Jung - Pearcy House
Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas
Marker Inscription
1873 Built by Joe Jung, a Bohemian-Austrian-American. Has sun dried brick in original two rooms. Purchased by the Pearcy family, 1936. [Recorded Texas Historic Landmark] (1964)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Joe Jung, a Bohemian-Austrian immigrant, built this Bastrop house in 1873, using sun-dried brick in its original two rooms. The Pearcy family purchased the home in 1936, and it was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1964.
Why it matters
The house preserves the building traditions of Central Texas's Central European immigrants, whose adobe-like sun-dried brick reflected both old-world skill and frontier resourcefulness.
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