It wasn't until local developer Arthur P. The dance club was a popular disco-era draw for all sexes and sexual orientations. After the USO moved its office to Hemisfair in 1970, the government used it as a storage facility, according to the Bonham's website.īefore he founded the Bonham Exchange in 1981, San Antonio businessman and River Walk developer Arthur ‘Hap’ Veltman opened San Antonio Country in 1973. Turner Hall then became the downtown office for the United Service Organizations, a nonprofit that provides live entertainment to the U.S. Long before serving as San Antonio's premier LGBTQ+ club, the storied 130-year-old building was first owned and financed by a German-American gymnastics team known as the Turners, and there were even plans for an additional 10 stories - until the team defaulted on its loan during the Great Depression. The Bonham Exchange is located at 411 Bonham. Renovations to the 20,000-square-foot building have been an undertaking for the nightclub since 2012, when the owner restored and refinished over 10,000 square feet of hardwood floors – only half of the entire building. The Bonham Exchange is in Turner Hall, a historic piece of property that was built in 1891.
