The Maverick Carter House

03/25/2026

The Maverick Carter House is celebrating Fiesta with a display of seven Coronation Robes from the three generations of Aline B. Carter.   Aline was also a duchess in the 1914 Court of the Fairies.  The gowns are viewed on each of the three floors of the historic home filled with original Victorian family furniture.  The house is now a nonprofit providing educational programming for music, poetry, astronomy, and art - the things which embodied poet laureate Aline B. Carter.   We welcome you to visit her San Antonio home and celebrate Fiesta the month of April.  
The home, a national and state landmark, was designed by noted architect Alfred Giles and built by William Maverick - the son of Samuel Maverick who signed the Declaration of Independence of Texas.  HC and Aline Carter bought the house from the Mavericks and we now share her legacy of stewardship of the house and programming for students.  Please enjoy!

01/25/2026

Frozen Dome!

05/08/2025

7:00 p.m. Tonight (5/8/2025) at the Maverick Carter House: UTSA Chamber Strings (Program shown)

08/24/2024

Summer sunset and the lights seen in the background of the observatory

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04/06/2024

Beautiful flowers at the Maverick Carter House for a special family occasion April 6, 2024...

The exceptional floral decorations were designed and arranged by , a Carter family member of the Maverick Carter House homestead.

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

10/15/2023

Happy Texas Poetry Day!

Texas Poet Laureate Aline B. Carter, with Lucia Trent, poet and poetry critic of San Antonio, co-founded of Poetry Day in Texas. These two were instrumental in having the definite date of October 15 established for its observance by the late Governor Beauford H. Jester in 1948, in order that citizens might have the opportunity of honoring the poets of the state, both living and deceased, who have made contributions to the culture of the Lone Star State.

In that spirit, the Maverick Carter House hosts an annual poetry competition each year with a new theme. This year the theme was "Flavors of San Antonio."

We are grateful San Antonio Port Laureate and Local San Antonio Poet Eddie Vega judged the competition in April 2023. We are also proud to learn our first place winner, writer of "Moonlight On the Ganges Riverwalk," is Yale bound! Congratulations to all the students and good luck with all your future endeavors!

Winning poems may be found on our website under programs: maverickcarterhouse.org

10/14/2023

October 14, 2023 annular solar eclipse viewing at the Maverick Carter House!

Great visibility for the eclipse! Greater clarity with the h alpha solar telescope.

Aline B. Carter added the observatory on the Maverick Carter House in 1925. Aline commissioned her friend Ethel Wilson Harris, a noted artisan, to construct the observatory to house her 1918 Bausch & Lomb 4" refractor telescope.

12/24/2022

Aline B. Carter held her annual Christmas party at her home for the Orphans of San Antonio. The St. Mark's Episcopal Choir would sing on the staircase while Aline played on her harp. After singing, the children would all receive their presents.

12/06/2022

The Maverick Carter House was pleased to receive the San Antonio Conservation Society Award in 2020. Owners Marline Carter Lawson and Paul Carter shared the award with noted Landscape Architect John S. Troy, ASLA Please watch the video below for more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UfyNrPHjwM&feature=emb_title

12/06/2022

Featured on PBS KLRN: "The Women Who Shaped San Antonio | Aline Carter"

"KLRN is proud to present a series of video shorts highlighting women who made history in our city."

KLRN is proud to present a series of video shorts highlighting women who made history in our city. From the fight for workers’ rights, to creating parks and ...

11/22/2022

The grand 19th-century San Antonio home named for two prominent families who filled it with treasures is now open to the public.