Bartels - Wirtz House - Columbus, TX
Posted by: 
jhuoni
N 29° 42.296 W 096° 32.591
14R E 737689 N 3288616
I've never thought of a Victorian House as a "cottage".
Waymark Code: WMWPK5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2017
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Distinctions of this Victorian cottage: gable window with star tracery, decorative bargeboard, carpenter's lace. Stained glass entrance doors are duplicated at back of the front hall. Anton Bartles, from Aldenburg, North Germany, came here in 1869; built this house about 1886; was an Alderman, 1889. Later owners have included the Will Wirtz family in 1920s and 30s; Felix Fehrenkamp; Mrs. Isabel Moeller.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1973
Public/Private: Private
Tours Available?: No
Year Built: ca 1886
Web Address: Not listed
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