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LUDWIG DOEBBLER HOUSE GOTTFRIED LUDWIG “LOUIS” DOEBBLER (1814-1898) AND HIS BROTHER, WILHELM, IMMIGRATED TO TEXAS FROM PRUSSIA IN 1852, AND LUDWIG’S FAMILY FOLLOWED IN 1853. DOEBBLER AND HIS SON, RICHARD, COMPLETED THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS HOME, A SINGLE STORY LIMESTONE RESIDENCE MEASURING 12 BY 40 FEET, CIRCA 1857. FROM APPROXIMATELY 1865 TO 1874, DOEBBLER MADE ADDITIONS TO THE HOME, CREATING A 1 1/2-STORY ROUGH-CUT LIMESTONE L-PLAN HOUSE. THE HOUSE AND SURROUNDING 160 ACRES REMAINED IN THE DOEBBLER FAMILY AFTER LUDWIG’S DEATH, PASSING TO HIS SON, EMIL, AND THEN THROUGH THE FAMILY UNTIL 2004, WHEN THE HOME AND FIVE ACRES WERE SOLD. OTHER HISTORIC STRUCTURES ON THE HOMESTEAD INCLUDE A SMOKEHOUSE, BARN, AND CHICKEN HOUSE. RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK – 2010 |
