The Schandua Building
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Marker Text: Erected in 1897 of hand-hewn limestone, this structure was the home of John (d. 1900) and Bertha (Klein) Schandua (d. 1943). They lived upstairs with their children and John's hardware store was downstairs. For a time, the Masonic Lodge met upstairs in exchange for some construction costs. After John died his brother Henry married Bertha. Enlarged the building, and continued the hardware business on the first floor. Hardware businesses were operated here until 1972. (1979)
Marker No: 10109
Medallion & Plate
Texas Historical Marker
Geographic: 30.271944, -98.868103
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Location: 205 East Main Street, Fredericksburg
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