Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Pioneer Memorial Library is located at 115 W. Main Street, Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas.Designed by Alfred Giles, it was built in 1882 to replace the original 1855 courthouse, and was later superseded by the current 1939 courthouse designed by Edward Stein. [2]
The couple gifted Fredericksburg, Texas with a home for the county's Pioneer Memorial Library by restoring the 1882 Gillespie County Courthouse. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] McDermott was actively involved in the arts, on the Boards of the Dallas Public Library , the Dallas Museum of Art , and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra , and aided in the conception of the ...
Der Stadt Friedhof (the town cemetery) is a pioneer cemetery established in 1846 along Barons Creek on the corner of East Schubert Street and Lee Street, in Fredericksburg, Texas. It is the oldest known cemetery within Fredericksburg and is the final resting place for many of the original German colonists who arrived when John O. Meusebach ...
Pioneer Memorial Library Fredericksburg, Texas. The Pioneer Memorial Library was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1967, Marker number 10045. 115 W. Main Street Designed by architect Alfred Giles, it served as the Gillespie County Courthouse from 1882 until 1939.
Their son Dr. Albert Keidel built the Keidel Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg. [8] Albert died December 21, 1914. Keidel's second marriage was to Caroline Kott of the Bear community in 1856. Caroline's health declined while she was carrying the couple's son Herman in 1865. The family relocated back to Fredericksburg.
Alfred P. C. Petsch (1887–1981) was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 85th District of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County.He was a retired lieutenant colonel who saw service in both World War I and World War II.
Fredericksburg is located east of the center of Gillespie County 70 miles (110 km) north of San Antonio and 78 miles (126 km) west of Austin.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.3 square kilometres (8.6 sq mi), of which 22.2 square kilometres (8.6 sq mi) are land and 0.12 km 2 (0.05 sq mi), or 0.55%, is covered by water.
Pioneer_Memorial_Library_Fredericksburg,_Texas.jpg (700 × 468 pixels, file size: 469 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.