Historic Place

Garner, John Nance, House

Uvalde · Uvalde County · Dedicated 1976 · THC Atlas #2076002074

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About this site

Garner, John Nance, House is a historic place in Uvalde, Uvalde County, dedicated in 1976. It is one of 82 historic sites cataloged in Uvalde County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.

The site sits at 29.2125, -99.7927 near Uvalde. The nearest cataloged historic site is Garner, John Nance (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Garner, John Nance, Pioneer Cemetery, and Fisher, King.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2076002074. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The John Nance Garner House in Uvalde, designed by San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres and built in 1920, was the home of U.S. Vice President John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner and his wife Ettie from 1920 until her death in 1948. Garner, a Uvalde native who served as Speaker of the U.S. House and then as Franklin Roosevelt's vice president from 1933 to 1941, donated the main house to the City of Uvalde as a memorial to his wife. A National Historic Landmark, the house opened as a museum in 1973 and, now operated by the University of Texas Briscoe Center, is known as the Briscoe-Garner Museum.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org briscoecenter.org history.house.gov

📍 29.2125, -99.7927 · Uvalde, Uvalde County

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