Conrad Fuchs House
Horseshoe Bay, Burnet County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Conrad L. Fuchs, born in Germany in 1834, came to Texas in 1845 with his parents, Pastor and Mrs. Adolf Fuchs, who settled in Austin County. The Fuchs family moved into this area of Burnet County in 1853. In 1861, Conrad Fuchs married Anna E. Perlitz at Black Jack Springs, in Fayette County, and soon returned to move into a log cabin on this property, which was granted to him by the State of Texas on May 15, 1862. When Fuchs decided to join the Confederate Army, he took his wife back to Fayette County, and enlisted in an artillery unit. After the Civil War, he returned here and built a steam grist and saw mill on nearby Tiger Creek. On Sept. 2, 1872, the "Tiger Mill" Post Office was opened, and Conrad Fuchs named postmaster. Located on the Burnet-Willow City Road, Tiger Mill became the community center for the early settlers in this area. In the late 1870s or early 1880s, Conrad Fuchs built this house to accommodate the post office and his growing family of 6 children. It was constructed of field stone in the pioneer German style, with a large central hall, shingled roof, and plastered interior. Mrs. Fuchs held school for area children in the home. After Conrad Fuchs' death, Feb. 16, 1898, Mrs. Fuchs sold the property. The house was restored in 1972-73. (1974)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Conrad Fuchs, born in Germany in 1834, came to Texas in 1845 with his family and moved into Burnet County in 1853, receiving a state land grant in 1862. He left to serve in a Confederate artillery unit during the Civil War, then returned to build a steam grist and saw mill on Tiger Creek and to run the "Tiger Mill" post office. The fieldstone house he raised in the German pioneer style—with a central hall where his wife taught local children—became the heart of the settlement.
Why it matters
The Fuchs homestead reflects the German immigrant families whose mills, schools, and post offices knit together the Texas Hill Country frontier.
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Related people
- · Conrad L. Fuchs
- · Anna E. Perlitz Fuchs
- · Adolf Fuchs
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