| ID# 19910 | ORIGINAL USE: Dress/Haberdashery/Saloon | PRESENT USE: Commercial | CURRENT OWNER: Peggy Oefinger Trust |
| OWNERS:Max Beseler, David Gray, Dr. & Mrs. Oeffinger. | LOCATION: Original Town Lot # 85-86 | DATE: c1900 Style/Period: Commercial | HISTORICAL DESIGNATION: NO |
| BUILDERS: Max Beseler | CONSTRUCTED OF: Brick | CONDITION: Good | DESCRIPTION: One story commercial, with front awning. Pictures show that it was enlarged from the original building. |
FUNCTION: This building was originally used to house the
Beseler Stores- a dress shop, haberdashery and saloon. In July, 1985 Mr. David
Gray wrote a letter to the editor of the Boerne Star thanking the many who
helped him in his re- construction of this building. In the article he said,
"The Beseler building (built about 1916) sat vacant from the fall of 1980 until
the spring of 1984 when I began work on it."..."Max Beseler's Dress-up Shop and
Haberdashery was the original business at 141. It last served as an auto parts
store. After prohibition Max Beseler reopened his well known bar at 143 where
[his son-in- law], Udo Harz, continued until 1974."
Source: Boerne
Public Library file.
[Note: Correction to Mr. Gray's article: Udo Harz
was a brother to Herbert Harz, the son-in-law of Max Beseler.]
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