Groppe Barn

Historical marker location:

West, Texas

( From West, take Main St. south from center of town one mile, take Cemetery Rd. east, go 2.5 more miles to Barn)

Marker installed: 1991

In 1874, German immigrant August Groppe, Sr., purchased this land and began a family farm. Groppe, a founder of West's German community, bought additional farmland in 1883 and hired local builder Joseph Huber to construct this barn in 1886. An excellent example of a late 19th century barn, it features an angled opening below the cross, brace-frame timber construction, open bays on one side, and a hay door in the cross gable.

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