Marker Inscription
San Antonio businessman Albert Praeger (1864-1930) moved to Beeville in the 1890s to open a hardware store and tin shop. He built this Romanesque Revival structure in 1906 to house his business, which included buggies and wagons as well as barbed wire and tools. In 1925 when Sam Mitchell became store manager, the second floor storage space was converted into apartments. Since the turn of the century, this has been a landmark on the courthouse square. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1981
About this site
Praeger Building is a historical marker in Beeville, Bee County, dedicated in 1981. It is one of 37 historical markers documented in Bee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 91 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.4016, -97.7467 near Beeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is McClanahan House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Barnard Elliott Bee, Sr., Bee County Courthouse, and Beeville on the Poesta.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5025004104. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
