The Schandua Building - Fredericksburg, Texas

by Debra Martz

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The Schandua Building - Fredericksburg, Texas

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Debra Martz

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The Schandua Building - Fredericksburg, Texas by Debra Martz
While walking down the very busy through street of the tourist town of Fredericksburg, I noticed an antique door knocker on an old door. That brought my attention to the the Texas seal marking this as an historic building.
Later, when walking in the opposite direction and across the street, I had a better view of the Schandua building. Well, a better view of the upper level, which was the residence.

From the signage on the building:
"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."
Recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1979

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