Details for Schiege House

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5149004600

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Marker Number 4600
Atlas Number 5149004600
Marker Title Schiege House
Index Entry Schiege House
Address 407 S. White St.
City Round Top
County Fayette
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 721854
UTM Northing 3328044
Subject Codes houses, residential buildings; municipal official; design and construction; German immigrants/immigration
Marker Year 1995
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location bounded by S. White St., Bauer Rummel Rd. and S. Washington St. (FM 237)
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Prussian immigrants Carl Johann Rudolph (Charles Henry) (b. 1815) and Caroline (Schubert) Schiege acquired land here in 1861. Only one of their four children, Charles Henry, Jr., (1858-1935), survived to adulthood. Charles Henry, Jr., built a 2-story home at this site abut 1885, the year he married Emma Frenzel. Emma died in 1892. In 1893 Schiege married Marie Becker; together they reared ten children. Schiege established a local cigar factory and also served as Round Top justice of the peace, mayor, city marshall, and alderman. Charles and Marie Schiege are buried in nearby Florida Chapel Cemetery. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995.