​Hygieostatic Bat Roost

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Marker Text: ​This shingle style structure was built 1918 to attract and house bats in an effort to eradicate mosquitoes and thereby reduce the spread of malaria. It was designed for Albert Steves, Sr., a former mayor of San Antonio, by Charles A.R. Campbell, an authority on bats who had served as the health officer in the same city. Named  "Hygeiostatic" by Steves, the bat roost is one of 16 constructed in the United States and Italy between 1907 and 1929. (1981)

Marker No: 2608

Medallion & Plate

Texas Historic Landmark

National Register of Historic Places

Geographic: 29.970417, -98.884720

Location: from Comfort take FM 473 about 1.5 miles east - bat roost is about 400 feet south of the highway