WIP · World in Pocket

Black plaque № 25187

Bastrop, TX, United States

Kleinert Building. Prussian immigrant Carl Kleinert and his wife, Marie (Wilke), moved to Bastrop in the early 1860s. One of many early German merchants in Bastrop, Kleinert built his grocery and mercantile on this site in 1868. The building has housed many businesses and retains its historic detail

ing, including pressed metal cornices, wood storefront and cast iron columns, much of which dates to the early 1890s, after the Kleinert and adjacent Kesselus buildings suffered a fire. The building r

Listen to the audio guide for Black plaque № 25187 Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off