Chapter 13: The Fischer Site
Site Identification: Fischer Residence, NCB 152 Lot 78
Address: 11 (later 111) Bowie Street
Trinomial: 41BX638
Historical Background
Venaz Fischer bought Lot 78 in New City Block 152 from Charles Riotte on September 10, 1854. On May 30, 1855, Venaz Fischer and Katharina Ulrich were married in San Antonio, with Jacob Seng and John Petras as witnesses (Vital Statistics, Marriage Book C:291). Sometime soon afterward, they built a house on the lot Fischer had bought at 11 Bowie Street
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