| Marker Number |
1106 |
| Atlas Number |
5149001106 |
| Marker Title |
Gus Cranz Mansion, 1874 |
| Index Entry |
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| Address |
701 West Ave. |
| City |
Schulenburg |
| County |
Fayette |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
702122 |
| UTM Northing |
3285214 |
| Subject Codes |
houses, residential buildings; German immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year |
1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
| Marker Location |
SW corner West Avenue and Anderson Street, affixed to house on private property. Marker plate reported missing Nov. 2006. |
| Private Property |
Yes |
| Marker Condition |
Missing |
| Marker Size |
RTHL medallion and plate |
| Marker Text |
Built in strict German way (joints mitred and dowled) by immigrant carpenters from Austria. Facade styled after memory of Austrian villa. Birthplace of several Cranz heirs. Son-in-law, Hugh Roy Cullen, endowed the University of Houston. |
