F.M. 1376, Sisterdale Road, N of Boerne
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HISTORY: In the early 1860's Mr. Karl Meckel came to this area
from Germany and acquired land 4 1/2 miles North of Boerne. He built a home out
of the large square rock which consisted of two large rooms with a dog run
downstairs and one large room the length of the house upstairs. The kiln where
the mortar was made still exists behind the house. The kiln is built into the
side of a hill; it resembles an igloo. Soft adobe racks were put on a sled drawn
by mules or horses and dumped into the top of the kiln. A huge fire was then
built and as the fire burned down, the ashes and rock were raked out and mixed
with water to be used as mortar. Cement had not come into use when this house
was built.
Leona and Jack Adams bought the property from Mrs. Ottilie
Bergmann Moore in 1966 when they began restoration of the old house. In 1978
their son, Douglas Adams and his wife, Patsy, purchased the improved house and
seven acres. They continued to improve their home and the surrounding
property.
Source: Boerne Public Library files; article written for the Home Tour Book, May, 1984, unknown author. February, 2000.
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