Historical Marker

Seelhorst-Lehrmann House

Historical marker location:
702 Seelhorst, Brenham, Texas
( 402 Seelhorst St., Brenham.)
Marker installed: 1973

Handsome Victorian residence with 18' x 18' ground floor rooms; 13" plastered brick walls; and a copper roof from which rain is piped to cistern on back porch.

Constructed about 1879 by W. E. Seelhorst, a German settler who built many fine Brenham houses.

About 1883 a nephew Adolph and wife, Louisa (Winterfelt) Seelhorst, moved here. Their family owned the house 1891-1944. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lehrmann purchased it in 1944.