Zapp Building

Historical marker location:

Fayetteville, Texas

( Corner of Fayette & Washington, Fayetteville.)

Marker installed: 1983

German native Hugo Zapp established his mercantile business in Fayetteville in 1865. In 1900, after a fire had burned his wooden store at this site, Zapp had this 2-story brick building constructed. Intended to be the finest structure in the city, the Romanesque revival building features decorative brickwork in a checkerboard pattern. In 1915 another merchant, F.C. Knippel, bought the store, and it was operated by his family for more than fifty years.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) - 1983.

commercial buildings markets, mercantiles Romanesque Revival (architectural style)