Details for Groppe Barn
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5309002288
Data
| Marker Number | 2288 |
| Atlas Number | 5309002288 |
| Marker Title | Groppe Barn |
| Index Entry | Groppe Barn |
| Address | |
| City | West |
| County | McLennan |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 683499 |
| UTM Northing | 3513192 |
| Subject Codes | farms; agriculture, general; buildings; German immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year | 1991 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | From West, take Main St. south from center of town one mile, take Cemetery Rd. east, go 2.5 more miles to Barn |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
| Marker Text | In 1874, German immigrant August Groppe, Sr., purchased this land and began a family farm. Groppe, a founder of West's German community, bought additional farmland in 1883 and hired local builder Joseph Huber to construct this barn in 1886. An excellent example of a late 19th century barn, it features an angled opening below the cross, brace-frame timber construction, open bays on one side, and a hay door in the cross gable. |