The owner and the manager of Arbor House are native South Texans. They have developed the facility to reflect the great heritage of old San Antonio and the present Arbor House as Texas at its finest.

Each house is named for a Texas river that had significance in the independence of Texas. Each Suite has been named in Honor of a Hero of the Alamo, The men who gave there lives so that Texas would become a free republic.

The owner is a member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas, William Barrett Travis Chapter No. 7.