Edward Schroeder House
1507 North Vine Street

On December 29, 1911, Lydia Urban, the daughter of prominent Victoria farmer, Joseph Urban, married Edward Schroeder, a young carpenter. In the wedding announcement, The Daily Advocate reported that the young couple planned to "set up housekeeping in a handsome cottage in the northern portion of the city recently built by the groom." The Schroeder’s had two children; one who died at eighteen months (Joseph) and a son named Robert Edward.

Schroeder bought the property two years prior, on August 5, 1909, from George and John Johnson. Although records indicate the house was completed sometime early in 1910, the bride-to-be became ill and the wedding had to be delayed for several months. Just getting started as a carpenter, Schroeder built the house with his own hands and bragged about the fact that the structure contained "$800 worth of lumber,"  mostly cypress. He built the house at 1507 North Phillips Street, on the edge of town near many of his relatives, including his mother and his brothers and sisters. Edward’s father, Henry Schroeder (1854-1918), had been a noted contractor who built many of the homes designed by Jules Leffland.

 

North Phillips Street, now Vine Street, turned to gravel near the Schroeder home leading to the cemetery on the outskirts of town.

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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.