Swedish Consulate and Swante Palm Library

Swedish Consulate and Swante Palm Library (HMH18)

Location: Austin, TX 78701 Travis County
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N 30° 16.251', W 97° 44.505'

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Swante Palm (1815-1899), Vice Consul 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 many Swedish immigrants. To accommodate his ever-growing library, Palm enlarged the house in 1879. He donated his 10,000-volume collection to the University of Texas Library in 1897, increasing the school's holdings by more than sixty percent. Palm's house was razed in 1958.
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HM NumberHMH18
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Marker Number14680
Year Placed1991
Placed ByThe Texas Historical Commission
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Date Added Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 at 8:05pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 621029 N 3349468
Decimal Degrees30.27085000, -97.74175000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 16.251', W 97° 44.505'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 16' 15.06" N, 97° 44' 30.30" W
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Area Code(s)512
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 101 E 9th St, Austin TX 78701, US
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