![]() ![]() Carter purchased the house from the Maverick family in 1914 and settled there with his first wife, who died shortly after. From inside, copious windows offer views of The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts and Auditorium Circle, a road that roughly mimics the San Antonio River as it meandered past the house long before the waterway was re-channeled for flood control in 1920. With its rounded towers, conical roof, and porte-cochère, the stately home surrounded by lush gardens and shade trees is a head-turner amid its urban setting. The three-story, 23-room limestone house is an example of Richardsonian Romanesque-style architecture, named for architect Henry Hobson Richardson, who popularized the style featuring solid masonry and rounded arches. ![]() ![]() Credit: Courtesy / Carter Brownĭesigned in 1893 by noted architect Alfred Giles, the home was built on the banks of the San Antonio River for William Maverick, the sixth child of Samuel Augustus Maverick, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. ![]() The Maverick Carter House is located at 119 Taylor St. ![]()
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