The dam we see today was built as part of Max Starcke Park, designed by Robert Hugman, the father of the San Antonio River Walk.

Saffold Dam is located on the west side of Texas State Highway 123 Business, about 10 blocks south of downtown Seguin.

The site lies in pecan bottoms used for thousands of years by the indigenous paleo-Indian hunter-gatherers, as evidenced by recent finds near the location.

[4] The Flores Crossing was a low rapids over a natural rock outcropping and gravel banks that created a ford across the Guadalupe River.

His father, Bird Saffold, came from Georgia and bought the property here in 1853 from Manuel N. Flores, a veteran of the battle of San Jacinto, and the brother-in-law of Juan Seguin, for whom the town is named.

Troell added more rock to further heighten the dam, raising the water level in order to provide sufficient power for a cotton gin.

National Youth Administration workers covered the rock dam with concrete while constructing Max Starcke Park, dedicated in 1938.

The city leased the abandoned building for a destination restaurant named The Power Plant Grill, as well as a tube launching venue for floating the river.