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Taken 8-Mar-08
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Dimensions3008 x 2000
Original file size2.5 MB
Image typeJPEG
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Date taken8-Mar-08 13:14
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Camera makeNIKON CORPORATION
Camera modelNIKON D50
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Fohn-Bless Store

Fohn-Bless Store

Hondo
Medina County, Texas
29 20.902' N 99 08.426' W
1020 Eighteenth Street.

Text: Store-residence built in D'Hanis about 1878 by John Fohn (1839-91), a native of Prussia. In addition to a general mercantile store, the structure was also the site of D'Hanis elections and a Justice of the Peace Court. In 1897, Rolf Frerichs (1833-1913) purchased the building from the Fohn Estate and moved it to this location. Frerichs' son-in-law, C.J. Bless (1864-1944), operated a store here until 1939. Medina Electric Cooperative occupied the building until 1963.