Originally established about 1921 as a private garden for Aureliano Urrutia, it features several works by Mexican-American artist Dionicio Rodriguez.

Miraflores is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of downtown San Antonio, near the corner of East Hildebrand Avenue and Broadway.

Other features of the garden include a life-size statue of Urrutia himself, which used to sit in the center of the fountain; and a replica of Winged Victory of Samothrace.

and 300 A.D.[4] Aureliano Urrutia immigrated to San Antonio from Mexico during the Mexican Revolution and had a long, successful career as a doctor.

[5] In 1923, he added a small 1-story guesthouse, called Quinta Maria, on the northwestern side of the park, next to Hildebrand Avenue.