“But the history of our community is about everyone - those small 'H' stories about things that families have passed down or the kind of places where everybody went after school or on prom night. “There’s often a misconception that history has to be a kind of capital H-history with important elected officials, famous people and fancy architecture,” said Shanon Miller, the director of the Office of Historic Preservation. Related: Mike Sutter's Top 10 San Antonio restaurants in 2022 It is a first-of-its-kind marker for the city as part of a newly launched program dubbed “History Here.” The effort is dedicated to capturing undertold and geographically diverse San Antonio stories. In a recent documentary produced by the Office of Historic Preservation and Texas Public Radio, Catherine Jett, who was 10 when her grandfather opened the first restaurant, said, "This is for you, Grandad." The marker is situated about 50 feet from where the first Church’s stand once stood. This week, San Antonio’s Office of Historic Preservation installed the plaque downtown on Market Street, near the "Torch of Friendship" sculpture. San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation His family and a host of others banded together to honor his legacy with a historic marker. Church Sr., a retired incubator salesman, started a fried chicken restaurant on South Alamo Street. Church Sr., a retired incubator salesman, started the fried chicken restaurant on South Alamo Street. But 70 years after he opened the San Antonio-born company, family members, the chicken franchise, and city officials have banded together to keep his legacy alive through a historic marker. You might also like: Shakey’s, Christie’s Seafood and other iconic restaurants that no longer exist in San AntonioĬhurch died in 1956, and the first restaurant is long gone.
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