Scott and Josephine Carr Schreiner
Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Whitfield Scott Schreiner (1888-1969) and Josephine Carr Schreiner (1893-1984) lived on Water Street in a home designed by Atlee B. Ayres. Scott was involved in many civic groups and businesses, including president of the Chas. Schreiner Co., Chamber of Commerce and Kerrville Telephone Company. He also organized the Kerrville Golf Club and, in his honor, the Kerrville Municipal Golf Course bears his name. Josephine studied music at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music before marrying Scott. She founded the Kerrville Garden Club, was a charter member of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association and won awards for her fundraising efforts.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Whitfield Scott Schreiner and his wife Josephine built their lives on Kerrville's Water Street in a home designed by noted San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres. Scott led the family's Chas. Schreiner Co., the chamber of commerce, and the local telephone company, and the municipal golf course still carries his name. Josephine, trained in music at the Cincinnati Conservatory, founded the Kerrville Garden Club and was active in civic and women's organizations across the region.
Why it matters
The Schreiners embody the civic-minded merchant families whose businesses, clubs, and philanthropy shaped the growth of small Texas towns in the early twentieth century.
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Related people
- · Whitfield Scott Schreiner
- · Josephine Carr Schreiner
- · Atlee B. Ayres
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