Details for Zapp Building
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5149005940
Data
| Marker Number | 5940 |
| Atlas Number | 5149005940 |
| Marker Title | Zapp Building |
| Index Entry | Zapp Building |
| Address | |
| City | Fayetteville |
| County | Fayette |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 724343 |
| UTM Northing | 3310471 |
| Subject Codes | commercial buildings; markets, merchantiles; Romanesque/Richardsonian Romanesque (Architectural style) |
| Marker Year | 1983 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | Corner of Fayette & Washington, Fayetteville. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | RTHL medallion and plate |
| Marker Text | German native Hugo Zapp established his mercantile business in Fayetteville in 1865. In 1900, after a fire had burned his wooden store at this site, Zapp had this 2-story brick building constructed. Intended to be the finest structure in the city, the Romanesque revival building features decorative brickwork in a checkerboard pattern. In 1915 another merchant, F.C. Knippel, bought the store, and it was operated by his family for more than fifty years. RTHL - 1983 |