Historical MarkerSchiege Cigar Factory
Round Top · Fayette County · Dedicated 1995 · THC Atlas #5149004599
The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
Marker Inscription
By 1859 the U.S. was importing 900 million cigars yearly, mainly from Germany. Tariffs, levied on imported cigars beginning 1862, resulted in a dramatic increase in domestic cigar manufacturing. Tobacco was still an important cash crop when Charles Schiege, Jr., erected a one-room frame cigar factory here in 1882. The factory's roadside facade bore a sign reading "Segars & Tobaccos." Factory workers made the cigars by hand and mainly from U.S. domestic tobaccos. Schiege marketed his cigars under a variety of labels, including "Texas Star," until 1932 when he closed the factory. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995
About this site
Schiege Cigar Factory is a historical marker in Round Top, Fayette County, dedicated in 1995. It is one of 125 historical markers documented in Fayette County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 209 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.0633, -96.6983 near Round Top. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pochmann House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Schiege House, Wandke House, and Schiege Cigar Factory Manager's House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5149004599. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
