What is a Sunday House? -- In Fredericksburg's early years, settlers received 2 pieces of property: a 10-acre plot in the country and a small town lot close to Main St. (usually 100' x 200'). Their first priority was to set up a farm or ranch on their country acreage, which would become their primary home. As the town grew and businesses were established, they came into town on Saturday for shopping, visiting, partying, etc., but found it impossible to return to their farm or ranch Saturday evening via wagon, then come back to town again for church on Sunday. To solve this problem, many people built one-room structures on their town lots, usually with a loft above where the children could sleep, which allowed them to stay in town on Saturday night. These one-room town houses became known as Sunday Houses, and were at their peak in popularity between 1890 - 1910. Very few remain today. What happened to many is, as the original settlers grew older, their kids would take over the farm or ranch, so the parents would move into town and add on to their Sunday House in order to make it their primary residence. The Delforge Place is a prime example of this process. It started as a one-room Sunday House in 1898, then gradually grew to its present size as it received more daily use over the years.