S. P. Stevens buys home on West Gramercy — Biard real estate sales, SA Light, Oct 1942

A routine real estate column from the Arthur E. Biard Company places S. P. Stevens buying a home on West Gramercy in San Antonio in October 1942 — the earliest residential record yet found for Stevens in the city. This is squarely within the active Hoffmann-Hayman era (H&H operated 1912–1962 at 601 Delaware Street). By 1957 Stevens was at the 200 block of Windsor Drive; by 1966 at 239 Windsor Dr. The West Gramercy address represents an earlier chapter.

The 1942 date also confirms Stevens was an established San Antonio resident during the same years H&H was at its commercial peak — consistent with the family lore that he painted H&H billboards before founding his own outdoor-advertising firm.

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Biard Lists Recent Sales

(partial — entry of interest in the sales list:)

…home to S. P. Stevens on West Gramercy…

[Full list includes many SA residential and commercial transactions; Stevens entry is one line among approximately 30.]

Source

• San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), 4 October 1942 (Sunday), p. 61.
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