Details for The Schandua Building
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5171010109
Data
Marker Number | 10109 |
Atlas Number | 5171010109 |
Marker Title | The Schandua Building |
Index Entry | Schandua Building |
Address | 205 E. Main St. |
City | Fredericksburg |
County | Gillespie |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 512686 |
UTM Northing | 3348927 |
Subject Codes | commercial buildings; markets, merchantiles |
Marker Year | 1979 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
Marker Text | Erected in 1897 of hand-hewn limestone, this structure was the home of John (d. 1900) and Bertha (Klein) Schandua (d. 1943). They lived upstairs with their children and John's hardware store was downstairs. For a time, the Masonic Lodge met upstairs in exchange for some construction costs. After John died his brother Henry married Bertha. Enlarged the building, and continued the hardware business on the first floor. Hardware businesses were operated here until 1972. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1979 |