We’re never truly that far removed from the Texas frontier days. One of the Lone Star State’s most storied ranches is officially up for grabs in the Hill Country – and it could all be yours for a tidy $1.5 million.
Locally believed to have once imprisoned Apache war legend, Geronimo, the New Fountain Stagecoach Stop in Hondo was once a crucial stomping ground for frontier travelers moving between San Antonio and El Paso in the late 1800s, according to Hood Real Estate Inc, the firm representing the property.
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Located 30 minutes west of San Antonio in Medina County hit the market earlier this year along a 2.9 acre tract of land near Verde Creek on County Road 251 in Hondo.
Exterior of the former New Fountain Stagecoach Stop in Hondo, Texas. In 1868, Captain Frederick Metzger and his wife Louise, established the stop which grew into a hotel to serve stage passengers traveling between San Antonio and El Paso. (Courtesy of Hood Real Estate Inc)
What’s a”stagecoach stop,” you ask? In the 19th century Texas was lined with the travel outposts. This particular location, opened in 1868 by Captain Frederick Metzer and his wife, Louise, was a place where those travelling by stagecoach (in the “horse-and-buggy-days,” as real estate agent Jeffrey C. Hood pointed out to MySA), could stop for food, drink and rest in the hotel portion of the building before heading to the next stop.
Today, the property holds a two-story Western-style home sitting on 2,900 square feet with access to the big city and live water year-round. The home is ready to be transformed into the Texas-style ranch of your dreams. The interior was razed by its sellers to give potential new owners a chance to start from scratch with a “blank canvas” and a new vision.
The property holds a two-story Western-style home sitting on 2,900 square feet with access to the big city and live water year-round. (Courtesy of Hood Real Estate Inc)
Whether you are looking for a new residence, or want to honor this site’s history with a recreational venture of your own, you’ll have plenty of space to build your own Wild West-worthy escape at the Hill Country stagecoach stop.
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For more information about the listing, you can contact Jeffrey C. Hood at (830) 431-1177 or Conner W. Hood at (830) 928-2317.
Find it: County Road 251, Hondo, TX 78861
The inside of the home has been completely gutted to give the new owners a chance to start from scratch. (Courtesy of Hood Real Estate Inc)
This article originally published at Geronimo was held prisoner at this Texas ranch, now it’s selling for $1.5M.
