BEISSNER-ZOELLER HOUSE
711 S. Main,Boerne

HISTORY: In 1974 Mr. John E. Beissner died at the age of 78. In his obituary this statement follows. "He was born in Galveston, Texas, and when a lad his family moved to Boerne where he grew to manhood. He was known to his many Boerne friends as Edward Beissner. His father and mother built the home now owned by Mrs. Attie Zoeller."

According to deed records the house passed to his sister, Bertha B. Knight in 1929. Then she and her husband sold to William Wasman in 1935. From these owners it went to Ernst A. Dreiss in 1940, then to Jennie C. Springall in 1943, and to L.A. Ehrhart in 1946.

In 1949 it became the home of Attie Zoeller. Mrs. Zoeller, a widowed mother of one son, Franklin, taught in the Boerne Schools many years. She rented part of the many rooms to single ladies. Jennie Tatum and Sybil Pustejovsky, were two of the teachers who roomed with Mrs. Zoeller.

Ella Schrove lived in an apartment made from the southwest wing. She will be known by many as the owner/operator of "Ella's Beauty Salon" on Main Street during the 1950's through 1970's.

As the demand for commercial space on Boerne's Main Street grew this house, like many others, was transformed from living quarters to commercial space. The first commercial owners of the property were Connie and Jack C. Patterson, Jr. It was again passed to other owners in the 1990's.

Source: Boerne Public Library files; personal knowledge. - May, 1999

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