Krause House
8551 Pearsall Rd, San Antonio, TXThe Krause farm was developed and occupied by Anton Krause, his wife, Johanna, and their family of eight children. Through the years, various portions of the land was either sold to others or inherited by descendants. After the death of Anton Krause in 1913, his son, Charles, inherited the farm land and home. The 1929 Tobin aerial map indicates the landscape and vegetation of the area is largely unchanged from that of today. Exact dates of all additions are unknown, however a historic photograph illustrates that all structural additions to the house had been made by this 1912. These alterations date to the historic period and represent significant building techniques in their own right. The Krause farm is typical of a farm settled by German settlers in Bexar County. The early history of the property reflects the historic significance of the area from the time of the Camino Pita, the ownership of the land by Samuel McCulloch, Jr., the construction of the log house and barn, and the location of the property near Mann's Crossing, a vital crossing of the Medina River. The design and construction of the log house is consistent with the log buildings in Texas, with a hewn log core structure, board-and-batten siding on additions, and a standing seam metal roof with box eaves. The building is one of the few remaining log homes in Bexar County, and has been under continuous ownership by descendants of the Krause family. The Krause House is significant for its association with the development of southern Bexar County by German immigrants in the mid-191h century, and is nominated to the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of significance under Criterion A in the areas of Agriculture and Settlement, and under Criterion C in the Area of Architecture for its vernacular architecture in a rural setting. The Krause Log House was designated as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1995.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
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