Fredericksburg is a city in the beautiful Texas hill country that was settled in 1846 by German immigrants. the city's German heritage is on display at the Pioneer Museum, which features settlers homesteads and artifacts.
The White Oak one room school house.
The Walton-Smith log cabin is built in the traditional style.
Logs with the spaces between them filled with limestone
and lime mortar.
The original one room cabin
After the family survived the first winter they add this second room.
The facilities
The Arhelger bath house was one of many similar
buildings once necessary in Fredericksburg.
Transportation of the day
The Heinrich Kammlah's front house built in 1847-1850.
It was built in the fachwerk (half-timber) style of the their homeland.
Later it was turned into a general store and a back house
was built for the family to live in.
The back house
A few of the many family items on display
The Fassel-Roeder house, 1874, shows the evolution of building styles from log cabins to half-timber to all limestone construction.
1885 music box
Descendants of the Fassel family lived in this home until 1967
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