Welcome to the Children’s Door.
This cache is in Historic Downtown San Angelo, Texas at the historic hotel building built in 1908 and circ. 1912 called, at that time, "Sealy Flats". A plaque on the building gives more historical information. Within walking distance are historical buildings, housing some of the first businesses of San Angelo. (Known as block one on the city streets). Located one block south is the Concho River Walk-bike and hike path, and the mosaic outdoor art series "Art Along the Concho River"
Inside the cache you will find the log book and a special commemorative coin. Please take one coin only.
You need only to find The Children’s Door in order to log this cache.
Bonus: We would also like to invite you to stroll over to some nearby locations of interest. At each spot you may collect an additional souvenir coin to commemorate your visit. The coins are inside containers that you will find at each Waypoint. Please take only one coin per location.
Heritage Park: (WP1) Heritage Park is a pocket park in downtown historic San Angelo and is operating under the umbrella of the San Angelo Area Foundation (SAAF) as a special project of the Foundation. In 2013, J. Willis Johnson III, donated property at the corner of Twohig Avenue and Oakes Street to SAAF for the creation of a park in downtown San Angelo. This property had been in the family of Mr. Johnson for three generations and the donor desired to make the area a public space in perpetuity. Each fund at the Foundation carries out its own unique charitable mission and it is the charitable desire of Mr. Johnson, that Heritage Park Fund will provide for a public space in downtown San Angelo, that provides respite from the traditional hustle and bustle of downtown, memorializing the efforts of pioneering families settling the wild west in the 19th century, while providing educational opportunities.
Movie Night: (WP2) Movies are shown free to the public in the parking lot at 17 E. Twohig between the Cactus Hotel and Miss Hattie’s Restaurant on Friday night during the months of May through September. Movies begin at late dusk/dark. Bring your movie chair or blanket for seating.
Cactus Hotel: (WP3) In the late 1920's, Conrad Hilton provided San Angelo with a fine hotel and a West Texas landmark. The impressive tower and magnificent interior spaces established a tradition of elegant affairs, place of commerce, and quality accommodations. The Hilton Hotel (one of the original Conrad Hilton hotels), later to be renamed the Hotel Cactus, still stands as the tallest building in San Angelo. Stretching fourteen stories into the West Texas sky, it is visible from fifteen miles. The mission tile roof and stately tower have served almost six decades as a familiar reference point and historic landmark. The elegant interior offers unrivaled spaces for most of San Angelo's important meetings, receptions, weddings, and other public gatherings.