Staacke Brothers Building, Renaissance Revival building in downtown San Antonio, United States.

The Staacke Brothers Building is a three-story commercial structure in downtown San Antonio with red sandstone walls and pink granite accents. Its Renaissance Revival facade displays intricate carved details throughout.

The site at 309 E. Commerce was a First Presbyterian Church until August F. Staacke bought the lot in 1869 and hired John H. Kampmann to build a storehouse. In 1894 James Riely Gordon designed the present three-story Renaissance Revival building in red sandstone and pink granite. A hospital bought it in 1979 for a parking lot, but the San Antonio Conservation Society purchased it; in 1982 investors restored only the front, reducing it to 42 by 97.5 feet.

The building's name comes from the Staacke Brothers, the carriage-trade firm of August F. Staacke's sons August, Rudolph and Herman, formally named in 1889. The family business had earlier imported prairie schooner wagons built for westward expansion. The structure was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1984.

The building sits in an accessible downtown location and is easy to spot from the street. Visit during daytime hours when the surrounding area is active and you can appreciate the architectural details more clearly.

The building is only a fragment of what James Riely Gordon designed in 1894: the original structure measured 300 by 269.90 feet, but in 1982 the rear was razed for a parking lot, leaving a 42-foot-wide, 97.5-foot-deep facade with about 4,000 square feet per floor. Look up at the cornice for the "STAACKE BROS." sign.