Hugo & Schmeltzer Building on the Alamo Site

Joshua J. Mark
by Unknown Photographer
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Photograph of the Hugo & Schmeltzer building on the Alamo site, c. 1900.

In the 1880s, Hugo, Schmeltzer & Company, a wholesale grocery firm, purchased the Long Barrack at the Alamo site and operated a general store for nearly a decade before selling the property themselves, with custodianship passing to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

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Photographer, U. (2025, October 01). Hugo & Schmeltzer Building on the Alamo Site. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21018/hugo--schmeltzer-building-on-the-alamo-site/

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Photographer, Unknown. "Hugo & Schmeltzer Building on the Alamo Site." World History Encyclopedia, October 01, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21018/hugo--schmeltzer-building-on-the-alamo-site/.

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Photographer, Unknown. "Hugo & Schmeltzer Building on the Alamo Site." World History Encyclopedia, 01 Oct 2025, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21018/hugo--schmeltzer-building-on-the-alamo-site/.

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