A century and a half before tiny houses were an HGTV trend, the Germans who settled in Fredericksburg, Texas lived in so-called 'Sunday houses.' Some still exist – and yes, you can rent them.
on South Milam Street, one of the oldest surviving is a prime example. Friedrich and Margarethe Gentemann spent weekends here with their seven children, attending nearby St. Mary’s Catholic Church.is another, built in the 1880s for Christian Vogel; his son and daughter-in-law expanded it at the turn of the 20th century., for example, built in 1898 on West San Antonio Street, has a Victorian flair with a velvet sofa and queen-size bed dominating the main room.
As I sat on the brick patio with a glass of Hill Country wine, taking in the mauve and rose hues of the giant Texas sunset, I thought of the German settlers who once worked this beautiful land and looked forward to jumping into their wagon and trekking to town.
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