​Swedish Consulate and
​Swante Palm Library

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Marker Text: ​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. (1991) 

Marker No: 14680

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.270599,-97.742134

Location: ​816 Congress Avenue, Austin