Historical Markers of Texas

10046 Adolph Gold House 212 E. Travis Local banker Adolph Gold (1869-1931), one of the developers of Fredericksburg's first subdivision in 1900, had this house built for his family in ... 23589 African American Community in Gillespie County Fredericksburg Enslaved African Americans were brought to Gillespie County beginning in the 1850s. By 1860, 33 enslaved people were recorded as owned by seven families. ... 10093 Albert Lee Patton Building 232 W. Main Missouri native Albert Lee Patton (1851-1934), trained as a tinsmith, moved to Fredericksburg in the early 1870s. In 1897 he constructed this two-story ... 10088 Albert Nebgen House Off Lee Roy Behrends Rd. on private property A native Texan and the son of German immigrants, Albert Nebgen (1889-1965) had this farmhouse built for his family about 1918. The two-story I-plan ... 10070 Andreas and Frederike Lindig Farmstead Lower Albert Road (marker on private property) German immigrants Andreas and Frederike Lindig arrived in Texas in 1869. They established a farmstead here in 1874 on 448 acres that included a main ...

10009 Baethge-Behrend Homestead 3.5 mi. W of Fredericksburg on US 290, 0.5 mi. S on Hayden Ranch Road Johann Heinrich Baethge (1814-1888), his wife Sophie Konradine (Pape) (1824-1888), and their two children immigrated to Texas from Germany in 1854. ... 10011 Bethany Lutheran Church 110 W. Austin St. Early settlers in Fredericksburg worshiped together in a community church, the Vereins Kirche. On March 27, 1887, the Rev. John Heinzelmann and about ... 10090 Birthplace of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN near southwest corner of E. Main and S. Lincoln Typical early Fredericksburg home built 1866 by Carl Basse. Property of the Henke family since 1873. Heinrich Henke, early settler, Confederate freighter, ... 16821 Brodbeck Family Cemetery From Luckenbach, 2.6 mi. S, 1 mi. S of RM 1888. Cemetery and marker are 200 feet west of the road on private property. Established 1870 Historic Texas cemetery – 2010

10015 Cherry Mountain School Complex take US 87 NE 7.4 mi., then take Cherry Mountain Loop Rd. 1.8 mi. This complex represents a well preserved grouping of stone and wood buildings. The "old school", a pioneer-crafted one-room structure built on land ... 10017 Cherry Spring Schoolhouse take US 87 NW 7.5 miles to Ranch Road 2323, then north on Ranch Road 2323 six miles School classes for the children of German immigrants in the Cherry Spring community were held in homes until 1885, when this limestone schoolhouse ... 10018 Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church take US 87 NW 17 miles, then east on Cherry Spring Rd. 1.3 miles German Lutherans in the community of Cherry Spring began meeting together for worship in the 1850s. Diedrich Rode (1828-1925), a licensed lay minister, ... 10023 Christian Crenwelge Place 312 W. Schubert A native of Germany, Christian Crenwelge migrated to this area in 1854 and worked as a farmer and cabinetmaker. At a sheriff's land sale in 1872 ... 10019 Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 520 E Main St Several black families were residing in Gillespie County by the 1870s. A schoolhouse was built in 1877 on property adjacent to this later church ... 10021 County Jail of 1885 117 San Antonio St. This two-story stone structure served as the fourth jail for Gillespie County, organized in 1848. It was constructed by the firm of c. F. Priess ... 10022 Crabapple School take RR 965 N approx. 10 mi., then left at (V) just south of Crabapple Creek Bridge, then go .5 mi. German immigrants who came to Fredericksburg in the late 1840s and who later settled in this area erected a native limestone school which opened ... 10025 Cross Mountain from intersection of US 290 and Milam St. (RR 965), take Milam St. north 1 mi., then west on Cross Mountain Trail approx. 100 yards. This marl and limestone hill, elevation 1,915 feet, was an Indian signal point, advancing news of the intrusions of white settlers. The hill was ...

10101 D. C. Riley House take RR 965 N approx. 17 miles to Lower Crabapple Rd.; then east on Crab Apple 2.6 miles to Itz-Kast Rd.; then north on Itz .2 miles Four generations have lived in this house built in early 1870s by Crabapple community pioneer David Crockett Riley (1840-1900). Stone for 24" outer ... 10026 Dambach-Besier Home 515 E. Main St. This rock house was probably built by F. Dambach, who bought the lot in 1867 for $70 and sold it two years later for $450. This was a full-time residence ... 10027 Dangers Stone House 213 W Creek St. Built in 1851 by the Rev. Gottlieb Burchard Dangers (1811-69), soon after his purchase of this town lot from Friedrich Pape. Dangers, who had emigrated ... 10104 Diedrich Rode Complex take US 87 N approx. 17 miles; then east on cherry Spring Rd. 1.2 miles This group of buildings was constructed by german native Diedrich Rode (1828-1905). The three-story limestone residence was completed in 1880 and ... 10029 Domino Parlor 222 E. Main The original part of this stone structure, containing a cellar with a vaulted ceiling, was built in the early 1850s on property owned by John Schmidtzinsky, ... 10030 Doss School Doss Community Center, SE corner RR 783 and RR 648. Marker is on E (front) entrance of 1905 limestone schoolhouse. One of the state's few remaining rural school systems, Doss School began in 1884 on Doss-Spring Creek Road (3.5 mi. S). Ten years later, land at ... 10031 Duecker Family Homestead N. Grape Creek Road, between Harry G. Schmidt and Clarence Jacoby roads August Duecker, Sr. (1828-1894) came to Texas from his native Germany in 1852. He married Louise Feuge in 1854, and in 1878 they purchased a large ... 10032 Durst House Off Wendel-Ahrens Rd. on private property Carl Durst (1851-1923) moved to this community in 1873 and built a one-room cabin. After marrying Emma Ruegner about 1877, he made a small addition. ...

10118 Edward and Minnie Stein House 101 E. Hackberry Edward Stein (1890-1978), expert craftsman, prominent local banker, and architect of many important structures in Fredericksburg, designed and built ... 10034 Ellebracht-Moritz Homestead Off RR 965 on private property Frederick Ellebracht (1809-1882) and his family came to Texas from Germany in 1845. Joining other immigrants from their homeland in central Texas, ... 10128 Emil Weber House 110 N. Cherry St. Stonemason Emil Weber built this late Victorian residence in 1902 with the help of local craftsmen. Constructed of hand-hewn limestone and Texas ... 20135 Emma and Anna Metzger 4231 Boot Ranch Circle 10035 Enchanted Rock Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, in storage in administration building. From its summit, in the fall of 1841, Captain John C. Hays, while surrounded by Comanche Indians who cut him off from his ranging company, repulsed ... 10036 Engel Family Main St. The Rev. August Engel (1818-1904), a circuit riding Methodist preacher and teacher, immigrated to Texas in 1846 from Germany. In 1859 he married ...

10008 F. W. Arhelger Shop 109 Adams St. Frederick William Arhelger, a second generation cabinetmaker and wheelwright, constructed this building in 1898 for use as a farm implement shop. ... 10120 Felix Van Der Stucken Home 114 W. Austin St. The original one-story section of this residence was constructed by Felix Van Der Stucken (1833-1912) soon after he purchased the site in 1864. The ... 10037 First Baptist Church of Harper intersection of FM 783 (Doss Rd.) and US 290 Organized in 1887 with nine members, the First Baptist Church congregation initially met in the local school building and a brush arbor. A wooden ... 10038 First Methodist Church of Fredericksburg 312 W. San Antonio St. Oldest Methodist church in the Hill Country, founded 1849 as a German mission by the Rev. Eduard Schneider. The charter members: Melchior and Rosine ... 14946 Frank Van Der Stucken Birthplace E. Main St., SW side between S. Adams (SH 16) and S. Llano streets on private property. -- (RTHL medallion) 10040 Fredericksburg College Building Fredericksburg Middle School campus, 300 Building, facing Travis St Early hall of higher learning, erected by the German Methodist Mission Conference of Texas and Louisiana (organized 1874 by the Methodist Episcopal ... 10042 Fredericksburg Lodge No. 794, A.F. & A.M. Hale St. and S. Adams traces its history to 1897 when a warrant of dispensation was granted by the Grand Lodge of Texas Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. The first worshipful ... 10043 Fredericksburg Social Turn Verein 103 W. Travis The Fredericksburg Social Turn Verein was established in 1871 in the tradition of German gymnastic clubs. Initially located at a site nearby, the ...

10044 Gillespie County Gillespie County Courthouse grounds, northeast side facing US 87 (Main St.) The trails of roving Indians crossed these hills settled by German pioneers in 1846. A group of Mormons settled at Zodiac in 1847. Created February ... 10047 Gold-Grobe House 413 N. Llano Built in 1902 by Peter Gold, Sr., this house was originally a one-story center passage plan structure constructed of native limestone. Friedrich ... 16454 Gruen-Doebbler Homestead 1251 Doebbler Road GRUEN-DOEBBLER HOUSE THE EARLIEST PART OF THIS TWO-STORY, SIDE-GABLED STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN THE LATE 1800s BY EARLY AREA PIONEER LUDWIG DOEBBLER. ... 10049 Guenther's Live Oak Mill Fredericksburg By 1848, Carl Hilmar Guenther (1826-1902), master millwright, had completed his apprenticeship in Germany and immigrated to the U.S. In search of ... 10050 Gun Cap Factory 306 W. Main In the Civil War, at this site, E. Krauskoff, gunsmith, and Adolph Lungkwitz, silversmith, made gun caps. Inventing machinery, they rolled copper ...

10058 H. C. Keese Home from Crabapple take RR 965 N approx. .75 mi. to Welgehausen Rd.; then west on Welgehausen Rd. 3.4 miles to site on right German native Henry C. Keese (b. 1834) built this farmhouse soon after he purchased the land in the 1870s. Constructed of wood and hand-hewn native ... 15992 Harper Community Park 160 Harper Pioneer Park Drive 16502 Harper Independent School District 2312 W. Hwy 290 In 1884, Frank Harper, J.A. Rogers, E.C. Hopf, and W.P. Bowers met to organize a school for the growing Harper community. Mary and J. A. Rogers, ... 10051 Harper Presbyterian Church IS Hwy. 280 and FM 783 Organized in 1881 as the Barnett Spring Presbyterian Church, this congregation originally met in a schoolhouse. The fellowship moved to Harper in ... 10012 Heinrich Bierschwale House 209 W. Austin St. This home was built in 1872-73 by German immigrant Heinrich Bierschwale, a teacher in the rural schools of Gillespie and Mason counties. He later ... 10059 Heinrich Kensing_Johanna Borchers Kensing Off Doss-Cherry Spring Road, on private property. Map dot approximate. Heinrich Kensing (November 11, 1822 - July 26, 1865) Johanna Borchers Kensing (August 4, 1823 - July 29, 1865) German immigrants, arriving in Texas ... 10010 Henry Basse House at US Hwy. 290 and Basse Ln. take Basse Ln. south .4 mi. to S. Bowie and go east 100 yards Descended from the Rev. Henrich S. W. Basse, a Lutheran pastor sent by the Adelsverein to serve German settlers in this area, Henry and Hugo Basse ... 10020 Henry Cordes House 204 W. Schubert St. Fredericksburg native Henry Cordes (b. 1861) had this limestone residence constructed in 1893. Originally a three-room structure, it is a good example ... 10054 Hill Crest Cemetery take SH 156 SW approx. 8.8 miles to Morris Ranch Rd.; then west on Morris Ranch Rd. 2.5 miles to Old Morris Ranch Schoolhouse building (cemetery located up the hill behind the school building) This graveyard is closely associated with the Morris Ranch, an early international race horse breeding and training facility in Gillespie county. ... 10055 Hoerster Building 242-244 W. Main St. Built at the turn of the century for J. A. Hoerster, this structure has housed a number of businesses over the years and was later owned by the Wieser ... 10056 Holy Ghost (Heilige Geist) Evangelical Protestant Church 113 San Antonio St. This congregation traces its origins to the first Protestant services held in Fredericksburg by the Rev. Henry Basse in 1846. Members worshiped at ... 10057 Homestead of Karl Itz take SH 16 N approx. 1.2 miles to Lower Crabapple Rd.; then north on Lower Crabapple Rd. approx. 3.6 miles Karl Itz (ca. 1838-1908), a native of Westerburg, Germany, arrived in Texas in 1852 and settled in Gillespie County. He married Henrietta Evers (1839-1923) ... 10024 Hugo and Anna Gold Crenwelge House Off Gold-Schaefer Rd. on private property Jacob Gold, Jr. (d. 1914) gave this property to his daughter, Anna (1878-1957), and her husband Hugo Crenwelge (1877-1948) in 1902. Three years later ...

12975 J. W. and Ruth Baines House Fredericksburg, 112 W. College Street J.W. and Ruth Baines House Joseph W. and Ruth (Huffman) Baines, maternal grandparents of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, built their home here in ... 16503 Jacob Neffendorf 1219 Spotted Fawn Trail JACOB NEFFENDORF BORN IN REDERT, NASSAU, GERMANY, JACOB NEFFENDORF (1822-1910) CAME TO TEXAS IN 1845 ABOARD THE BARQUE NEPTUNE. HE WAS IN THE GROUP ... 18645 Jakob (Jacob) Brodbeck Brodbeck Family Cemetery, near the entrance. From Luckenbach, 2.6 mi. S, 1 mi. S of RM 1888, W side of the road. Teacher and inventor Jakob Brodbeck (1821-1910) conceived the idea of building an airship while sailing to the U.S. In 1846. Born and educated as ... 10066 Johann Joseph Knopp House 309 W. Schubert Built of native stone in 1871, soon after Knopp and his wife Katherina (Stein) came to America. From Germany they traveled six weeks by clipper ship ... 10084 John O. Meusebach from Cherry Spring take US 87 S approx. 2.5 miles SE (current location in roadside park - marker will be relocated to Mason County in 2012) (1812-1897) To be a Texan, Meusebach gave up title of baron in 1845. As commissioner-general, German Emigration Company, he founded Fredericksburg ... 10121 John Peter Tatsch Home, 1856 W intersection of N. Bowie and W. Schubert streets. Marker is affixed to the house which is private property. Built by Tatsch (1822-1907), using local stone. A cabinet-maker and turner, did woodwork himself. At first floored only front rooms, using wide boards. ... 23936 Julius and Sophie Splittgerber 302 W. Schubert St. Julius Theodor Splittgerber (1819-1897) was a German immigrant and prominent member of early Fredericksburg. He was born in Brandenburg, Germany ...

17348 Karl Kensing Cemetery Brusenhahn Ln., S side, 0.5 mi. W of FM 783 on private property Heinrich Friedrich Karl Kensing (1828-1902) was born in Germany and immigrated to Texas with his parents and four siblings in 1845. The surviving ... 10065 Kiehne-Hermann Home 405 E. Main German-born Frederick Kiehne (1811-98), a blacksmith and Gillespie County commissioner, built this structure in 1850. It was the first two-story ... 17349 Klingelhoeffer House Southwest corner of W. Main St. and S. Acorn St. KLINGELHOEFFER HOUSE JOHANN JOST KLINGELHOEFFER LEFT EUROPE IN 1846 SEEKING FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. THE FAMILY SAILED TO THE PORT OF ... 10067 Kloth-Ludwig Home 414 E. Main This limestone building was constructed about 1870 when the property was owned by John Adams Alberthal. It was designed with a commercial area on ... 22787 Krieger-Geyer House 512 W. Creek Street marker pending 11893 Kuenemann House 413 W. Creek St. Frederick Kuenemann and his family sailed from Bremen, Germany in September 1845. Once in Texas they faced great hardship, walking epidemic-crowded ...

10068 Lange's Mill from Doss, take FM 648 approx. .5 mi. to Lange's Mill Rd., then northwest on Lange's Mill Rd. 3.3 miles Established in 1849 by Doss brothers. Operated 1859-1878 by William F. Lange, 1878-1888 by Julius Lange. Its products were famed throughout the region. ... 10069 Lehne-Itz House Whitney St., S side between Bluebird and S. Milam streets Henry Lehne (1858-1931) followed the form of traditional German farmhouses in building this limestone structure in 1882. He farmed and ranched an ... 10103 Little Rock House 215B W. Main St. Constructed shortly after Civil War on townlot grant of German Emigration Co. Bought in 1868 by Heinrich Ochs, pioneer school teacher. Owned by family ... 10061 Liveoak Creek Log Cabin Off Loudon Rd. on private property This dogtrot cabin was probably built before 1852, when surveyor J. L. Ankrin sold this property to John Peter Keller, one of the first Gillespie ... 10072 Loeffler-Weber House 508 W. Main Log room and loft were built by German emigrant Gerhard Rorig as his home in first winter of Fredericksburg's existence, 1846-47. Noted cabinetmaker ... 10073 Lower South Grape Creek School from Stonewalll take US 290 E approx. 10 miles, ROW Area settlers built a log schoolhouse 1.5 miles south of here in 1871 along South Grape Creek. It was part of Luckenbach School Precinct No. 3 until ... 10074 Luckenbach Luckenbach Town Loop, 0.1 mi. S of FM 1376, in parking lot S of post office building on private property. Members of the Luckenbach family and other German immigrants moved here from Fredericksburg (11 mi. NW) in the 1850s. They settled along Grape Creek ... 10075 Luckenbach School from RR 1376 in Luckenbach take Luckenbach Rd. E approx. .5 miles In 1855 pioneer area settler Peter Pehl deeded a two-acre tract of land at this site for the construction of a schoolhouse to serve the Luckenbach ... 16447 Ludwig Doebbler House 542 Doebbler Rd. LUDWIG DOEBBLER HOUSE GOTTFRIED LUDWIG “LOUIS” DOEBBLER (1814-1898) AND HIS BROTHER, WILHELM, IMMIGRATED TO TEXAS FROM PRUSSIA IN 1852, AND LUDWIG’S ... 10062 Lyndon Baines Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, LBJ Ranch, N side PR 49, 0.3 mi. SW of Klein Road and the Junction School. Marker reported missing Jan. 2022. The 36th President of the United States was born here on August 27, 1908; son of a state legislator (1905-1917), Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah ... 10063 Lyndon Baines Johnson Loring and Peach (at school entrance) The 36th President of the United States of America As a 12-year-old student attended classes of the 8th grade here at the old Stonewall school from ...

10078 Maier-Alberthal Building 324 E. Main St. Constructed about 1860, this building was acquired by German native Anton Maier (b. 1813) in 1866. A merchant who held several Gillespie County offices, ... 10091 Major Israel M. Nunez at the entrance to Stonewall school at the corner of Loring St. and Peach St., Stonewall (1841-1906) Civil War veteran and stage line operator who in 1870 founded Stonewall, naming it for Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson. Major ... 10079 Market Square (Mark Platz) 100 block of West Main St. This Square, originally a two-block area which included what is now called the Courthouse Square, has been at the center of Fredericksburg since ... 10081 Meckel-Hanus Building 307 W. Main St. Saddle and harness merchant Henry Meckel (1855-1909) acquired this property in 1886 and soon made improvements to a one-story, ca. 1860 stone house ... 10085 Moritz-Hitzfeld-Jacoby House 608 N. Milam Built for newlyweds Edmund (1884-1958) and Anna (1881-1968) Moritz in 1907, this house has been occupied by the descendants of three of Fredericksburg's ... 10086 Morris Ranch Schoolhouse from intersection of US 290 and SH 16 in Fredericksburg, take SH 16 S approx. 9 miles to Morris Ranch Rd.; then west on ranch road approx. 2.4 miles Built in 1893, this schoolhouse was one of several structures located on the Morris Ranch, a noted center for the breeding and training of thoroughbred ... 14225 Moseley Log Cabin 307 W. Schubert Street 10087 Mosel-Jordan-Duecker Haus 109 E. San Antonio St. Johann Nicholas Mosel (1839-1904) was granted a 100' x 200' lot in Fredericksburg by the German Emigration Company in 1847. Here he built a rough ... 10083 Mueller-Petmecky House 201 S. Washington The original portion of this house probably was built between 1848 and 1850 by Willis Wallace, who was granted the land by the German Immigration ...

10089 Nimitz Hotel National Museum of the Pacific War, Admiral Nimitz Gallery, northwest corner of E. Main and Washington This property was purchased by Charles Henry Nimitz, Sr., in 1855. By 1860 the Nimitz Hotel was established, hosting frontier travelers and providing ...

10014 Old Central Drugstore 124 E. Main St. Alphons Walter (1866-1957), a Swiss-born jeweler and watchmaker, had this 2-story building erected in 1905. He sold the property in 1909 to Robert ... 10016 Old Cherry Spring School (Das Alte Schulhaus) take US 87 NW 17 mi. to Cherry Spring Rd., then east 1.6 mi. to intersection with Wasserfall Rd. The Cherry Spring community was founded by German immigrants about 1850. Classes for schoolchildren originally were held in private homes. In 1859 ... 10045 Old Gillespie County Courthouse W. Main and S. Adams Erected 1881-1882 in term of County Judge Wm. Wahrmund and Commissioners J. Dechert, F. Kneese, J. arson and J. P. Mosel. Architect was Alfred Giles. ... 10064 Old Kammlah House 309 - 315 W. Main St. Four front rooms with outside stair to attic, built 1849 by German settler Henry Kammlah I. Smokehouse and rooms at rear added 1875. Old world technique ... 15401 Old St. Mary's Church (Die Alte Kirche) 300 W. San Antonio St. St. Mary's Parish dates to 1846 with the arrival of German settlers in Fredercksburg. Construction of this building, which replaced an earlier log ... 14535 Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church 302 E. College St.

10092 Pape Log Cabin 213 W. Creek One of the oldest structures in Fredericksburg, built by communal effort for the family of Friedrich Pape (1813-94). Pape, his wife Katherine, and ... 10095 Pedernales Rural School Off SH 16 on private property The Pedernales community, established here by German immigrant farmers in the 1840s, was joined with the Live Oak community to form a school district ... 11892 Philipp Hartmann Family Cemetery US 290, 4.4 mi. W of Fredericksburg Philipp Hartmann and Elisabeth Crenwelge were married in their homeland of Bruchweiler, Prussia in 1853. They and their two children immigrated to ... 10110 Pioneer Schandua House 111 E. Austin Built before 1880, this house was purchased by John Schandua, a local merchant, shortly after his marriage to Bertha (Klein) in 1883. The front room, ... 14969 Pioneer Store & Home 309 W. Main

10098 Rausch Ranch Home go south on US 87 approx. 5.5 miles to Meusebach Rd.; then east 1.5 mi. to gate; then 400 ft. to "Y" at creek; then .3 mi. east to gate; then .4 mi. south to site In 1856 Nicolaus Gerhard (1810-1894), a German immigrant, bought this land, where he lived with his son Michael in a log cabin. In 1866 Nicolaus ... 10100 Ressmann-Boos House 511 E. Main St. An evolution of pioneer building methods is evident in thishome. The earliest part, built about 1845, is of fachwerk construction typical in early ... 10102 Riley-Enderlin House 606 N. Adams This simply designed vernacular home was built in 1909 by Franz Stein for Emil H. and Bertha Riley. In 1912 the home was purchased by Charles Enderlin, ...

10111 Schmidt-Dietz Building 218 W. Main St. Ludwig Schmidt constructed this two-story stone building in the 1860s for use as a hotel. In the early 1890s it was leased to Louis Dietz, who ran ... 10112 Schmidt-Gold House 106 S. Lincoln This home was built in the 1860s by german stonemason Lorenz Schmidt, a pioneer settler in the Adelsverein colony and builder of many early structures, ... 10114 Schneider-Klingelhoefer House 714 Main St. Built about 1870 for watchmaker and stonemason Ludwig Schneider, this home features German fachwerk construction. Owned by builder Louis Preiss from ... 10115 Schwarz Building 216 W. Main St. This limestone commercial building was constructed in 1907 by Charles Schwarz, a prominent early merchant of the area, and his wife Mary. Located ... 10039 Site of Fort Martin Scott US 290 Established by the United States Army, December 5, 1848, as a protection to travelers and settlers against Indian attack. Named in honor of Major ... 10071 Site of The Andreas Lindig Lime Kiln Gillespie County Safety Rest Area, between Trinity Lutheran Church and Lower Albert Road First kiln, eastern Gillespie County. Built 1874 by Andreas Lindig, trained in his native Germany in quicklime making. On his homestead, he found ... 10077 Site of the McDonald Massacre from US 290 in Harper take RR 783 S approx. .1 mile to ROW Pioneer preacher Matthew Taylor and the families of his daughter and two sons moved here in 1863 from their homestead on the Llano River. They built ... 10133 Site of Zodiac Off Schmidtzinsky Rd. on private property A Mormon settlement. Established in 1847 by 150 Mormons under the leadership of Lyman Wight (1796-1858). Abandoned in 1851 after floods destroyed ... 10117 Squaw Creek Cemetery from Hilltop take RR 648 NW 6.2 miles; then south on Squaw Creek Rd. .5 miles; then west on Nixon Cemetery Rd. approx. .7 miles On their way west from Arkansas to California about 1856, the family of Francis Marion Nixon and his wife, Catherine Elliot, was forced to detour ... 12788 Squaw Creek Primitive Baptist Church 0.6 miles east of Doss on FM 648 Squaw Creek Primitive Baptist Church Ten charter members constituted Squaw Creek Primitive Baptist Church in 1901, and elder S. N. Redford served ... 16913 St. Anthony Catholic Parish 163 N 3rd St. The community of Harper, named after George Franklin Harper, grew in the 1880s when pioneers from surrounding settlements moved to the area. Prior ... 10105 St. Barnabas Episcopal Church W. Creek St. and S. owie St. Originally one of earliest homes in Fredericksburg. built by German settler Peter Walter. Walter built log cabin on lot, then began permanent home ... 16975 St. James Lutheran Church northeast corner of US 290 and 4th St. In 1908, the first Lutheran missionary to the area, Rev. C. Stadler, came to Harper. In April 1910, he confirmed the first class of Lutheran young ... 10106 St. John's Lutheran Church take RR 965 N approx. 10 miles; take left at "Y" just south of Crab Apple Creek Bridge and go .5 mi. Pioneer families of Crabapple organized this church in the 1880s. Members met in a school building before erecting this sanctuary in 1897. Elder ... 14697 St. Mary's Catholic Church 304 W. San Antonio Rapid membership growth during the late 19th century prompted St. Mary's Church to complete plans for a new sanctuary in 1901. This Gothic-inspired ... 13316 St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery 10 mi. NE of Fredericksburg on RR 1631/Koennecke-Eckhardt Rd In November 1883, residents of the North Grape Creek community, later known as Cave Creek, formed a German Lutheran congregation, which they named ... 10107 St. Paul Lutheran Church take RR 1631 NE approx. 10 miles Oldest rural Lutheran church in Gillespie County. The Rev. M. Haag served as first pastor. Charter members numbered 17. A frame building with walls ... 10108 St. Peter Lutheran Church from Harper take rr 783 approx. 14 miles to intersection of RR 783 and RR 648 in Doss Organized by German Lutherans in September 1896 under a brush arbor at nearby Lange's Mill, this church has been part of Gillespie County history ... 12866 Stonewall Community Cemetery Cemetery Rd, S of US 290, Stonewall Stonewall Community Cemetery This cemetery originally served the settlement of Millville, laid out by Israel Nuñez, who operated a stage stop in ... 10119 Sunday Houses 315 West Main Small townhouse built by German settlers who lived in distant rural areas. Used over weekends by families while they traded or attended church. A ...

10116 Texas Ranger General E. Kirby Smith, C.S.A. from Fredericksburg, take US 290 E approx. 10 miles to ROW (1824-1893) Born in Florida. Graduated from West Point. Fought in Mexican War. On the Texas frontier in the 1850s, commanded Camps Belknap, Cooper ... 10053 The August Hennersdorf House 205 W. Austin August and Johanne Hennersdorf migrated to Fredericksburg from Prussia in 1855. In the early 1900s they constructed this frame and limestone residence ... 10013 The Burrer Home Off Lower Crabapple Rd. on private property. German native Gottlieb Burrer (1830-1916) migrated to this area in 1854. Here he married Katharina (Zammert) (1843-1931), the daughter of a pioneer ... 10052 The Carl Henke Home 116 E. Travis Believed to be the first boy born among the German immigrants who settled Fredericksburg, Carl Henke (1848-1928) became a skilled stonemason. He ... 10060 The Christian Kraus Homestead Off Shorty Crenwelge Drive on private property This house was begun in 1859 by Christian Kraus when he and his wife, Anna Maria, settled in the Klein Frankreich (Little France) community. Kraus ... 10033 The Easter Fires US 290 southeast of Fredericksburg, pullout on southwest side between Morales Duecker Road and Schmidtzinsky Road Blazing on the hills around Fredericksburg each Easter Eve, combined with a local pageant, these fires recall an old tale. In March 1847, when Comanches ... 10048 The Grapetown School take US 290 E approx. 3 mi. to the Old San Antonio Rd.; then south approx 7.2 miles to Grapetown In 1882, Frederick Baag donated this tract of land for the third Grapetown schoolhouse. Completed in 1884, the structure was built with labor and ... 10080 The Marschall-Meusebach Cemetery take US 87 NW approx. 17 miles to Cherry Spring Rd.; then east on Cherry Spring approx .5 miles to Marshall Cemetery Rd.; then north on cemetery road .2 miles Members of the families of two former German noblemen, related by marriage, are buried in this cemetery. John O. Meusebach (1812-97), who came to ... 10082 The Meinhardt-Pfeil Home 125 W. San Antonio The original section of this two-story limestone residence was constructed about 1850 by pioneer area settlers Albert and Doris Meinhardt. A widow ... 10094 The Patton Home 107 N. Orange St. Pioneer Fredericksburg business leader Albert Lee Patton (1851-1934) and his wife Emma (Wahrmund) (d. 1927) built the original four-room section ... 10096 The Pinta Trail Fort Martin Scott grounds Origin of the Pinta Trail is attributed to nomadic Plains Indian tribes. Early Spanish and Mexican expeditions followed the general route of the ... 10109 The Schandua Building 205 E. Main St. Erected in 1897 of hand-hewn limestone, this structure was the home of John (d. 1900) and Bertha (Klein) Schandua (d. 1943). They lived upstairs ... 10099 The William Rausch House 107 S. Lincoln Gillespie County native William Rausch (1884-1939) and his wife, Olga (d. 1943), bought this property in 1894. They lived in an existing house until ... 14589 Trinity Cemetery 4270 RR 1 10122 Trinity Lutheran Church take US 290 E approx. 1 mile to Lower Albert Rd.; take Albert Rd. north approx. .2 miles to intersection with RR 1 This congregation traces its history to 1902, when it was organized in the Albert Schoolhouse. A sanctuary built here in 1902 was replaced in 1904, ...

10123 Vereins Kirche Market Square Church for all denominations, school and community hall. Built, summer 1847, after the Comanche peace treaty made by John O. Meusebach, Commissioner, ... 10124 Vogel Sunday House 418 West Austin In the 1880s German immigrant Christian Vogel (1824-1889) built the left half of this structure to house his family while in town for Saturday trading ...

10126 Wahrmund Millinery, Moellendorf-Dietz Bakery 312 E. Main St. Erected about 1876, this building was a combination residence and business for the family of George Wahrmund, whose wife Elise had a millinery and ... 12488 Wahrmund-Priess House 575 Buckeye Rd. The larger of the two houses on this property is original to the site and dates to the period of settlement by German immigrants in this part of ... 10127 Walch Home E. Austin St., N side E of N. Washington St. In 1845 Johan (John) Joseph Walch (1828-1914) migrated to Texas from Germany. In 1847 he settled in Fredericksburg, where he worked as a stonemason. ... 15200 Walter-Jenschke Sunday House 406 W. Travis St. 10129 Weber "Das Keller Haus" 110 N. Cherry St. This simple, one-room limestone outbuilding was constructed in 1903 by stonemason Emil Weber. He built the structure, which sat over a cellar, for ... 10130 Welgehausen Ranch Crabapple community, 12.6 mi. N of Fredericksburg, RR 965, W side, 0.1 mi. N of Lower Crabapple Rd., on private property. German immigrants Friedrich Welgehausen and his wife Juliane built a one-room log cabin here in the 1850s. After their son Conrad and his wife Margaretha ... 16335 Wilke Cemetery at Albert, Texas 6141 South Ranch Road This burial ground served the rural community of Albert (originally Martinsburg), which was named for Albert Luckenbach, who opened a new post office ... 10028 William S. Dedmon private property Served in the Army of Texas, 1836. Born February 22, 1817; died July 1, 1887 10125 William Wahrmund House 206 W. Main St. Gillespie County Judge in 1852-62, 1864, and 1876-90, William Wahrmund (1824-90) hired local stonemasons H. Hennersdorf and Louis Schmidt to build ... 15250 Williams Creek School Albert community Established to serve the rural Albert community, the Williams Creek School, also known as the Albert School, began in 1890-91 near the creek. In ... 10131 Wunderlich Houses at the NW corner of the intersection of W. Live Oak Rd. and Post Oak Rd. When Adolph Wunderlich (d. 1935) married Martha Schumann (d. 1956) in 1883. He built the smaller of these two homes, combining log and stone construction. ...

10132 Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church 424 W. Main St. Built 1852 by congregation, hewing wood by hand; quarrying native limestone; Swiss missionary pastor serving as night foreman at lime kiln. Texas ...