 1890-1921 |
 1941-1999 |
HISTORY: On May 9, 1876 Frederick Adler bought Lot #47 which
was forty acres, from Clemens H. Clause. On January 22, 1859, August and Bertha
Staffel bought Lot #46 (forty acres) from Clemens H. Clause. During the fall and
spring of 1879-1880, the Staffel's built the original part of this home. Staffel
died and on May 19, 1881, Bertha Staffel sold Lot #46 to Frederick Adler. The
Adlers added a four room wing on the southeast corner of the house, and ran a
boarding house known as The Adler House. This rooming house was active all
during the 1890's and up to about 1921.
It was during this time that the Adler
House became a nursing home at times and a resort at times. The Nursing home
named "Winona Home" was during the "tubercular era". Dr. Nooe sent some of his
patients there.
On March 15, 1920 Miss Emma Adler bought one third acre of Lot
#50 from Susan and L. Walker. This was necessary because the building was so
close to the property that paper and letter thrown out of the windows by the
boarders landed on the Walker property and they objected. Late in 1921 and 1922,
the four room wing was removed, and the lumber used to build Miss Emma Adler's
house at 804 N. Main Street.
Fritz and Max Bergmann, helped build the original
house. Fritz was ten years old, but remembered well and was eager to tell us
about it. Fritz married in 1895, and his wife walked from the now Henry Schrader
Place, to the Adler boarding house and did the washing.
On September 11, 1941,
Robbie and Edna Rackley bought the place from the Adler Estate. In August 1956,
they added a living room and den. In March 1972, they restored the old front
porch. During the fall of 1972 and spring of 1973, they restored the two
downstairs bedrooms and hall.
Source: Boerne Public Library files.- December 2007
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