Details for Rausch Ranch Home
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5171010098
Data
| Marker Number | 10098 |
| Atlas Number | 5171010098 |
| Marker Title | Rausch Ranch Home |
| Index Entry | Rausch Ranch Home |
| Address | |
| City | Fredericksburg |
| County | Gillespie |
| UTM Zone | |
| UTM Easting | |
| UTM Northing | |
| Subject Codes | ranches/ranching; houses, residential buildings; German immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year | 1983 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | go south on US 87 approx. 5.5 miles to Meusebach Rd.; then east 1.5 mi. to gate; then 400 ft. to "Y" at creek; then .3 mi. east to gate; then .4 mi. south to site |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | In 1856 Nicolaus Gerhard (1810-1894), a German immigrant, bought this land, where he lived with his son Michael in a log cabin. In 1866 Nicolaus had local German stonemasons build this house, using rocks found in a nearby pasture. Michael Gerhard sold the home in 1904 to skilled stonemason Robert Rausch and his wife Bertha. The house served as headquarters for the Rausch family ranch until 1976, when the property was sold. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1983 Incise on base: Purchased and restored by Ronald and Karen Herrmann |