| Marker Number |
5714 |
| Atlas Number |
5149005714 |
| Marker Title |
Wandke House |
| Index Entry |
Wandke House |
| Address |
407 S. White St. |
| City |
Round Top |
| County |
Fayette |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
721873 |
| UTM Northing |
3328089 |
| Subject Codes |
houses, residential buildings; design and construction; German immigrants/immigration; music; artists |
| Marker Year |
1995 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Corner of 2nd St. (Bauer- Rummel St.) and White St. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Johann Traugott Wandke (1808-1870) immigrated from Prussia to nearby La Grange with his wife Christiane and two daughters, Karoline and Christiane, in 1855. About 1860 Johann and Christiane came to Round Top to live in the home of their daughter Karoline and her husband Zoellistin Pochmann. They built their own native stone home/workshop at this site about 1863. Johann was a skilled mechanic and cabinetmaker but is best known for the high-quality organs he crafted from native cedar for several churches in the area including Round Top's Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995 |
