Hauschild Cigar Factory
206 North Liberty Street

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Block 145 of the Original Townsite of Victoria could rightly be called "The Hauschild Block." The family would eventually own more than three fourths of the city block bounded by Liberty, Goodwin, William, and Forrest Streets.
 

The Hauschild Opera House anchors the block at the southwest corner at 202 East Forrest. Just behind it stands the Hauschild Cigar Factory at 206 North Liberty.

 

In 1914, George Hauschild, son of the original Hauschild, commissioned Jules Leffland to design a two-story brick building which would house the Hauschild Cigar Factory on the first floor, and living quarters for George and his wife on the second. It was built between the Opera House and his parents’ home. If you are interested, Sid Weisiger gives a thumbnail sketch of the cigar industry of Victoria County in his “Vignettes of Old Victoria.”

 

The Hauschild Cigar Factory building has served a number of owners subsequent to George Hauschild. Architect Galen May used the downstairs as his firm’s office. Upstairs rooms were leased to different individuals over the years. There are too few of the downtown business buildings still standing. It was popular to replace the original store fronts with "materials and configurations." The Cigar Factory remains much as it did over 100 years ago, with the exception of the windows.

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You can learn more about this home and the families that have lived here in Volume II of Historic Homes of Victoria, available here online through our SHOP or at the Victoria Preservation, Inc. office.