The John Nance Garner House, located in Uvalde, Texas, United States, was the home of Vice-President John Nance Garner and his wife Ettie from 1920 until Ettie's death in 1948. Garner, a native of Uvalde, lived there until 1952, when he moved to a small cottage on the property and donated the main house to the City of Uvalde as a memorial to Mrs. Garner. It became a museum in 1973; after several official name changes, the house is now known as both the Briscoe-Garner Museum and the Ettie R. Garner Memorial Building.
John Nance Garner House in "Precious Treasure"[]
When Peet Staiklee came to the ruins of Uvalde, a collapsed, ruined mansion, still impressive in its dilapidation, caught his eye. A bronze plaque in front of a granite post informed passersby that this was the home of John Nance Garner, Vice President of the United States from 1933-1941, which Peet took to mean one of the chief's cronies. While none of the accomplishments listed on the plaque meant much to Peet, he was pleased to learn that United Mine Workers of America head John L. Lewis once derisively described Garner as a "poker-playing, whiskey-drinking, evil old man." Peet concluded from this that Garner would have been an excellent crony indeed.
As Garner had been an old man, he was probably longsighted, and therefore would not have worn glasses of Peet's model. Peet therefore did not enter the house, and instead went further into the city.
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