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German Casino could be rebuilt

Bastrop is planning to rebuild the historic German Casino on the Convention and Exhibit Center grounds, according to city officials.

The details

The one-story building—which the German-American Social Club constructed in the 1860s on Farm Street as a casino hall— collapsed in November 2023 and was secured with tape and barricades to prevent public entry until it was fully demolished with oversight of the Historic Landmark Commission .

“The German Casino, right now, sits as a pile of bricks at the Public Works office,” City Manager Sylvia Carrillo-Trevino said in early S

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