Gillespie County Historical Markers
NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY - 153
Have -141 Need- 12
Named for a soldier in the Mexican- American War, Robert Addison Gillespie. The county seat is Fredericksburg.
Gillespie County is one of my favorite counties. When we were first traveling around Texas it was one place that I asked Steve to bring me back to. We’ve been here numerous times stayed in numerous hotels and bed and breakfasts. We have spent a Christmas here, a Fourth of July, an Oktoberfest, I brought my dad and niece here when they were visiting from Australia. Aimie said she had the best gummy bears at the Amish store she had ever tasted, she should know she’s a connoisseur of gummy bears. She also really enjoyed Rustlin's Rob and even though she had a huge breakfast she enjoyed many of their tasty offerings. I still enjoy going. Fredericksburg is touristy but it still has a nice feel to it. I could easily live here but it’s gotten a little bit busy for Steve but it remains special to me. We have favorite restaurants here the first being Porky’s Which is a hamburger place with odd hours but really great burgers. The Rathskeller is also been one of our favorites over the years. Last time we visited the Auslander for the first time and really liked that too. I could go on and on. These are the places we have stayed and a quick review :-
Rose Hill Manor - I loved this place, but one of things we liked about it, no longer exists. You are out on a property, so in order to go to dinner you have to drive, when we stayed there they served dinner, which was a really nice end to a long day, marker hunter because it was only a short walk from our cable to the dining room pictured below. The manor itself is also below.
Peaceful Hills - We spend Christmas here one year, it was cold and decorated and very romantic with a heart-shaped tub. We grilled under the stars. It is a little way out of town but in this exactly what we were looking for, as Steve's family had already done the big family gathering for Thanksgiving. It also started my hobby of trying to collect a Christmas ornament from each county we visit as the hostess left us a gift of one.
Loeffler- Weber Haus- Right on Main Street, close to restaurants and shopping. Also had a nice hot tub. This one actually has a historical marker.
Cotton Gin Village - A little ways out of town, we have stayed here a couple of times, once to watch 4th of July fireworks. The cabins bed is pictured below and it has a very nice restaurant (The Cabernet Grill) attached, which I appreciate because at the end of the day neither of us want to get back in the car. It is on a main road but once you out back where the cabins are it does not seem like it.
Weinheimer Cabin - This where we stayed with our niece who was visiting from Australia. This place fit the bill for this visit as it felt like a farm stay while being close to town. For this stay we were given breakfast vouchers and could choose from several different restaurants. I would say, this is really only a two person cottage.
There was one place we stayed for Oktoberfest and even though there are hundreds of places to stay in Fredericksburg it was slim pickings on this particular weekend, we stayed in a place outside of town and it was really not great (Steve till scowls if I mention it) (breakfast with the family 😐). I'm not going to mention the name because it no longer exists, which goes to show if the accommodation is not great it will not survive.
Luckenbach is also a great stop, there is also live music and it is just unique Texas.
As to the markers Gillespie County is difficult, it’s an old German area with lots of private property markers. Surprisingly there are not many missing markers just markers we have yet to get to. H. C. Keese Home marker was not visible on the outside of the house so we believe that one to be missing. The Lyndon Baines Johnston House is missing it's plate. I would to be able complete this set, but a lot of these old homes are on very expensive property and the new owners do not have any personal history with markers so it may be very difficult but it's fun to keep trying.
Gillespie County is one of my favorite counties. When we were first traveling around Texas it was one place that I asked Steve to bring me back to. We’ve been here numerous times stayed in numerous hotels and bed and breakfasts. We have spent a Christmas here, a Fourth of July, an Oktoberfest, I brought my dad and niece here when they were visiting from Australia. Aimie said she had the best gummy bears at the Amish store she had ever tasted, she should know she’s a connoisseur of gummy bears. She also really enjoyed Rustlin's Rob and even though she had a huge breakfast she enjoyed many of their tasty offerings. I still enjoy going. Fredericksburg is touristy but it still has a nice feel to it. I could easily live here but it’s gotten a little bit busy for Steve but it remains special to me. We have favorite restaurants here the first being Porky’s Which is a hamburger place with odd hours but really great burgers. The Rathskeller is also been one of our favorites over the years. Last time we visited the Auslander for the first time and really liked that too. I could go on and on. These are the places we have stayed and a quick review :-
Rose Hill Manor - I loved this place, but one of things we liked about it, no longer exists. You are out on a property, so in order to go to dinner you have to drive, when we stayed there they served dinner, which was a really nice end to a long day, marker hunter because it was only a short walk from our cable to the dining room pictured below. The manor itself is also below.
Peaceful Hills - We spend Christmas here one year, it was cold and decorated and very romantic with a heart-shaped tub. We grilled under the stars. It is a little way out of town but in this exactly what we were looking for, as Steve's family had already done the big family gathering for Thanksgiving. It also started my hobby of trying to collect a Christmas ornament from each county we visit as the hostess left us a gift of one.
Loeffler- Weber Haus- Right on Main Street, close to restaurants and shopping. Also had a nice hot tub. This one actually has a historical marker.
Cotton Gin Village - A little ways out of town, we have stayed here a couple of times, once to watch 4th of July fireworks. The cabins bed is pictured below and it has a very nice restaurant (The Cabernet Grill) attached, which I appreciate because at the end of the day neither of us want to get back in the car. It is on a main road but once you out back where the cabins are it does not seem like it.
Weinheimer Cabin - This where we stayed with our niece who was visiting from Australia. This place fit the bill for this visit as it felt like a farm stay while being close to town. For this stay we were given breakfast vouchers and could choose from several different restaurants. I would say, this is really only a two person cottage.
There was one place we stayed for Oktoberfest and even though there are hundreds of places to stay in Fredericksburg it was slim pickings on this particular weekend, we stayed in a place outside of town and it was really not great (Steve till scowls if I mention it) (breakfast with the family 😐). I'm not going to mention the name because it no longer exists, which goes to show if the accommodation is not great it will not survive.
Luckenbach is also a great stop, there is also live music and it is just unique Texas.
As to the markers Gillespie County is difficult, it’s an old German area with lots of private property markers. Surprisingly there are not many missing markers just markers we have yet to get to. H. C. Keese Home marker was not visible on the outside of the house so we believe that one to be missing. The Lyndon Baines Johnston House is missing it's plate. I would to be able complete this set, but a lot of these old homes are on very expensive property and the new owners do not have any personal history with markers so it may be very difficult but it's fun to keep trying.
14th February, 2020 - Unfortunately on this review I have discovered no new information.
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10th November, 2018 - On this occasion, we visited because we had arranged to meet Reta Killingsworth to capture the Brodbeck Family Cemetery, so it was a flying trip to revisit some of the sites we had previously been unsuccessful with and maybe grab a few of the new markers. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express and this is the only time we have ever done this in Fredericksburg, it worked for this trip but it's not something I ready want to do again as it made for a generic type of stay. I love the quirky bed and breakfasts and the feel of staying in the Hill Country of being part of the landscape that you don't get in a chain hotel. We did discover a new favorite restaurant that I'm sure we will revisit, Pasta Bella. It was like sitting an old nonna's kitchen, totally unpretentious, but the food was really good, I don't know how we have missed this one thus far, Steve insisted I add he found this one.
The markers, we managed to add 8 markers that we didn't have, retake a few that not good, and add one that was previously missing and has since reappeared. I know there are days where we have taken 50 new markers in a day but for Gillespie, this is a very successful trip because now every marker on the list is something we have already looked for at least once. Some anomalies are as follows, we looked for the Dambach-Besier Home for the longest time, it is the pioneer museum entrance but the 18 x 28 subject is no longer on it. The Andreas and Frederike Lindig Farmstead was moved to Stonewall and is the Stonewall Heritage Center but again the marker is not at the site, I will investigate both further.H.C. Keese House is the house where the marker happily returned. We got a much better picture of the Morris Ranch Schoolhouse which delighted me. We found a marker that I did not even know we were missing because we got confused by all the Cherry Spring and Cherry Mountain markers of which there are three, I always thought there was three but I thought two were at the same site and one was missing, sort of embarrassing ☺️. There are 12 left so with the help of Gillespie County Historical Commission we hope to capture the all, even if it is only one marker per visit.
The markers, we managed to add 8 markers that we didn't have, retake a few that not good, and add one that was previously missing and has since reappeared. I know there are days where we have taken 50 new markers in a day but for Gillespie, this is a very successful trip because now every marker on the list is something we have already looked for at least once. Some anomalies are as follows, we looked for the Dambach-Besier Home for the longest time, it is the pioneer museum entrance but the 18 x 28 subject is no longer on it. The Andreas and Frederike Lindig Farmstead was moved to Stonewall and is the Stonewall Heritage Center but again the marker is not at the site, I will investigate both further.H.C. Keese House is the house where the marker happily returned. We got a much better picture of the Morris Ranch Schoolhouse which delighted me. We found a marker that I did not even know we were missing because we got confused by all the Cherry Spring and Cherry Mountain markers of which there are three, I always thought there was three but I thought two were at the same site and one was missing, sort of embarrassing ☺️. There are 12 left so with the help of Gillespie County Historical Commission we hope to capture the all, even if it is only one marker per visit.
Adolph Gold House
Albert Lee Patton Building
Albert Nebgen House
Andreas and Frederike Lindig Farmstead
Baethge-Behrend Homestead
Bethany Lutheran Church
Birthplace of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN
Brodbeck Family Cemetery
Cherry Mountain School Complex
Cherry Spring Schoolhouse
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Christian Crenwelge Place
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
County Jail of 1885
Crabapple School
Cross Mountain
Dambach-Besier Home
Dangers Stone House
D. C. Riley House
Diedrich Rode Complex
Domino Parlor
Doss School
Duecker Family Homestead
Durst House
Edward and Minnie Stein House
Ellebracht-Moritz Homestead
Emil Weber House
Emma and Anna Metzger
Enchanted Rock
Engel Family
Felix Van Der Stucken Home
First Baptist Church of Harper
First Methodist Church of Fredericksburg
Frank Van Der Strucken
Fredericksburg College Building
Fredericksburg Lodge No. 794, A.F. & A.M.
Fredericksburg Social Turn Verein
Gillespie County
Gold-Grobe House
Gruen-Doebbler Homestead
Guenther’s Live Oak Mill
Gun Cap Factory
Harper Community Park
Harper Independent School District
Harper Presbyterian Church
H. C. Keese Home
Heinrich and Johanna Borchers Kensing
Heinrich Bierschwale House
Henry Basse House
Henry Cordes House
Hill Crest Cemetery
Hoerster Building
Holy Ghost (Heilige Geist) Evangelical Protestant Church
Homestead of Karl Itz
Hugo and Anna Gold Crenwelge House
In Memoriam to the Founders and Pioneers of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County
Jacob Neffendorf
Jakob (Jacob) Brodbeck
John O. Meusebach
John Peter Tatsch Home, 1856
J.W. and Ruth Baines House
Karl Kensing Cemetery
Kiehne-Hermann Home
Klingelhoeffer House
Kloth-Ludwig Home
Kuenemann House
Lange’s Mill
Lehne-Itz House
Little Rock House
Liveoak Creek Log Cabin
Loeffler-Weber House
Lower South Grape Creek School
Luckenbach
Luckenbach School
Ludwig Doebbler House
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Maier-Alberthal Building
Major Israel M. Nunez
Market Square (Mark Platz)
McKee-Roberts-Baumann House
Meckel-Hanus Building
Morris Ranch Schoolhouse
Moritz-Hitzfeld-Jacoby House
Mosel-Jordan-Duecker Haus
Moseley Log Cabin
Mueller-Petmecky House
Nimitz Hotel
Old Central Drugstore aka Oliver and William Schneider Building
Old Cherry Spring School (Das Alte Schulhaus)
Old Gillespie County Courthouse
Old Kammlah House
Old St. Mary's Church (Die Alte Kirche)
Otfrid Hans Freiherr von Meusebach
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Pape Log Cabin
Pedernales Rural School
Philipp Hartmann Family Cemetery
Pioneer Schandua House
Rausch Ranch Home
Ressmann-Boos House
Riley-Enderlin House
Schmidt-Dietz Building
Schmidt-Gold House
Schneider-Klingelhoefer House
Schwarz Building
Site of Fort Martin Scott
Site of The Andreas Lindig Lime Kiln
Site of Zodiac
Site of the McDonald Massacre
Squaw Creek Cemetery
Squaw Creek Primitive Baptist Church
St. Anthony Catholic Parish
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
St. James Lutheran Church
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Stonewell Community Cemetery
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
St. Paul Lutheran Church
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Sunday House
Texas Ranger General E. Kirby Smith, C.S.A.
The August Hennersdorf House
The Burrer Home
The Carl Henke Home
The Christian Kraus Homestead
The Easter Fires
The F. W. Arhelger Shop
The Grapetown School
The Johann Joseph Knopp House
The Marschall-Meusebach Cemetery
The Meinhardt-Pfeil Home
The Patton Home
The Pinta Trail
The Schandua Building
The William Rausch House
Trinity Cemetery
Trinity Lutheran Church
Vereins Kirche
Vogel Sunday House
Wahrmund Millinery, Moellendorf-Dietz Bakery
Wahrmund-Priess House
Walch Home
Walter-Jenschke Sunday House
Weber Das Keller Haus
Welgenhausen Ranch
Wilke Cemetery
William S. Dedmon
William Wahrmund House
Williams Creek School
Wunderlich Houses
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Albert Lee Patton Building
Albert Nebgen House
Andreas and Frederike Lindig Farmstead
Baethge-Behrend Homestead
Bethany Lutheran Church
Birthplace of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN
Brodbeck Family Cemetery
Cherry Mountain School Complex
Cherry Spring Schoolhouse
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Christian Crenwelge Place
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
County Jail of 1885
Crabapple School
Cross Mountain
Dambach-Besier Home
Dangers Stone House
D. C. Riley House
Diedrich Rode Complex
Domino Parlor
Doss School
Duecker Family Homestead
Durst House
Edward and Minnie Stein House
Ellebracht-Moritz Homestead
Emil Weber House
Emma and Anna Metzger
Enchanted Rock
Engel Family
Felix Van Der Stucken Home
First Baptist Church of Harper
First Methodist Church of Fredericksburg
Frank Van Der Strucken
Fredericksburg College Building
Fredericksburg Lodge No. 794, A.F. & A.M.
Fredericksburg Social Turn Verein
Gillespie County
Gold-Grobe House
Gruen-Doebbler Homestead
Guenther’s Live Oak Mill
Gun Cap Factory
Harper Community Park
Harper Independent School District
Harper Presbyterian Church
H. C. Keese Home
Heinrich and Johanna Borchers Kensing
Heinrich Bierschwale House
Henry Basse House
Henry Cordes House
Hill Crest Cemetery
Hoerster Building
Holy Ghost (Heilige Geist) Evangelical Protestant Church
Homestead of Karl Itz
Hugo and Anna Gold Crenwelge House
In Memoriam to the Founders and Pioneers of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County
Jacob Neffendorf
Jakob (Jacob) Brodbeck
John O. Meusebach
John Peter Tatsch Home, 1856
J.W. and Ruth Baines House
Karl Kensing Cemetery
Kiehne-Hermann Home
Klingelhoeffer House
Kloth-Ludwig Home
Kuenemann House
Lange’s Mill
Lehne-Itz House
Little Rock House
Liveoak Creek Log Cabin
Loeffler-Weber House
Lower South Grape Creek School
Luckenbach
Luckenbach School
Ludwig Doebbler House
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Maier-Alberthal Building
Major Israel M. Nunez
Market Square (Mark Platz)
McKee-Roberts-Baumann House
Meckel-Hanus Building
Morris Ranch Schoolhouse
Moritz-Hitzfeld-Jacoby House
Mosel-Jordan-Duecker Haus
Moseley Log Cabin
Mueller-Petmecky House
Nimitz Hotel
Old Central Drugstore aka Oliver and William Schneider Building
Old Cherry Spring School (Das Alte Schulhaus)
Old Gillespie County Courthouse
Old Kammlah House
Old St. Mary's Church (Die Alte Kirche)
Otfrid Hans Freiherr von Meusebach
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Pape Log Cabin
Pedernales Rural School
Philipp Hartmann Family Cemetery
Pioneer Schandua House
Rausch Ranch Home
Ressmann-Boos House
Riley-Enderlin House
Schmidt-Dietz Building
Schmidt-Gold House
Schneider-Klingelhoefer House
Schwarz Building
Site of Fort Martin Scott
Site of The Andreas Lindig Lime Kiln
Site of Zodiac
Site of the McDonald Massacre
Squaw Creek Cemetery
Squaw Creek Primitive Baptist Church
St. Anthony Catholic Parish
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
St. James Lutheran Church
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Stonewell Community Cemetery
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
St. Paul Lutheran Church
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Sunday House
Texas Ranger General E. Kirby Smith, C.S.A.
The August Hennersdorf House
The Burrer Home
The Carl Henke Home
The Christian Kraus Homestead
The Easter Fires
The F. W. Arhelger Shop
The Grapetown School
The Johann Joseph Knopp House
The Marschall-Meusebach Cemetery
The Meinhardt-Pfeil Home
The Patton Home
The Pinta Trail
The Schandua Building
The William Rausch House
Trinity Cemetery
Trinity Lutheran Church
Vereins Kirche
Vogel Sunday House
Wahrmund Millinery, Moellendorf-Dietz Bakery
Wahrmund-Priess House
Walch Home
Walter-Jenschke Sunday House
Weber Das Keller Haus
Welgenhausen Ranch
Wilke Cemetery
William S. Dedmon
William Wahrmund House
Williams Creek School
Wunderlich Houses
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church