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Texas Historical Commission Staff (CJB), 9/29/87
Official Texas Historical Building Marker with post
Fayette County (Order #06487)
Location: 350 N. Madison, La Grange
LENERT HOUSE*
ALBERT CHARLES LENERT (1841-1902)
AND HIS WIFE AMELIA (1853-1952),
BOTH OF WHOM IMMIGRATED TO
FAYETTE COUNTY FROM GERMANY AS
CHILDREN,MOVED TO LA GRANGE IN
1894 AND BUILT THIS HOME FOR
THEIR FAMILYA FINE EXAMPLE OF
HIGH VICTORIAN ITALIANATE STYLE,THE
FRAME STRUCTURE FEATURES SYM-
METRICAL FRONT MASSING,AN INSET
CENTRAL PORCH,A SIDE PORCH WITH
MOORISH ARCADE,AND FINE MILLED
DETAIL.THE HOME REMAINED IN THE
LENERT FAMILY UNTIL 1979,**
RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1987***
*1/2 inch lettering
**3/8 inch lettering
***1/4 inch lettering
INCISE ON BASE:
Restored in 1981 by Drs.Bill and Ann Nolen
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Texas Historical Commission. [Historic Marker Application: Lenert House], text, September 29, 1987; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth477751/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas Historical Commission.