Anton F. Krause and Johanna Roesler emigrated from Austria to Texas in 1854 and, like many new arrivals, walked most of the way from the coast to San Antonio, where they married in San Fernando Church in May 1855. In 1875, after selling their San Antonio store and saloon, they moved with their six children to southwestern Bexar County near Mann's Crossing, purchased 101 acres that year and a smaller tract including this site in 1876, and built a small log cabin and stone kitchen with help from neighbors, including family friend and stonemason Henry Nentwich. The logs were hewn from local elm trees, the sandstone was found nearby, and additions were made as the family grew. From January 1879 to November 1880 and again from September to December 1886, Anton Krause served as postmaster of Mann's Crossing, using his house as the post office. Krause and his sons also were active in law enforcement, and the house was used by Texas Rangers and federal agents to hold prisoners at various times. Typical of the gradual development of rural farmsteads from a single-pen log cabin, the house retains features of a vernacular farmhouse, including the original log core structure, board-and-batten siding on extensions, a standing-seam metal roof, and box eaves. The Krause land was designated a family land heritage farm in 1975.