After years of sitting vacant and forgotten, one of the most distinctive structures in the Cattleman Historic District on San Antonio’s West Side is about to undergo redevelopment.

Developer Dix Densley, who acquired the building at 803 W. Commerce St. with a group of investors a year ago, is moving forward with plans to restore what is known as the Estrada Hardware Building. 

Constructed at the turn of the century, the matching set of two brick buildings will be repurposed for retail and commercial space on the first floor and 10 residential units on the second. A third building in the block, a single-story structure that is in poor condition and not considered historic, will be demolished. A new two-story will be built in its place. 

Cattleman Square, a small neighborhood of streets and buildings on the near West Side, was designated a local historic district in 1985 but has roots dating to 1881.