Footprints of Fayette

This 2010 photograph by Kathy Carter shows the three buildings on Travis Street in La Grange that once made up the Von Rosenberg Company. Photo Courtesy of Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives
This 2010 photograph by Kathy Carter shows the three buildings on Travis Street in La Grange that once made up the Von Rosenberg Company. Photo Courtesy of Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives

In a previous Footprints article about a La Grange appearance by Buster Brown, C.J. von Rosenberg’s store on Travis Street was mentioned. Although the businesses have been gone for many years, the von Rosenberg buildings continue to make a major impact on the south side of the Courthouse square in La Grange.

C.J. von Rosenberg purchased the two-story, stone building at 245 West Travis on July 31, 1…