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O.A. Gruene son of Gruene founding Father H. Gruene built
this Victorian brick home in 1924 when his house, located where
the quilt shop now sits burnt to the ground. It was among the
first brick homes in all of Comal County. Certainly one of the
finest at the time. The Gruene family business at the time was
the Grist Mill for Grinding, the mercantile store of sales to
area farmers, and one of the largest cotton farms in the State
of Texas.
At the time O.A. built his mansion, he decided to build something
rather unheard of in the state of Texas. A full basement, which
now houses our wine cellar and gift store. What is amazing about
the cellar is it keeps a very constant temp all year round, cool
in the summer and warm in the winter.
In the main house, each of our rooms is named for a member of
the original Gruene family. Bessie who was Oma Gruene, O. A. the
father, Henry, Bertha, Ernst and Henrietta.
When you enter the house in the foyer, there is a beautiful fireplace,
and foyer, to the left you enter our Cappuccino and Coffee room
serving fresh ground coffee and cappuccinos to our guest. While
to the right is our sitting room where our guest enjoy just sitting
and relaxing or watching our big Screen high definition television
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