Sunday House

Small townhouse built by German settlers who lived in distant rural areas. Used over weekends by families while they traded or attended church. A typical early Sunday House had one room with a lean-to kitchen and a half story above, which was reached by outside stairway or ladder. Built during 1890s-1920s, most Sunday Houses were frame but some were rock. Homes found use during school sessions, periods of religious instruction or serious illness. Some of the larger ones made comfortable retirement homes for elderly German farmers.

Sunday House is a historical marker in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, dedicated in 1970. It is one of 109 historical markers documented in Gillespie County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 195 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.2820, -98.8764 near Fredericksburg. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cordes, Henry (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Vogel Sunday House, Meckel-Hanus Building, and Christian Crenwelge Place.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5171010119. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.