Overland Partners has released renderings for the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum's new downtown cultural center.
will have a new home in the historic Kress-Grant building downtown by mid-2026.
On Juneteenth, with SAAACAM halfway to its $20 million fundraising goal to purchase the building, the Overland Partners architectural and design firmof a grand multi-story museum and events space tentatively named the SAAACAM Cultural Center. Street said Overland’s mission statement and guiding principles were informed by the Ghanian concept of sankofa, which he defined as remembering the past to progress into the future — appropriate for an institution that aims to tell the complete story of San Antonio’s Black history and present.“Every day, we’re getting more and more information from the community about our history, and cataloging it and determining how to make it accessible,” Jarmon said.
Perhaps unique to similar cultural centers, the upper floor of the historic Kress building would feature a 12- to 14-room boutique hotel, intended to help generate revenue to support SAAACAM’s overhead and programming, along with rental income from the first-floor occupant of the Kress building, currently theWith sustainability a key issue for many nonprofit cultural organizations, the inclusion of dedicated revenue in the design plan offers the opportunity for freedom from dependency on...
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