Details for Loeffler-Weber House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5171010072
Data
Marker Number | 10072 |
Atlas Number | 5171010072 |
Marker Title | Loeffler-Weber House |
Index Entry | Loeffler-Weber House |
Address | 508 W. Main |
City | Fredericksburg |
County | Gillespie |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 511735 |
UTM Northing | 3349770 |
Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings; German immigrants/immigration |
Marker Year | 1971 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
Marker Text | 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 Johann Martin Loeffler added typical rock and half-timber rooms and cooking fireplace, 1867; his son-in-law, J. Charles Weber, in 1905 restored the southeast lean-to. For Loeffler-Weber family, this was home or Sunday House for 90 years. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1971 Incise near base: Restored 1964 by Mr. and Mrs. george A. Hill, III Consultant: Albert Keidel, Architectural Designer |