Groos, Carl W.A., House - New Braunfels, TX - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

From the NRHP application,
The Carl Wilhelm August Groos House (1871) is on South Seguin Street, one of the original thoroughfares surveyed in 1845 by Nicholaus Zink for the settlement established by Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels. From the time of its completion, the house was owned and occupied by German immigrants and their descendants who played important roles in the 19th and 20th century development of New Braunfels and Central Texas. The Classical design and sturdy construction of the house, as well as its location on the town’s major street only one block from the main square, made the house an attractive residential (and later commercial) site.
Like many that settled in New Braunfels in the 19th century, Carl Wilhelm August Groos (1830-1893) left Germany with his family as a young man seeking a new life and greater career opportunities. Groos was 18 years old when he immigrated to Texas in 1848 with his widowed father, Karl Wilhelm Apollo Groos, and seven siblings.
Carl Groos purchased his land on Seguin Street for $1,900 in gold in February 1870. The property consisted of Lot 56 and Lot 72 of the Nicholaus Zink’s original town plan and ran the depth of the block between Seguin and Castell Streets.
The house was built for Carl Groos, a local merchant, and his bride Hulda Moureau, daughter of another New Braunfels merchant, immediately east of the Moureau Family’s Seguin Street store and house. Though the Groos’ lived here only one year before moving to San Antonio.

The former home is now a professional building. The original land purchase of $1900 back in 1870 would be roughly $136,000 today at the relative price of the gold payment.

Street address: 228 South Seguin Street New Braunfels, TX USA County / Borough / Parish: Comal County Year listed: 2000 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Commerce/Trade Privately owned?: yes Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2014 To: 12/31/2014 Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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