The Schandua Building - Hand Knocker - Fredericksburg, Texas
by Debra Martz
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The Schandua Building - Hand Knocker - Fredericksburg, Texas
Artist
Debra Martz
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Photograph - Photography
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The Schandua Building - Hand Knocker - Fredericksburg, Texas by Debra Martz
While walking down the very busy through street of the tourist town of Fredericksburg, I noticed this antique hand knocker on an old door. Just above the knocker was the metal sign indicating this was once the entry to a private residence. Just to the side of it, on the exterior of the Schandua Building, was the Texas seal marking this as an historic building.
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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January 6th, 2018
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