Kammlah House

History Preserved

The Kammlah House is one the earliest surviving residences built in the city of Fredericksburg. Henry and Auguste Kammlah immigrated here from Germany with their children and constructed their new home in 1848. It remained exclusively with their family through four generations before its stewardship was transferred to the Gillespie County Historical Society in 1955. Today it is a living history museum open to the public and offers a glimpse of a simpler more cohesive family life.

The architecture of the home is an exceptional example of the famous stone and half-timber fachwerk of German immigrants. Originally a side-gabled, three-room structure, the family’s long history there is represented in the multiple building additions that expanded the home into the sizable accommodation represented today.

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