Details for Emil Reiffert House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5123001474
Data
| Marker Number | 1474 |
| Atlas Number | 5123001474 |
| Marker Title | Emil Reiffert House |
| Index Entry | Reiffert, Emil House |
| Address | 304 West Prairie Street |
| City | Cuero |
| County | DeWitt |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 666289 |
| UTM Northing | 3220130 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings |
| Marker Year | 1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | 304 West Prairie Street, Cuero |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
| Marker Text | Built in 1868 at Indianola by Emil Reiffert (1839-1910), immigrant at age 15; Confederate veteran; merchant, rancher, President H. Runge & Co., known as First Real Bank in Texas. Anchored to 7-feet. pillars. With 100 refugees upstairs, downstairs windows and doors open, house withstood its second hurricane, 1886. Was dismantled, its planks numbered, moved to Cuero, rebuilt 1887. Has storm pillars, front storm door, handcarved staircase, parquet floors. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965 |