Marschner Building
1914-1916 Mechanic St., Galveston, TXGood architectural details; building intact. Also well-documented regarding construction. C.F. Marschner owned property in 1904 but died during the time building was being built. Ownership passed to his wife Marie, and three children. The 1908-09 City Directory lists, for the first time, Texas Bottling Works at this address. Marie Marschner is the proprietress of a company, manufacturers of soda, sasparilla, ginger ale, sassafras beer, and "celebrated Iron Brew.' A separate advertisement indicated that they were dealers in soda apparatus. They also solicited "family trade," and shipped to any part of the state. Ownership of the business changed as did the name of the business which in the 1941 City Directory was the Triple XXX Bottling Company. The building remained in use as a bottling company through 1964.
In addition to architectural distinction for a small brick structure, the building has long identification with the type of business for which it was built. Presently pending sale to the owner who plans restoration.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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