Historical Markers in Texas

Welgehausen Ranch

History·Gillespie County·Texas

German immigrants Friedrich Welgehausen and his wife Juliane built a one-room log cabin here in the 1850s. After their son Conrad and his wife Margaretha (Walter) acquired the property in 1873, they enclosed the cabin within their two-story limestone house. Other early structures here include the barn, built originally as a rock and log house, and a two-story log cabin, which serves as a guest house. The Welgehausen family owned the property until 1975. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1983

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30.4434, -98.8375

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