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Texas Historical Commission staff (AD), 8/24/2010, rev. 10/20/2010, rev. 10/22/10
27" x 42" Official Texas Historical Marker with post
Bexar County (Job #10BX01)Subject RQ, BH (Atlas) UTM: 14 549669 E 3255731N
Location: San Antonio, 119 Taylor St.
MAVERICK-CARTER HOUSE
THE   THREE-STORY  LIMESTONE  MAVERICK-CARTER  HOUSE   WAS
CONSTRUCTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO'S CENTRAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT IN 1893 FOR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER WILLIAM HARVEY MAVERICK,
SON OF TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNER SAMUEL AUGUSTUS
MAVERICK. WHEN ORIGINALLY BUILT, THE HOME WAS SITUATED ON THE BANKS
OF THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER, WHICH WAS RECHANNELED FOR FLOOD CONTROL
PURPOSES IN 1920. MAVERICK RAISED HIS CHILDREN IN THE HOME AND
RESIDED HERE UNTIL 1910, WHEN HE SOLD THE HOUSE TO HIS SON, ROBERT.
ATTORNEY AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS BAR ASSOCIATION, H.C.
CARTER, PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN 1914. CARTER'S SECOND WIFE, ALINE
(BADGER), CONVERTED THE FIRST FLOOR LIBRARY INTO A CHAPEL AND
CONSTRUCTED AN OBSERVATORY ON THE ROOF OF THE HOME CA. 1925. ALINE,
A NOTED POET, ARTIST, ASTRONOMER, MUSICIAN AND HUMANITARIAN, SERVED
AS POET LAUREATE OF TEXAS FROM 1947-49. ALINE ALSO TAUGHT ASTRONOMY
TO CHILDREN AND HOSTED AN ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR SAN ANTONIO
ORPHANS HERE IN HER HOME. AFTER RAISING THREE CHILDREN AND H.C.'S
DEATH IN 1948, ALINE CONTINUED TO LIVE HERE UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1972; THE
HOME REMAINS IN THE CARTER FAMILY.
THE 23-ROOM HOME WAS DESIGNED BY PROMINENT SAN ANTONIO ARCHITECT
ALFRED GILES (1853-1920), WHO ALSO DESIGNED AT LEAST NINE OTHER
BUILDINGS FOR THE MAVERICK FAMILY. THE RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE
FACADE FEATURES RUSTICATED STONE WALLS AND SILLS, ROUND AND
ARCHED WINDOWS, A ROUNDED TOWER WITH A CONICAL ROOF, A PORTE-
COCHERE AND A SLATE ROOF. THE HOUSE WAS DESIGNED WITH MULTIPLE
PARLORS AND BEDROOMS. SIGNIFICANT INTERIOR MATERIALS INCLUDE BIRD'S
EYE MAPLE AND OAK WAINSCOTING, HARD PINE DOORS AND WINDOW FRAMES,
SANDSTONE MANTELPIECES AND PARQUET FLOORS.
RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 2010

MARKER IS PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS