Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Henry Dietert House

This late 19th century rock farmhouse on Homestead Drive was the home of Henry Dietert and his family. Henry bought the land in 1893 from his brother-in-law, George Robert Ochse, who in turn had purchased it in 1889 from Nathan James. 
Henry Dietert had five children with his first wife, Paula Schulze, and two with his second wife, Clara Real.  The Dieterts were pioneer settlers of Kerrville. Henry was a son of miller Christian Dietert who first came to Kerrville in 1857 and built a mill on the Guadalupe in the 800 block of Water Street about where One Schreiner Center is today. Traces of that mill and dam remain.  The site of Christian Dietert's mill has a Texas historic marker.
One of the sons of Henry and Paula Dietert was Harry Dietert who founded the Dietert Center.  This was his childhood home.
The owners would like to obtain an historic marker for this house, but to do so we need historic photos documenting the age of the house. Something as simple as a family group standing outside might suffice.

Are any of my readers able to help with this?

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