Gunter Hotel, building in San Antonio (vicinity), Bexar County, Texas

The Gunter Hotel is a tan-brick building on a downtown San Antonio corner, built in 1909 to designs by Ernest John Russell of the St. Louis firm Mauran, Russell & Garden. Its brick facades rise in regular rows of windows to a deep roof cornice, with the upper stories stepping back slightly beneath a white-trimmed top section. Paired and arched windows sit at the lower corner level above a metal canopy, where a blue sign reads "GUNTER HOTEL".

The Gunter Hotel opened on November 20, 1909, on a site that has held a hotel or inn since 1837, replacing the earlier Mahncke Hotel. Built by the San Antonio Hotel Company and named for rancher and developer Jot Gunter, the eight-story, 301-room building was the largest in San Antonio at the time. The Baker Hotel Company bought it in 1924 and added three stories in 1926, designed by Herbert M. Greene. It was restored from 1980 to 1985 under architect Robert V. Buck.

The hotel stands at a downtown corner, with the main entrance under a metal canopy beneath arched windows and a blue "GUNTER HOTEL" sign above. A two-story parking garage, added in the 1980-1985 restoration, sits next to the building. The upper floors step back slightly, so rooms on higher levels face the roofline rather than the street.