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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