Schwartz House
Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built in 1927 as the home of Lee Schwartz, local merchant and city alderman, and his wife Agnes (Racer), this house was designed by San Antonio architect Will A. Noonan. Constructed on land formerly owned by Mrs. Schwartz's mother, the house was built on the site of an earlier home. Features of the modest colonial revival style house include a pedimented entry, single entry door with sidelights, and groupings of multi-light windows. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1997
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1927 for local merchant and city alderman Lee Schwartz and his wife Agnes, this modest colonial revival home was designed by San Antonio architect Will A. Noonan and raised on land once owned by Mrs. Schwartz's mother, over the site of an earlier house. Its pedimented entry, sidelit door, and grouped multi-light windows are hallmarks of the restrained revival styling popular in prosperous small Texas towns of the era. It was named a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1997.
Why it matters
The house reflects the comfortable domestic architecture and civic prominence of the merchant class that anchored Main Street commerce in early-twentieth-century Texas towns.
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Related people
- · Lee Schwartz
- · Agnes Schwartz
- · Will A. Noonan
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