National Register Nomination

The Voelcker Farmstead Historic District contains a significant concentration of properties that represent the agricultural development of the dairy industry in Bexar County. The array of building types include a dairy barn with a milking parlor that accommodated 20 cows; two dwellings representing both the late nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century; various outbuildings; and one archaeological site that may potentially yield future information on the historic district. Although the setting of the district has been somewhat compromised by the intrusion of a new subdivision, this is not readily visible from the farmstead.


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