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 |