Historical Marker

City Library Building

Historical marker location:
159 E. Fannin St., La Grange, Texas
( 159 E. Fannin St., La Grange)
Marker installed: 1970

Erected 1852 as J. C. Stiehl family home; sold to Etairio Club in 1912 and given to city of La Grange in 1938.

Architecture is German "fachwerk," using handmade brick and hand-hewn cedar timbers joined with wooden pegs. Restored in 1967-1969.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970.