Pflugerville: Heritage House Museum
Pflugerville: Heritage House Museum
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<p>Large wood framed home with a curved porch on one corner</p>
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<p>Family portrait with nine children taken in front of a canvas backdrop about 1852</p>
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<p>Man standing next to a cart and store with sign saying Pflugerville Mercantile, General Merchandise</p>
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<p>Store interior with three people and shelves full of various goods</p>
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<p>Groups of people standing in a field next to a school building</p>
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<p>Man standing in front of a small railroad depot labeled Pflugerville</p>
Henry Pfluger brought his family from Germany to Texas in 1849 to escape the Prussian War. A rich man in Germany, Pfluger lost nearly all his property during the war. After living for a time with his brother-in-law John Liese on a farm east of Austin, in 1853 Pfluger paid Liese $960 for 960 acres along Brushy Creek north of the state’s capital city. Pflugerville wouldn’t begin to add more residents until after the Civil War, when churches and a school were built. But it was the advent of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad that sparked rapid growth, which continued throughout the 20th century.
Pflugerville’s Heritage House Museum interprets much of the town’s history – a town that owes its discovery, and name, to an early German-Texan.
Heritage House Museum
- Hours: First Sunday of each month 1-4 p.m., Tuesdays 3-7 p.m. March - October..
- Admission: None
- 901 Old Austin Hutto Road, Pflugerville, TX
- 512-990-6375
- Visit Website
