Frank Teich

Teich's work stands across Texas. In Houston's Hermann Park he made the fifty-foot Pioneer Monument obelisk, the statue of Dick Dowling and the base of the Sam Houston Monument, and he carved many of the granite angels in Glenwood Cemetery. His other works include the Confederate and Fireman's monuments on the Capitol grounds, the La Salle statue at Navasota and the Shanghai Pierce monument near Blessing. Hearing that Teich was looking for a sculptor, Pompeo Coppini came to Texas in 1901 and modeled the Jefferson Davis statue for the Capitol's Confederate monument.

What the plaque says

Frank Teich (Sept. 22, 1856 - Jan. 27, 1939) A native of Germany, Frank Teich studied under master German artists and sculptors before coming to the United States in 1878. By 1883 he was established in San Antonio as an accomplished stonemason and artist. His supervision of work on the State Capitol led to other jobs, including construction of the Tarrant County Courthouse and the creation of numerous Confederate memorials and other monuments throughout the South. In 1901 he founded Teich Monument Works near Llano, which resulted in the development of the area's granite production industry. He is buried in the Llano Cemetery. (1984)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Llano County Courthouse Square — steps away
  The 1893 Romanesque courthouse on Llano's square, built after a fire at the height of a boom that was meant to make the granite town an iron city.
• Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery — 17 mi
  A free federal hatchery below Inks Dam on the Colorado, with thirty production ponds that draw birds and a look at how fish are raised from egg to harvest.
• Inks Lake State Park — 18 mi
  A state park on a constant-level lake of the Colorado, between Buchanan and Inks dams, with pink granite and gneiss at the water and CCC work along Park Road 4.
• Enchanted Rock State Natural Area — 19 mi
  A dome of pink granite north of Fredericksburg that rises some 385 feet above Sandy Creek, creaks as it cools at night, and has drawn people for thousands of years.

More markers nearby

• Llano Woman's Culture Club — steps away
• Lantex Theater — steps away
• Llano County Granite Industry — steps away
• Richmond Alexander McInnis — steps away