Details for The Wilhelm Weidner Homestead
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5091008823
Data
| Marker Number | 8823 |
| Atlas Number | 5091008823 |
| Marker Title | The Wilhelm Weidner Homestead |
| Index Entry | Weidner Homestead, Wilhelm, The |
| Address | 300200 US Highway 281 N. |
| City | New Braunfels |
| County | Comal |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 554413 |
| UTM Northing | 3288849 |
| Subject Codes | German immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year | 1974 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | dead end of Angel Trail at intersection of Bulverde Rd. and US 281 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | RTHL medallion and plate |
| Marker Text | Using stone quarried in Cibolo Creek bed, cedar from the nearby Kramme farm, and locally-made cypress shingles and lumber, Wilhelm Weidner (1835 - 1907) copied his ancestral home in Germany in building his two-story home here in 1873-1875. He incorporated a log house owned by his wife Maria (Kramme), for more room. He also built (1870s) the smokehouse-shop-laundry and (1904) the small stone dwelling. Four generations of the Weidner family have lived hre. RTHL - 1974 |
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