Aurora Apartment Hotel
The Aurora Apartment Hotel is a historic, high-rise building located in the Tobin Hill neighborhood in San Antonio, Texas. The building is twelve stories high and the exterior is in the Neo-Gothic architectural style.
On August 24, 1930, the Aurora opened its doors as one of San Antonio's grandest hotels of the time. The Aurora catered to the well-known and the well-to-do of the day, including Hollywood elite and former First Lady Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower.
In September 2007, Loopy, Ltd., a real estate company, purchased the Aurora building. Today, the Aurora is a 105-unit apartment complex, occupied almost exclusively by elderly and mentally and physically disabled residents. The Aurora is part of a list of qualifying properties for San Antonio's Section 8 housing. Due to its highly government-subsidized nature, the Aurora always enjoys 100% occupancy and a long wait list for new tenants.
