It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kerr County, Texas in 1975.

[2][3] In 1984, Mrs. E. C. Parker was awarded a Jefferson Davis Certificate of Meritorious Service for Preservation and Restoration, in honor of her work in converting the mansion into a museum.

[5] Texas Ranger and Confederate States Army veteran Charles Schreiner, Sr., was descended from French nobility.

The combined styles of Romanesque Revival and Chateauesque were a result in part of the labor force being brought from Germany, and pink granite columns imported from Italy.

In 1927, the Schreiner heirs transferred ownership of the mansion to the Kerrville Masonic Lodge, which sold it in 1972 to a private owner.