| Marker Number |
2294 |
| Atlas Number |
5091002294 |
| Marker Title |
Gruene Cotton Gin |
| Index Entry |
Gruene Cotton Gin |
| Address |
|
| City |
Gruene |
| County |
Comal |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
586701 |
| UTM Northing |
3290175 |
| Subject Codes |
buildings; agriculture, general; mills - textile, fiber, gristmills, cotton gins |
| Marker Year |
1989 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Next to base of water tower, Gruene |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Built on the site of an earlier grist mill, the Gruene Cotton Gin was constructed in 1878 by H. D. Gruene. Powered by the Guadalupe River, the gin was steam-operated and served to process the vast amounts of cotton grown in the area, the gin played an important part in the economic development of Gruene, a community dependent upon the cotton crop. The gin was destroyed in a 1922 fire, and only part of the boiler room remains. A new electric gin was built at another location and served the community until the cotton crop was lost to a boll weevil infestation in 1925. (1989) |
