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Site of Zanzenberg

Center Point, Kerr County

Marker Text

Home of Dr. Charles De Ganahl (1824-1883), a signer of the Texas Articles of Secession in 1861 and Army Surgeon for the Confederate States of America. The home was erected in 1856 and named after Dr. Ganahl's ancestral home in the Austrian Tyrol of Europe. Here the first post office in Kerr County was established in 1857 with his wife Virginia (1834-1895) as the first postmaster. (1968)

Marker Details

Address
Location Description from Center Point take SH 27 approximately .5 mile east to marker site
Marker # 4920
Dedicated 1968
Size, Type Large red granite
Code post office; Civil War; ghost towns
Latitude, Longitude 29.950448, -99.029535

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