Historical MarkerSwedish Consulate and Swante Palm Library
Austin · Travis County · Dedicated 1991 · THC Atlas #5507014680
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Marker Inscription
Swante Palm, (1815 - 1899) vice consul to Texas for Sweden and Norway from 1866 until his death, built a small house on Ash Street (now 9th Street) in the 1850s. It was a repository for palm’s extensive book collection and served as the Swedish Consulate, where Palm gave assistance to Swedish immigrants. To accommodate his ever-growing library, Palm enlarged the house in 1879. He donated his 10,000 volume collection the University of Texas in 1897, increasing the school’s holdings by over sixty percent. Palm’s house was razed in 1958. (1991)
About this site
Swedish Consulate and Swante Palm Library is a historical marker in Austin, Travis County, dedicated in 1991. It is one of 336 historical markers documented in Travis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 641 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.2706, -97.7421 near Austin. The nearest cataloged historic site is M. M. Long's Livery Stable & Opera House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Texas and the Civil War State Military Board, Openheimer-Montgomery Building, and Paramount Theater.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507014680. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
