This beautiful Raised Cottage style house was designed by an architect named Warrenburger and built by local builder, Fred Meisenhelder, in 1907, for J. F. Remschel and his wife, Luella. The house features large rooms, intricate inlaid parquet floors and beautiful longleaf pine woodwork.
Julius Frederick “Jule” Remschel was born May 26, 1870, probably in Indianola, Texas. He was the son of Julius Heinrich Remschel, an immigrant from Berlin, Germany.
J. H. Remschel came to the United States about 1855 and in the early 1870’s he established a lumber yard in Indianola. Eventually hurricanes drove people from Indianola and J.H. relocated several times before settling in Gonzales in 1882. Here he established another lumber yard that he operated until his death in 1894. The business was continued by his sons, Julius F. and Richard A. Remschel, and it became the Remschel Brothers Lumber Company.
On April 27, 1899, Jule married Luella McLeod, born March 24, 1873, the daughter of Thomas Ward McLeod and Addie Virginia David McLeod. Jule and Luella had one adopted child, Corinne Stone Remschel. The lumber yard was operated continuously by the Remschel family until it closed in 1993. Jule died August 18, 1954, and Luella died May 25, 1967. Corinne lived in the house until her death November 11, 1992. They are buried in the family plot in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Gonzales.
The house was purchased from Corinne Remschel’s estate in 1993 and restored to its original splendor.
