Historical Marker
The Burrer Home
Historical marker location:
Lower Crabapple Road, Fredericksburg, Texas
( take Lower Crabapple Rd. northeast 4 mi. to Baj Lane, then east on Baj Lane .3 mi.)
Marker installed: 1981
German native Gottlieb Burrer (1830-1916) migrated to this area in 1854. Here he married Katharina (Zammert) (1843-1931), the daughter of a pioneer Fredericksburg family. they built this two-story stone residence in the 1860s. the interior originally included an undivided sleeping area on the second floor and was heated by woodburning stoves. One of the nine Burrer children, Otto, later lived here. Additions to the home were made during the 1950s.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1980.