Otto Zirkel

Directions to this stop: See the Independent Order of Odd Fellows San Antonio Lodge No. 11 Cemetery PARK AND WALK map.

Monument maker Otto Zirkel established Zirkel Monument Works, a marble and granite company, in 1882 near the Southern Pacific railroad tracks. (Armstrong, Yvonne M., Black Trailblazers of San Antonio Texas: Their Businesses, Communities, Institutions, and Organizations. Inkbiyvonne, 2006)