The Steinbach House - Castroville, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 21.315 W 098° 52.336
14R E 512399 N 3247352
This house, originally built in the 1600s in Wahlbach, France, was relocated and restored in Castroville, TX as a gift to the city from the people of Alsace. It is now Castroville's Visitor Center.
Waymark Code: WMPM00
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2015
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From the steinbachhaus.org:
The four year relocation and restoration project was undertaken by the Association Jardin des Racines (Garden of Roots Association) and carried out by faculty and students of the Lycee Agricole (Agricultural College) from Rouffach in the Haut-Rhin department of Alsace, France. They have been assisted by volunteer craftsmen Francois and Jacqueline Deyber of Enshisheim, Edmund Messerlin of Mulhouse, and Rino Bortolini of Ensisheim.
The building was shipped to Texas, they landed at Houston and came by truck to Castroville in January 1998. The plan to locate the house in the Garden of Roots was ruled out after the flood in 1997 covered the garden area, and the new site by the highway was selected.
Original Location: N 47° 37.850 W 007° 20.823
How it was moved: Disassembled
Type of move: Country to Country
Building Status: Public
Related Website: [Web Link]
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