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Grandeur of Gonzales
J.H. REMSCHEL HOUSE
811 St. Lawrence Street
Julius Heinrich Remschel served in the Confederate army as a bugler in Company K, 33rd Texas Cavalry, which served in
Texas, Arkansas and Indian Territory. At the close of the war, Julius returned to Indianola and opened his first lumber yard.
When the railroad came to Gonzales in 1882, Julius moved his family here and established another lumber yard. In
November 1883, Julius bought the property where his house now stands, immediately began construction and completed
the house in 1884. The architecture of the original house was Victorian but during the 1930s or '40s a major remodeling
project was undertaken, resulting in the current structure.
It is owned by Bob and Jeanne Walshak Boothe.
Photograph by Sandy Johnston, Gonzales Camera Club
