Details for Walch Home
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5171010127
Data
| Marker Number | 10127 |
| Atlas Number | 5171010127 |
| Marker Title | Walch Home |
| Index Entry | Walch Home |
| Address | 402 E. Austin St. |
| City | Fredericksburg |
| County | Gillespie |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 512909 |
| UTM Northing | 3348974 |
| Subject Codes | houses, residential buildings; German immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year | 1978 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | E. Austin St., N side E of N. Washington St. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | RTHL medallion and plate |
| Marker Text | In 1845 Johan (John) Joseph Walch (1828-1914) migrated to Texas from Germany. In 1847 he settled in Fredericksburg, where he worked as a stonemason. Before Walch married Wilhelmine Gaertner in 1851, he erected a two-room limestone house on this lot. He also built a rock barn, which he later enlarged by adding a second story. One of the Walches' eleven children, Felix, remodeled the barn for use as a residence in 1904. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1978 |