Plehwe Complex
Plehwe Complex | |
 Plehwe Complex, 2013 | |
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| Nearest city | Leon Springs, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 29°39′54″N 98°38′10″W / 29.66500°N 98.63611°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1855 |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003755[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 15, 1983 |
The Plehwe Complex is a set of historic saltbox houses on Boerne Stage Road near Leon Springs in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The place is also known as Plehwe Stage Coach Inn, a competitor to the Aue Stage Coach Inn just around the corner in 750 yards distance. The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 15, 1983.[1]
Owners
The original owners were Capt. Charles Felix George von Plehwe and his spouse Mina Sophie von Plehwe, who did not have any children of their own. Charles was the nephew of Senior General Bernard von Plehwe of the Prussian Cavalry. Charles looked after the “half-wit” son Otto von Plehwe (aka as Fritz von Plehwe), who immigrated approximately 1862 together with his orderly, the former valet of his father, Joseph Peter Potschernick.[2] Joseph had the fare to return to Germany but elected to remain with the von Plehwe family in the United States.
The buildings on an 100 acre ground are now owned and maintained by George Strait.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Margaret "Joyce" Westbrook Klar: Potschernick Family.
- ^ Joni Simon: Old times not forgotten. July 29, 2010 (also on-line on mySA).