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Bartels-Wirtz House

Columbus, Colorado County

Marker Text

Distinctions of this Victorian cottage: gable window with star tracery, decorative bargeboard, carpenter's lace. Stained glass entrance doors are duplicated at back of the front hall. Anton Bartles, from Aldenburg, North Germany, came here in 1869; built this house about 1886; was an Alderman, 1889. Later owners have included the Will Wirtz family in 1920s and 30s; Felix Fehrenkamp; Mrs. Isabel Moeller. RTHL 1973

Marker Details

Address 1216 Live Oak St.
Location Description 1216 Live Oak St., Columbus; marker reported to be in storage 5/2011
Marker # 312
Dedicated 1973
Size, Type Medallion and Plate
Code houses, residential buildings; German immigrants/immigration; markets, merchantiles
Latitude, Longitude 29.705231, -96.543419

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