Schreiner's
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Schreiner's A.K.A. Charles Schreiner & Company is a department store located in downtown Kerrville, Texas that is operated by Fort Worth-based Dunlaps.
[edit] History
In 1858, Charles Schreiner, a former Texas Ranger, purchased a small general store at Camp Verde which was a military post 15 miles south of Kerrville. Schreiner contracted with the government to supply the soldiers with beef and other supplies. After fighting in the Civil War, he moved to Kerrvile where he and an associate opened a store in 1869. He bought out his partner in 1879 and expanded his business to include banking, ranching, and marketing wool and mohair. Schreiner's was the first business in America to value mohair. The Bank got so much business that by 1893 Charles had to build a separate building for it. One of his major contributions to the community was the founding of the Schreiner Institute (Now Schreiner University) in Kerrville in 1917. Dunlaps later acquired the company and continued to operate it under the same name in the same building.
Dunlaps will be dissolved by the end of 2007 and all of its remaining stores will close. Schreiner's closed its doors for the last time on September 23, 2007.
