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Handsome Victorian residence with 18' x 18' ground floor rooms; 13" plastered brick walls; and a copper roof from which rain is piped to cistern on back porch. Constructed about 1879 by W. E. Seelhorst, a German settler who built many fine Brenham houses. About 1883 a nephew Adolph and wife, Louisa (Winterfelt) Seelhorst, moved here. Their family owned the house 1891-1944. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lehrmann purchased it in 1944. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1973
Seelhorst-Lehrmann House is a historical marker in Brenham, Washington County, dedicated in 1973. It is one of 155 historical markers documented in Washington County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 355 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1657, -96.3919 near Brenham. The nearest cataloged historic site is Seelhorst, W. E., House (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First Public High School in Brenham, Ross-Carroll House, and Southern Pacific Freight Depot.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5477008394. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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