what peace can be without TV, just birds in the morning and cicadas at night. Newly remodeled abbreviated kitchen with microwave, toaster oven and full fridge. Back deck to watch grazing horses. VRBO 1540981

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We recommend these restaurants and establishments:

The Cracked Mug
Helotes Grounds
First Watch
Wine 101
El Chaparral
La Hacienda
Grey Moss Inn
Floore's Country Store
Gino's and Dino's liquor and candy store
Jupe Mills Feed store
Forest Hills Presbyterian Church

Family Home Reclaimed; Now Shared with Others: In 1913, my great-grandfather, Erich Menger, and his brother Rudolph, purchased 560 acres in the hill country. In 1922, Erich and his wife, Lydia, bought Rudolph’s share and built a charming rock cottage. My great-grandparents raised registered Angora goats, cattle and sheep, and ran a dairy. Together, they spent nearly 30 years at the ranch. During my childhood, our family harvested our Christmas trees there, camped, hunted and gathered for picnics with extended family at the ranch. We swam in the cistern full of fresh rainwater or we rode on the tailgate down to the pool made by a dam in the Helotes Creek. But in 1973, our family sold the property. I vowed that someday I would buy the ranch back. In December 2000, we closed on these seven acres with the original ranch house, Carriage House and tiny Lodge.


Hospitality a Menger-Klar Family Tradition: For more than 100 years, my family has been known in San Antonio for their hospitality and generosity. One ancestor, Rudolph Menger and his wife, Babette, along with his in-laws, William Menger (a different line of the Menger family) operated the famous Menger Hotel. My great-grandfather, Emil Klar, was a butcher who specialized in home-killed meats and “the sausage with a flavor.” Opi, as he was known in the German tradition, gave meat to hungry neighbors during the Great Depression until he could no longer run his business. My grandfather, Roland Klar, along with my grandmother, Floy (nee Menger) Klar, brewed homemade beer to share with their salon of many friends. Today, my cousin Erich Menger is one of the most sought-after caterers in town. Now my husband and I continue that tradition of hospitality with vacation rentals of our historic family properties known as the Menger Cottages. Willkommen!