{"nrhp_refnum":"82004510","name":"Tulahteka","other_names":["Schreiner, Louis A. Mansion"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Kerrville on TX 16","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kerrville","county":"Kerr County","state":"TX","lat":30.037130454000078,"lon":-99.14543840520015,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Tulahteka, also known as the Louis A. Schreiner Mansion, is a 10,800-square-foot Georgian Revival ranch house built in 1920 on a high bluff south of Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas. It was designed by San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the mansion as one of the few remaining symbols of the power and wealth of early Hill Country pioneers, in particular the Schreiner banking and ranching family. It is described as a rare attempt at an English country home in the Texas Hill Country, with cast stone work made on site and a landscape designed by Emil Habacher. It is also described as a landmark visible for miles around Kerrville.","narrative":"Tulahteka is a 10,800-square-foot mansion built in 1920 on a high bluff at the southern edge of Kerrville, Texas. Banker and rancher Louis A. Schreiner commissioned it as the residence for his 3,000-acre ranch. San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres designed it in the Georgian Revival style with Palladian touches, using pale D'Hanis brick and cast stone made on site by Italian craftsmen, the Pianti brothers. McCreary and Schott built it, and Emil Habacher laid out the terraced grounds. Inside are a grand hall, ballroom, solarium, ormolu-railed staircase and a basement wine vault. The name means \"edge of town.\" The house is presented as one of four grand Schreiner family homes in Kerrville, built from the fortune of the Charles Schreiner Company, and as a symbol of early Hill Country wealth. Alterations have been minimal. It served as a residence until 1978 and has since been vacant and declining, with rehabilitation planned.","period_of_significance":"1920","architect_builder":"Architect Atlee B. Ayres; landscape architect Emil Habacher; builder McCreary & Schott","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival with Palladian influence detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant since 1978 and described as in a general state of decline; the owner plans to rehabilitate it as a corporate headquarters.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.433704-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/9727/40972775/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/82004510.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972775","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999600"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/kerr-county/tulahteka-82004510/"}