816 Earl Garrett Street

On October 2, 1915, Robert and Ida Insall sold the two lots of land this house sits on to H. C. Geddie for $400 who immediately began construction of his new residence in anticipation of his upcoming marriage to Maud Hart.
This was his home while Geddie was Mayor of Kerrville 1917-1919.  He appointed the committee that decided which streets in Kerrville should be renamed for three young Kerrville men who died in World War I (Francisco Lemos, Earl Garrett, and Sidney Baker). An attorney and judge, he was elected chairman of the Kerr County Democratic Convention in 1920. The Geddies moved to Abilene in 1929.

ca 1988

On November 11, 1919, the Geddies sold the house to Robert C. Saner for $3750 and moved to a house on Main Street. On May 6, 1931, Robert C. Saner and wife gave the house to Maggie Lowrance, "their cousin", "reserving a life estate for themselves and the survivor, as well as all rents, issues and and profits during the natural life of the grantor dying first."
R. C. Saner's wife was Mary A. Lowrance before her marriage. It appears Maggie cared for them in their old age, and this was their way of thanking her. Mary Saner died in 1931, R. C. in 1941. They  are buried at Glen Rest Cemetery.
Although R. C. Saner was still living, by 1935 the house is referred to the newspaper as "Miss Maggie Lowrance's home".  She frequently advertised for renters, offering furnished rooms. She lived here until her death in December, 1963.

A later occupant, from 1970 to 1982, was George L. Fordtran, who died in 1982 at age 88. His sister Jesmyr was the wife of L. D. Garrett.
The city directory indicates that by 1983 the house had been divided into three units. It continues so today.