manufacturing; factories, industrial buildings; Business topics, general; German immigrants/immigration
Marker Year
1983
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Yes
Marker Location
114 S Main St., La Grange.
Private Property
No
Marker Condition
In Situ
Marker Size
Medallion and Plate
Marker Text
F. W. Grassmeyer commissioned German-Texan stonemasons to construct this Italianate style commercial building between 1856 and 1859. The structure served as a hotel until 1893, when German immigrant Fritz Presun purchased it as a regional sales office for large American breweries. In 1897 Presun added a bottling operation, The Crown Soda Factory. His son Henry continued the business and also sold oil and gas here. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1983