This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VANCE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DkB.2ACI/913.1 Message Board Post: This is in reply to Shelley STEGALL's ([email protected]) Oct. 7, 2005, posting to the RootsWeb Bexar Co., TX, Message Board titled "Vance Brothers and Families." Page 170 of the book "San Antonio Uncovered," by Mark Louis RYBCZYK, 1992, lists the following: "The Vance House This colonial mansion was built by James Vance in 1859 on 210 East Nueva. Nance [sic], from Stebaune, Ireland, built the home for his bride. The home was one of San Antonio's finest, built with lumber and wrought iron brought from New Orleans. Running water was a feature of this stately home; a water tank affixed to the roof made this one of the first buildings to offer such a luxury. The mansion was host to many dignitaries, including Robert E. Lee. In the 1930s the Vance House was chosen by the Department of the Interior's Historic Building Survey as an outstanding architectural example. The Vance House passed through various owners; at one time, it was home to Texas State Employment Service. The stately mansion was torn down in the early 1950s and was replaced with the new Federal Reserve Bank. A plaque now rests at the site of the home." Sue Tilleman ([email protected])