Overview / Summary
The Patrick Kenney House located in Bexar County near Somerset, TX was built around 1877-78, after Patrick Henry Kenny purchased 46 ½ acres of land for $186.00 from D.W. Heard on 22 December 1877.1 The acreage was originally a part of the Clemente Bustillo grant, Survey #348.2 This purchase added to the already extensive acreage Kenney had previously purchased located on from the Michael De Chaumes grant.
In the 1977 and 1999 surveys of the property conducted by the Alamo Area Council of Governments, the Kenney House was described as being a one-story limestone and stucco house with an east/west orientation. The windows were 6/6 and the house had a tin roof over shingles. The chimney was located on the north side. A porch was noted on the east side. Frame additions had been made to the house. Several outbuildings were also seen on the property. On a visit to the property in 2010 by several members of the Historic Farm & Ranch Committee of the San Antonio Conservation Society, an underground basement accessible from the west side of the property was observed. The house was being used primarily for extensive storage and a porch type structure on the west side was in a collapsed state.