Historical Marker
Welgenhausen Ranch
Historical marker location:
Fredericksburg, Texas
( from Fredericksburg take RR 965 N approx. 12.6 miles to site just north of Crabapple)
Marker installed: 1983
German immigrants Friedrich Welgenhausen and his wife Juliane built a one-room log cabin here in the 1850s. After their son Conrad and his wife Margaretha (Walter) acquired the property in 1873, they enclosed the cabin within their two-story limestone house. Other early structures here include the barn, built originally as a rock and log house, and a two-story log cabin, which serves as a guest house. The Welgenhausen family owned the property until 1975.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1983.