This compound reflects a continuum of Castroville's history from before the Civil War. German immigrants Louis and Rosina (Niggli) Dolch built the stone house c. 1860. They stayed only a few years, but retained ownership into the 1880s, when Rosina's brother, sheriff and U.S. marshal Ferdinand Niggli, lived here. Butcher Thomas Edmund Hans and his wife Amelia (Tschirhart) bought the homestead in 1907 and added the brick commercial building for Hans Meat Market in 1910. An early board-and-batten barn and smokehouse, and a well house with elevated cistern, completed the compound, which remained in family ownership until 1969. Today, the site serves as an architectural record of an evolutionary city farmstead. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2004
Dolch-Hans Compound
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Dolch-Hans Compound is a historical marker in Castroville, Medina County, dedicated in 2004. It is one of 56 historical markers documented in Medina County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 112 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3574, -98.8771 near Castroville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Medina County (Castroville City Hall) (1854) (courthouse), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cordier-Tschirhart-Seal House, Dubuis House, and St. Louis Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5325013252. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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