A. C. Schreiner, Jr. Home

Duane's take

The way the official marker tells it, here's what I know about the A. C. Schreiner, Jr.

Home in Kerr County. Now, some families leave a mark on a place, and some families practically are the place. The Schreiners fall into that second category.

Charles A. Schreiner, prominent Kerrville rancher, businessman, philanthropist, and civic leader, built the original part of this house in 1897. Not for himself.

As a wedding gift for his son, C. A., Jr. Think about that for a moment.

Most folks give a set of dishes. Charles Schreiner gave a house. That tells you something about the man, and maybe about the ambitions of the family he was building.

Then in 1912, the house passed to a third generation, Schreiner's grandson, A. C. Schreiner, Jr., born in 1890, and himself an active area business leader.

So this place had Schreiner blood in it across three generations, all of them woven into the life of Kerrville. But the story of the house itself wasn't finished yet. In 1927, something notable happened to it.

A second floor went up. An arched porch was added. And that tile roof, the one that catches your eye if you know to look, that came on too.

All of it designed by Alfred Giles, a noted San Antonio architect. And Giles brought something particular to the work, influences of the Spanish style, carried through in those arches and that tile in a way that speaks to where this part of Texas sits in the world. A.

C. Schreiner, Jr. lived in that house until 1963. Three generations, one address, and a roofline that still tells the story if you stand still long enough to hear it.

What the marker says

Prominent Kerrville rancher, businessman, philanthropist, and civic leader Charles A. Schreiner built the original part of this house in 1897 as a wedding gift for his son C. A., Jr. In 1912 it became the home of Schreiner's grandson A. C. Schreiner, Jr. (1890-1963), also an active area business leader. The second floor, arched porch, and tile roof were added in 1927. Designed by noted San Antonio architect Alfred Giles, they reflect influences of the Spanish style. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1981