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Historical Marker
Twohig House
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About this site
Twohig House is a historical marker in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 1962. It is one of 236 historical markers documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 503 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.4620, -98.4669 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Joes Francisco Ruiz House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Rodriguez, Dionicio, Bridge in Brackenridge Park, Ludwig Mahncke, and Incarnate Word College.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5029005585. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Twohig House was the early 1840s home of Irish-born San Antonio merchant and banker John Twohig (1806-1891), originally sited along the San Antonio River. Twohig took part in the 1835 Siege of Bexar, was captured during Adrian Woll's 1842 invasion and imprisoned at Perote in Mexico before escaping in 1843, and later became one of Texas's wealthiest men, known for running a Saturday breadline for the poor. In 1941 his limestone house was dismantled stone by stone and rebuilt on the grounds of the Witte Museum.
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