Gruen-Doebbler Homestead

GRUEN-DOEBBLER HOUSE THE EARLIEST PART OF THIS TWO-STORY, SIDE-GABLED STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN THE LATE 1800s BY EARLY AREA PIONEER LUDWIG DOEBBLER. HE CONSTRUCTED THE HOUSE OUT OF NATIVE RUBBLE LIMESTONE FOR HIS SON-IN-LAW, FRIEDRICH GRUEN, AND HIS DAUGHTER, MATHILDA, WHOSE 1937 MEMOIR IS AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF A PIONEER WOMAN. MATHILDA’S BROTHER, ALFRED GUSTAV DOEBBLER, PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 1896. A RESPECTED STONEMASON, HE ADDED DRESSED STONE, TRIPLING THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE AND MOVING THE DOOR TO THE CENTER OF THE FOOTPRINT. ALFRED’S SON, WALTER, ENCLOSED A WOODEN ADDITION AND PORCH AROUND 1971. RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK – 2010

Gruen-Doebbler Homestead is a historical marker in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, dedicated in 2010. 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 30.1443, -98.8393 near Fredericksburg. The nearest cataloged historic site is Doebbler Family Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Dorothea & Wilhelm Blanck Cemetery, Grapetown Cemetery, and Grapetown School.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507016454. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.