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This site, from lower lands of Mission San Antonio De Valero, later part of the Vicente Amador Spanish Grant, was bought 1869 by merchant Russel C. Norton, who began building in 1876. HOuse grew with additions of a second story, Victorian Gingerbread rear Gallery, and Italian Renaissance Revival Tower. Later owners were rancher Edwin Polk and renowned trail Bossa and cattleman Ike T. Pryor. Business leader Walter N. Mathis restored Mansion in 1968.
Norton-Polk-Mathis House is a historical marker in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 1971. It is one of 239 historical markers documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 542 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.4138, -98.4941 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Villa Finale (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Elias and Lucy Edmonds House, Groos, Carl Wilhelm August, House, and J.M. and Birdie Nix House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5029003615. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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