Details for Rocky Creek Farm
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5149004330
Data
Marker Number | 4330 |
Atlas Number | 5149004330 |
Marker Title | Rocky Creek Farm |
Index Entry | Rocky Creek Farm |
Address | 1530 Kneip Rd. |
City | Round Top |
County | Fayette |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 723643 |
UTM Northing | 3326851 |
Subject Codes | farms; houses, residential buildings; German immigrants/immigration |
Marker Year | 1970 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | Kneip Rd. E of Weigelt Ln. on private property |
Private Property | Yes |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
Marker Text | Original one-story house was built about 1854 for settler James Wade; situated then on the former Nassau Farm, a vast tract intended for settlement by German immigrants. Count Boos-Waldeck, an agent for the Adelsverein (German Emigration Society), purchased the land but another area was colonized instead. In 1894 Rudolph Weigelt of Germany bought the farm and in 1913 erected present house, which encloses the original one. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970 |