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Distinctions of this Victorian cottage: gable window with star tracery, decorative bargeboard, carpenter's lace. Stained glass entrance doors are duplicated at back of the front hall. Anton Bartles, from Aldenburg, North Germany, came here in 1869; built this house about 1886; was an Alderman, 1889. Later owners have included the Will Wirtz family in 1920s and 30s; Felix Fehrenkamp; Mrs. Isabel Moeller. RTHL 1973
Bartels-Wirtz House is a historical marker in Columbus, Colorado County, dedicated in 1973. It is one of 110 historical markers documented in Colorado County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 129 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7068, -96.5434 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Townsend-West House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Homesite of Fannie Baker Darden, Site of Columbus Female Seminary, and Tate-Senftenberg-Brandon Home.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5089000312. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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