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| To follow is a composite of pictures from the doorways of Fredericksburg, Texas. Click on picture to enlarge, |
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| Our objective in this Images study was to match up the doors with hardware or with a look at the history surrounding the building into which the doorway led. |
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NIMITZ HOTEL |
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| This property was purchased by Charles Henry Nimitz, Sr, in 1855. By 1860, the Nimitz Hotel was established, hosting frontier travelers and providing a home for the large Nimitz family, expanded in the 1870's to feature a steamboat shaped facade. The hotel was a center for community activities. It was sold by the family in 1926 and underwent major alterations. In 1964, it became a museum honoring Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz and those who served with him in World War II. The steamboat facade was later rebuilt and remains a local landmark. |
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D H BRAEUTIGAM 1931 |
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MAIER - ALBERTHAL BUILDING |
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| Constructed about 1860, this building was acquired by German native Anton Maier, born 1813. In 1866, a merchant who held several Gillespie County Offices. Maier deeded the property to his son-in-law, August Alberthal, in 1900. The German vernacular stone commercial building has served as a grocery and general mercantile store, a soda water factory, an auto repair shop, and at one time was the site of worship services for a mission congregation. |
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MEEKER BROTHERS Front Builders, St Louis, MO, Pat. October 4, 1887 |
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| WAHRMUND MILLINERY & MOELLENDORF - DIETZ BAKERY |
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| Erected about 1876, this building was a combination residence and business for the family of George Wahrmund, whose wife Elise had a millinery and dressmaking shop in the front rooms. Mr & Mrs James T Clark, 1901 - 1913, owners, ran a boarding house here, from 1924 to 1966, the structure housed a bakery, operated in succession by Martin Schult, William Moellendorf, and Theodore and Edgar Dietz. |
| DOMINO PARLOR |
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| The original part of this stone structure, containing a cellar with a vaulted ceiling was built in the early 1850's on property owned by John Schmidtzinski, a pioneer area settler. Once used as a pharmacy, it housed H R Richter's Jewelry store in the early 1900's. Richter also sold musical instruments, and the front room was used for concerts. His family lived in the rear section of the building. In recent years a cafe and a domino parlor have been located here. |
| MARKET SQUARE (MARKTPLATZ) |
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| This square, originally a two block area
which included what is now called the Courthouse Square, has been at the
center of Fredericksburg since the city's founding in 1846. The area
was still heavily forested when the town's Vereins Kirche was built in the
center of Main Street in 1847. The octagonal building served as a
community church, meeting place, school, and refuge from possible Indian
attacks.
A county jail was built on the square in 1852. In 1856, a public schoolhouse was constructed and the school classes moved out of the Vereins Kirche in 1911. The schoolhouse was converted to serve as headquarters for the volunteer fire department. The Vireins Kirche, demolished in 1897, was reconstructed in 1934 - 19 35 as a pioneer memorial, serving as the county's first museum (1936) and library (1939) as part of its Centennial Celebration. The state of Texas erected a monument on Market Square in honor of Baron Ottfried Hans Freiherr Von Meusebach, whose colonization efforts led to the founding of Fredericksburg. In 1987, the city purchased the property from the School District. The Market Square has served as a gathering place for special community activities and has remained a focal point of the city. |
| WILLIAM WAHRMUND HOUSE |
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| Gillespie County Judge in 1852 - 62, 1864, and 1876 -90, William Wahrmund (1824 - 90) hired local stonemasons H Hennersdorf and Louis Schmidt to build this residence near his own home and store in 1875. Over a period of years, the house was occupied by three of Wahrmund's sons, William L Otto, and Henry, and by several grandchildren. Victorian porch detailing decorates the native limestone structure., restored in 1976 by Hill Country Savings and Loan Association. |
| OLD CENTRAL DRUGSTORE |
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| Alphons Walter (1866 - 1927), a Swill born jeweler and watchmaker, had this 2-story building erected in 1905. He sold the property in 1909 to Robert G Striegler (1874 - 1934), a noted Fredericksburg civic leader who operated the central drugstore on the lower floor. Despite later changes in proprietors, the drugstore occupied this site for over 70 years. The local telephone exchange leased the second floor for offices and a switchboard until 1954. The building also housed doctors' offices and Herman Heyland's photographic business. |
| SCHWARZ BUILDING |
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| This limestone commercial building was constructed in 1907 by Charles Sc;hwarz, a prominent early merchant of the area, and his wife Mary. Located on the site of the Louis Dietz home, it included ground floor space for Schwarz General Merchandise and Dry Goods Store and second floor living quarters for his family. The building later housed a variety of businesses and also provided meeting space for local youth groups and a veterans organization. |
| SCHMIDT - DIETZ BUILDING |
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| Ludwig Schmidt constructed this two-story stone building in the 1860's for use as a hotel and later as the Dietz Hotel. His home east of the structure provided space for the hotel kitchen and dining room. Merchant Charles Schwarz bought the property in 1899 and opened a store here. The building has also housed a saloon, doctors' and lawyers' offices, and a drugstore. |
| ALBERT LEE PATTON BUILDING |
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| Missouri native Albert Lee Patton (1851 - 1934), trained as a tinsmith, moved to Fredericksburg in the early 1870's. In 1897, he constructed this two-story native limestone building adjacent to the east side of his general mercantile and hardware store. The ground floor housed the Citizens Bank until it closed in 1932 and the second floor area was used as a residence by Patton, his wife Emma (Wahrmund), and their five children. |
| HOERSTER BUILDING |
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| Built at the turn of the century for J A Hoerster, this structure has housed a number of businesses over the years and was later owned by the Wieser family for over 52 years. The limestone Victorian commercial building exhibits its original storefront with narrow first-story columns and second-floor balcony with balustrade and bracketed columns. Occupants of the building have included retail stores, a barber shop, dentist, and city offices. |
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