| Marker Number |
10130 |
| Atlas Number |
5171010130 |
| Marker Title |
Welgehausen Ranch |
| Index Entry |
Welgehausen Ranch |
| Address |
12800 RR 965 |
| City |
Fredericksburg |
| County |
Gillespie |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
515599 |
| UTM Northing |
3367930 |
| Subject Codes |
ranches/ranching; houses, residential buildings; German immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year |
1983 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
| Marker Location |
Crabapple community, 12.6 mi. N of Fredericksburg, RR 965, W side, 0.1 mi. N of Lower Crabapple Rd., on private property. |
| Private Property |
Yes |
| Marker Condition |
|
| Marker Size |
Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text |
German immigrants Friedrich Welgehausen and his wife Juliane built a one-room log cabin here in the 1850s. After their son Conrad and his wife Margaretha (Walter) acquired the property in 1873, they enclosed the cabin within their two-story limestone house. Other early structures here include the barn, built originally as a rock and log house, and a two-story log cabin, which serves as a guest house. The Welgehausen family owned the property until 1975. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1983 |
