Vogt-Clegg Log House
Boerne, Kendall County, Texas
Marker Inscription
German immigrants Wilhelm (1826-1912) and Ernestine (1830-1907) Vogt built this house about 1860 as a one-room log structure. As their family of nine children grew they built two additional log pens connected by dog trot passages. In the 1870s they moved into a larger home next to the log house. San Antonio residents Luther and Laura Clegg purchased the property from the Vogt heirs in 1919 and it remained in their family until 1984. This cabin and the adjacent historic smokehouse serve as reminders of pioneer German architecture in Kendall County. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1993
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
German immigrants Wilhelm and Ernestine Vogt built this cabin around 1860 as a single log room, expanding it with additional log pens joined by dog-trot passages as their family of nine children grew. After moving into a larger home, the property later passed to the Clegg family, who held it into the 1980s. The cabin and its smokehouse survive as examples of pioneer German building in Kendall County.
Why it matters
The house preserves the distinctive log-and-dog-trot architecture of the German immigrants who reshaped the Texas Hill Country in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Related people
- · Wilhelm Vogt
- · Ernestine Vogt
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