- John Nance Garner House
Infobox_nrhp | name = John Nance Garner House
nrhp_type=nhl
caption = The John Nance Garner House
location = 333 N. Park St., Uvalde,Texas , USA
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 29
lat_minutes = 12
lat_seconds = 46
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 99
long_minutes = 47
long_seconds = 32
long_direction = W
locmapin = Texas
built = 1920
architect=Atlee Ayers
designated=December 8 ,1976 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1683&ResourceType=Building |title=John Nance Garner House|accessdate=2008-03-30|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =December 8 ,1976 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
refnum=76002074
governing_body = Local (The University of Texas at Austin )The John Nance Garner House, also known as Ettie R. Garner Memorial Building, located in Uvalde,Texas , USA was the home of AmericanVice-President John Nance Garner and his wife Ettie from 1920 until Ettie's death in 1948. Garner lived there until 1952, when he moved to a small cottage on the property and donated the main house to the city of Uvalde as a memorial to Mrs. Garner. It housed the community library until about 1973, and now functions as amuseum documenting Garner's life and career.The structure is a two-story H-shaped tan brick home with dark wood shingles highlighted by a row of red clay tiles.
The main house and
cottage were designated aNational Historic Landmark and listed on theNational Register of Historic Places onDecember 8 ,1976 . OnNovember 20 ,1999 , the City of Uvalde transferred ownership of the Garner Home and Museum to theUniversity of Texas at Austin , whereupon it became a division of the University’s Center for American History.It was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1976.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/76002074.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: John Nance Garner House / Ettie R. Garner Memorial Building] |32 KB|date=April, 1976 |author= George R. Adams and Ralph Christian |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/76002074.pdf "Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1976"] |32 KB]References
External links
* [http://www.cah.utexas.edu/museums/garner_bio_four.php The University of Texas at Austin Center for American History]
* [http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/common/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2076002074&site_name=Garner,+John+Nance+House&class=2001 Texas Historic Sites Atlas]
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