Petty House (San Antonio) Explained

Petty House is a historic Victorian house located at 10 10th Street, San Antonio, Texas along the San Antonio River Walk.^[1]

History

Mary Drake built the house in 1895 in an area known as Milam Bend.^[2] After moving to the area, businessman Van Alvin Petty Sr. (1860–1929) and his wife Mary Cordelia née Dabney (1861–1943) purchased the house in November 1901.^{[2] [3]} The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 76, the largest and oldest VFW post in Texas, purchased the house in 1947 and has been located there ever since.^{[1] [4]}

The City of San Antonio designated it a historic landmark in 2008 followed by the State of Texas in 2017.^{[1] [2]}

External links

1965 photo from the San Antonio Conservation Society website

Notes and References

1. Dyhouse, Janie, "'We Just Keep Getting Better and Better'", VFW Magazine, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Kansas City, Missouri, volume 112, number 3, November/December 2024, page 39.
2. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=179629 "Petty House" historical marker
3. Kristi M. Ulrich, Barbara A. Meissner and Maria Watson Pfeiffer with a contribution from I. Wayne Cox, "Archaeological Monitoring of the Urban Reach Section of the San Antonio River Improvement Project: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas", Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Archaeological Report Number 407, 2009, pages 50-53.
4. Rebecca Salinas, "Historic VFW Post 76 in downtown San Antonio vandalized with graffiti", KSAT.com, published June 13, 2024, updated June 14, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.