Historical Markers of Texas

18087 1915 New Braunfels Post Office N. Castell Ave., NE side between W. Mill and W. San Antonio streets The old post office of New Braunfels was built during the full-scale 20th century transformation of the United States Postal System. Programs like ... 22519 711 Ranch Canyon Lake, The Peninsula at Mystic Shores neighborhood, 100 feet NW of entrance gate, 250 feet SE of Overview Place WWI veteran L.A. Nordan (1896-1969) was a successful oil and gas producer in south Texas. In 1949, he and his wife, Pearl (Neugent) Nordan (1896-1994), ...

12772 Adam Becker Homestead 1326 Phantom Rider Trail Adam Becker Homestead German native Adam Becker (1815-1901) journeyed to Texas in 1845 to join Prince Carl Solms-Braunfels in establishing a colony ... 18454 Agricultural Society of Fischer Fischer Dance Hall In 1853, Hermann and Otto Fischer arrived in the area as some of the first pioneer settlers. Hermann farmed, ranched and then decided to use his ... 22731 Albert and Marie Kopplin House 564 Hill Ave German native Albert Kopplin (1845-1929) and his wife, Marie Caroline (Hitzfelder) Kopplin (1851-1921), built this house in 1892 as their retirement ... 17816 Anhalt Halle and the Germania Farmer Verein 2390 Anhalt Road Anhalt began in the 1850s as a small, predominantly German, farming and ranching settlement. Originally known as Krause settlement, its name changed ... 18455 Arnold-Rauch-Brandt Homestead To access the property, there is a dirt road on an easement off of State Hwy 46. Travel approx 1 mile on the dirt road to the 10 acre property. This will eventually be a paved access road. This homestead was built in 1852 with an addition in 1883 by German immigrants Gottlieb Arnold (1808-1879) and Maria Koch Arnold (1825-1900) who ... 13268 August and Karoline Tolle House 388 Comal Ave German native August Tolle (1829-1922) immigrated to New Braunfels with his parents and siblings in 1845 and established a drugstore with Dr. Theodore ... 235 August Dietz Cottage 197 E. Mill St., New Braunfels August Dietz came to Texas in 1849 as a German immigrant, and settled in New Braunfels. On Sept. 1, 1866, he bought this lot, soon built this cottage, ...

23862 Benedict and Anetta Kaderli Family 221 Mexican Hat Dr. Benedict and Anetta Kaderli were early European settlers to north Comal County. Benedict was born September 7, 1832 in Mülchi, Canton Bern, Switzerland. ... 14099 Bevenroth, Heinrich, Home (Early Settler's Home) 251 S. Seguin St. 501 Breustedt House Heritage Village, Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture A fine example of German colonial "fachwerk" --all walls framed with cedar timbers, then filled solid with sun-baked adobe brick.Built 1858 for Johann ... 502 Breustedt Kitchen Heritage Village, Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture Hand-hewn limestone structure floored with wide pipe boards nailed to squared cedar sleepers lying flat on ground; ceilings of adobe and grass plaster ...

16588 Carl Heinrich Guenther New Braunfels Cemetery (SEPTEMBER 9, 1821 – APRIL 8, 1870) BORN IN PRUSSIA, CARL (KARL) HEINRICH GUENTHER IMMIGRATED TO TEXAS IN 1845. HE WAS A COMMUNITY LEADER, ONE OF ... 15322 Carolina Schwab Grave Site New Braunfels (Historic Texas Cemetery medallion only) 852 Church Hill School Building 1297 Church Hill Drive, New Braunfels St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran pastors held day school in the church for years. In 1870 this schoolhouse was built. It served the Hortontown and ... 23330 Comal Cemetery Comal Cemetery, next to kiosk at intersection of cemetery roads Ave E and Street 5. The first cemetery in New Braunfels was founded in 1845 with the arrival of the city’s early settlers. By 1846, however, the cemetery was nearing ... 17149 Comal Community Old Nacogdoches Road, west side, north of FM 482 In the mid-19th century, several German families left nearby New Braunfels and established farms in what would become the village of Comal, Texas. ... 986 Comal County On Business IH 35, just north of intersection with SH 46, New Braunfels - (1 mi. N New Braunfels, US 81) Formed from Travis and Bexar land districts. Created - March 24,1846; Organized - July-13, 1846; Named for the river, so called from the pancake ... 987 Comal County Courthouse 150 N Seguin, New Braunfels In 1846 Comal County held its first court session in the home of its county clerk, Conrad Seabaugh. Courthouse facilities acquired in 1849 proved ... 17844 Comal County Fair 701 E. Common St. The annual Comal County Fair represents tradition and community in New Braunfels, where it has been an important event since the early 1890s. The ... 988 Comal County, C.S.A. Main Plaza, San Antonio Street, New Braunfels Manufacturing and supply center in Civil War. The local newpaper urged southern cause so strongly that 1861 vote was 239 to 86 favoring secession. ... 18900 Cypress Bend Park 503 Peace Avenue

24217 Dittlinger Village - La Calera marker pending marker pending 1280 Dr. Theodore Koester Home 421 S. Seguin St., New Braunfels Constructed 1859 of cedar, oak, and limestone, a dumb waiter, and speaking tubes on each floor. The versatile Koester (1817-1877) was physician ...

23533 Edgar Alfred Grist, DVM N. Live Oak Ave, SW side 350 feet NW of McGar Street on private property. Raised in Austin and having received a degree in veterinary medicine from Texas A&M college in 1937, Dr. Edgar Alfred Grist (1915-1994) served the ... 17083 Eiband and Fischer General Mercantile Corner of S. Seguin St. and E. Main Plaza (New Braunfels Utilities parking lot) EIBAND & FISCHER GENERAL MERCANTILE IN 1846, ONE YEAR AFTER NEW BRAUNFELS WAS FOUNDED, A MERCANTILE COMPANY OWNED BY JAMES FERGUSON AND HENRY HESSLER ... 18692 Emmie Seele Faust Memorial Library 401 W. Coll St. Located on the corner of Coll Street and Magazine Avenue, the Emmie Seele Faust Memorial Library served as the New Braunfels Public Library from ... 1495 Erhardt Neuse House in Gruene Hist. District Built in the 1880s by Henry D. Gruene, this was the home of the family of Erhardt Neuse, field foreman of Erhardt of H. D. Gruene's vast cotton interests.The ... 18902 Ernst and Antoinette Gruene House 532 Rock Street Located in an area historically known as Comaltown, this home was built in 1852 by Ernst (1819-1914) and Maria Antoinette (Kloepper) (1826-1917) ... 17227 Esser's Crossing at Wesson FM 311 and Guadalupe River Crossing IN THE MID-1800s, A WAGON TRAIL CALLED FREDERICKSBURG ROAD RAN 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BRAUNFELS TO ONE OF THE FIRST SAFE GUADALUPE RIVER ROAD ...

1577 Faust Hotel 240 S Seguin First known as the Travelers Hotel, this inn was completed in 1929 with 63 guest rooms and reflected the thriving economy of the New Braunfels area ... 12509 Faust Street Bridge east end of Faust Street, at Guadalupe River Caravans carrying supplies to Spanish missions in east Texas and other travelers crossed the Guadalupe River on El Camino Real (The King's Highway) ... 1590 Ferdinand J. Lindheimer Comal Cemetery, Area 6A (Ave. B) Soldier in the Texas Army, 1836. A botanist of note. Born in Germany, May 2, 1801. Died December 2, 1879. His wife Eleonora Reinarz Lindheimer born ... 1807 First Patented Wire Fence 120 Landa Street at Wurstfest grounds Gate #1 near entrance to Landa Park [Special fence design at top of inscription] Virgina native William H. Meriwether (b. 1800), an early Comal County plantation owner, ran a sawmill, ... 1857 First Protestant Church 172 W. Coll, New Braunfels State Historical Survey Committee Official Historical Medallion. (not a state marker) (Site of "The German Protestant Church" charterd by the Republic ... 18183 First United Methodist Church 572 W. San Antonio St In the 1850s, Methodism spread across south Texas and into New Braunfels. Many German-speaking immigrants in communities like New Braunfels would ... 17645 Fischer Cemetery 12300 RR 32 In 1886, Otto Fischer donated 30 acres to Fischer store community, a settlement of predominantly German heritage, to start and benefit a school. ... 12475 Fischer Homestead 230 Cypress Springs Dr. This seven-acre homestead sits at the mouth of the springs of Rebecca Creek, a significant source of water for area settlers and farmers. It was ... 12474 Fischer House 230 Cypress Springs Dr. German immigrant John Heinrich Fischer built this log cabin about 1860 on land he purchased from August Forcke. He and his wife, Auguste (Koch), ... 18380 Fischer Store 4040 FM 484 Brothers Hermann Fischer (1826-1893) and Otto Fischer (1830-1904) emigrated from Germany to Texas in 1849 and 1852, respectively, and settled here ... 22549 Franz Heimer The marker will be placed at the Heimer House ruins once the road is completed to this portion of the subdivision. 24228 Frueholz House (RTHL) marker pending marker pending 24225 Frueholz Medical Building marker pending marker pending

8825 German Pioneers in Texas Canyon Dam Overlook Park. From FM 306, take N. Park Road or S. Access Road to Corps of Engineers Road. In this area, now covered by Canyon Lake, German emigrants were the first settlers. A society of nobles (Mainzer Adelsverein) sponsored the emigration ... 2293 Gruene In front of little house on north end of Historic District, New Braunfels German immigrant farmers were the first settlers of this area, which was orignally called Goodwin. Henry D. Gruene established a large cotton farming ... 2294 Gruene Cotton Gin Next to base of water tower, Gruene Built on the site of an earlier grist mill, the Gruene Cotton Gin was constructed in 1878 by H. D. Gruene. Powered by the Guadalupe River, the gin ... 2295 Gruene Mansion 1275 Gruene Road (Gruene Historic District) New Braunfels The son of German immigrants, Henry D. Gruene was born in New Braunfels in 1850. In 1872 he built this home, in what was then the town of Goodwin. ... 2296 Gruene's Hall Gruene Historic District, New Braunfels Built in 1878 as a saloon and social hall for area cotton farmers, this is belived to one of the oldest dance halls in Texas . Christian Herry (1854-1917) ...

2314 H. D. Gruene Mercantile Gruene Historic District, New Braunfels In 1878 Henry D. Gruene (1850-1920) established a mercantile business at this site. To provide more space for the growing business, this building ... 18665 Haag Cemetery 9750 Ridgeline Road The Haag Cemetery was established for the families of the Haag Brothers: Friedrich (Jakob), Peter (Johann) and Mathias (Mathuas). Emigrating on a ... 18925 Heimer Cemetery From the intersection of FM 2673 and Canyon Bend Drive in Startzville, drive North on Canyon Bend Drive for 1.3 miles, go straight onto Westview Drive for 0.2 miles, turn left onto Waterfront Park Drive for 0.5 miles (winding road). The Heimer Cemetery is located on the right side of the road under a very large oak tree next to a double-wide home belonging to Mark & Lisa Taylor. The address of the Taylor home is 2556 Waterfront Drive. 17801 Heinrich Mordhorst Comal Cemetery 18910 Herman and Ada Knibbe Home 9981 Spring Branch Road IN 1910, HERMAN KNIBBE (1884–1954), GRANDSON OF THE FIRST SETTLER OF SPRING BRANCH, GERMAN IMMIGRANT DIETRICH KNIBBE (1817–1896), BUILT THIS HOUSE ... 2839 Hermann Jonas Homestead FM 2673 to Overhill Street, continue west, on private property. This four-story farmhouse is one of the largest residences in entire area of the early German settlements in Texas. It was the pioneer home of Hermann ... 4632 Hermann Seele at Sophienburg Museum - at door (April 14,1823 - March 18, 1902) A native of Hildesheim, Hanover, Germany, Hermann Seele came to Texas in 1843. He became the fist school teacher ... 14917 Hinmann House 161 S. Castell Ave. This home’s architecture reflects the German influence of many of the area’s early structures. Heinrich Hinmann purchased the property in July 1855, ... 2536 Home of Ferdinand Lindheimer 491 Comal Ave., New Braunfels (1801-1879) Soldier in Texas Revolution. Father of Texas botany. Editor of the Neu Braunfels Zeitung. (1852-1872) (Comal Ave., New Braunfels) 3089 Home of Ferdinand Lindheimer 489 Comal Ave., New Braunfels (1801 - 1879) Soldier in the Texas Revolution; father of Texas botany. Editor of the New Braunfelser Zeitung, 1852-1872. 8826 Home of George Wilkins Kendall 5 mi. NW on Hueco Springs Loop (River Rd. to fork), private property Built 1856-1861; George Wilkins Kendall (1809-1867) a founder of the New Orleans "Picayune"; correspondent on the Santa Fe Expedition, 1841-1842; ... 12863 Homesite of Johann and Gertruda Walzem 690 Mission Valley Road (about 4 mi. N of New Braunfels via SH 46) Homesite of Johann and Gertruda Walzem Johann Joseph and Anna Gertruda Walzem came to Texas from Prussia c. 1851. In 1859, the State of Texas officially ...

13661 International & Great Northern Railroad in New Braunfels 302 W. San Antonio St. As early as 1875, New Braunfels residents began petitioning rail companies to bring lines into the community. The town's first major proposal, to ...

18681 Jacobs Creek School Teacherage 12794 River Road Area families started Jacobs Creek School in October 1867, with trustees leasing land from Oscar Friedrich for one dollar. Early teacher Carl Pantermuehl ... 2764 Johann Michael Jahn 494 South Seguin, New Braunfels Johann Michael Jahn (1816-1883) came to New Braunfels in 1845 as a colonist with the German Emigration Company. He married Anna Klein Bellmer in ... 2779 John F. Torrey, Site of Early Mill and Factory at end of Mill St in Prince Solms Park. New Braunfels (1821- 1893) Pioneer promotor of Texas industry. He operated a flour, grist and saw mill, a sash, door and blind factory (1850), a cotton factory ... 5364 Joseph Klein House 135 N. Market St., New Braunfels One of the German immigrants who arrived in New Braunfels in 1845, Joseph Klein built this simple frame house about 1852. Origianally it stood at ... 8824 Joseph Scheel House 23 mi. NW of New Braunfels on SH 46 A typical home of German settlers, built late 1860s by Bernhard Joseph Scheel (1815-79) and wife Anna Barbara (Link). Hand-cut, faced local stone; ... 22730 Julius Bremer Family and Rebecca Creek School SW corner of Gull facing Mystic Shores Blvd Julius August Hermann Bremer (1848-1894) was an early settler on land that is now part of the Mystic Shores neighborhood. He was born in Comal County ... 6117 Junction of Two Important Rivers, the Guadalupe and the Comal backyard of home located at 246 East Lincoln St. (private property), New Braunfels Site claimed May 8, 1718, for King of Spain by Gov. Martin de Alarcon, and used by priests and army units in traffic to East Texas. In 1845, ferry ...

22667 Karl Haas Cemetery 634 Astral Point Established 1867 Historic Texas Cemetery 2018 23883 Kindermaskenball marker pending marker pending 23269 King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road Old Bastrop Highway (CR 266), N side, 0.3 mi. NE of York Creek Rd. Close to Comal-Hays county line. Pink granite marker 76 of 128 placed in 1918. King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road. Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A.D. 1918 15327 Kneupper Chapel Off Park Road 31 on private property. Map dot approximate. After German families began settling in this area in 1845, Catholic worship services were held in a private home and in a log chapel. In 1878 Johann ... 13036 Koch Cemetery 32368 Bulverde Dr in Bulverde Estates Koch Cemetery Established 1874 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004

16021 Landa Park Landa Park, near Founders Oak and Pioneer Memorial Joseph Landa purchased the land that now encompasses this park in 1859. The Comal Springs, the largest group of springs in the American Southwest, ... 3136 Louis Henne Co. 246 W. San Antonio St., New Braunfels Victorian embellishments distinguish this structure, built 1893 by noted local contractor Christian Herry. Owner Louis Henne (1840 -1912) worked ...

13018 Main Plaza Bandstand Seguin and San Antonio streets Following a petition by local residents, the City of New Braunfels built its Main Plaza Bandstand in 1905. Neo-classical in design, it originally ... 23313 Market Plaza marker pending marker pending 17085 Meriwether Milling 133 Landa Street, New Braunfels IN 1847, WILLIAM HUNTER MERIWETHER, A NATIVE VIRGINIAN AND PLANTATION OWNER, PURCHASED 480 ACRES OF LAND IN THE COMAL SPRINGS AREA FROM MARIA ANTONIO ... 18357 Mill Street Telegraph Station 265 East Mill Street What began as smoke signals from hill to hill evolved into lines on poles. The telegraph was introduced in the United States in the mid-1800s and ... 23909 Mission Hill 2100 Independence Dr. The highest point in the city of New Braunfels, this site is long believed to be important to Native American and Spanish interests. It is unknown ... 3627 Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe On SH 46 N in the 1600 Blk., 1/10 mile N. of SH 46 intersection with Loop 337, New Braunfels Established by Franciscan missionaries in 1757 for the purpose of civilizing and Christianizing the Tonkawas, Mayeyes, and their associates. Formerly ... 15737 Mission Valley School 1135 Mission Valley Rd. German settlers established the Mission Valley community, named for an earlier Spanish mission, in the mid-1840s. Area families educated their children ...

3552 Natural Bridge Caverns from New Braunfels about 8.5 mi. west, caverns located on FM 1863 Discovered March 27, 1960, by four students of St. Mary's University, San Antonio. Named for the rock bridge that marks entrance. Dedicated on August ... 3561 Near River Crossing Used by New Braunfels' First Settlers northwest corner of Porter and McKenna streets, near Faust Street Bridge. At the crossing of the San Antonio-Nacogdoches Road on the Guadalupe River (used earlier by some of Texas' most famous trail-blazers) about 200 German ... 3573 New Braunfels corner of Landa Park Monument Drive, Landa Park, New Braunfels Founded on March 21, 1845 by Carl, Prince of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner-General of the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas. ... 3575 New Braunfels Hwy 81 east of New Braunfels (about 1/2 mi. east of Business 35 & Hwy. 46 intersection Founded in Republic of Texas, 1845, by Prince Karl of Solms-Braunfels. Focal point of German immigration to central and western Texas. Sent men, ... 18923 New Braunfels 1918 Fire Station 131 Hill Avenue 5386 New Braunfels Academy 420 W. Mill St. The first German settlers here in the 1840s were assured by their sponsor--The Society for the Protection of German Immigrants to Texas--that schools ... 3576 New Braunfels Cemetery near center of cemetery, 2000 US 81 west (business route) New Braunfels Dedicated at the burial of Mrs. Elise Peter, on June 23,1845, a few months after New Braunfels was founded. This cemetery gave rest to many colonists ... 22737 New Braunfels Gemischter Chor Harmonie Landa Park. Marker is in N section of the park, near the German Pioneers Monument and Landa Family Memorial Garden. German immigrants to Texas embraced their traditional culture of music, art, societies and clubs. On March 2, 1850, the singing society "Germania" ... 13667 New Braunfels Schuetzen Verein Northwest of New Braunfels, SH 46 to Range Road The New Braunfels Schuetzen Verein organized in 1849 as one of the nation's early shooting clubs. German immigrants founded the town only four years ... 18076 New Braunfels Woolen Mill 439 Comal Avenue German immigrants August Tolle and Dr. Theodor Koester purchased lots 271 and 272 in 1864 and built a large two-story building 100 feet long and ... 3574 New Braunfels: County Seat of Comal County at Courthouse -150 N. Seguin Street. Replaced 1970 marker inscription. Early inhabitants of this area included Karankawa, Lipan, Tonkawa and Waco Indians. Between 1844 and 1846, the Verein Zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer ...

2286 Old Carl W. Groos Home 228 S. Sequin St., New Braunfels Built about 1870 of adobe brick with cypress floor, doors. Has original rolled glass window, ruby glass in front door. It has been home to Carl ... 3757 Old Krause Building 173 S. Sequin Ave., New Braunfels Built about 1860 by master carpenter Friedrich Krause of hand-cut native cedar, cypress, limestone, and adobe brick. Once Weber & Deutsch store, ... 8821 Old Lex Homestead Off Blanco Rd. on private property. Map dot approximate. Built 1873-74 by Peter Lex (1849-1921), German-born pioneer, and wife Carolina. All rock in the original structure was hand-cut and faced. This story-and-half ... 3578 Old New Braunfels High School 430 W. Mill St. Built in 1913 to replace the old New Braunfels Academy, this building was designed by San Antonio architects C.V. Seutter and Alister Shand, and ... 3807 Old Schmidt Home 354 W Bridge St., New Braunfels Built 1850s of adobe, hand-hewn cedar, pine, oak. Has pitched roof, outside stair. Story and half. "Fachwerk" style. Recorded Texas Historic La ... 3808 Old Scholl House 350 Comal St., New Braunfels Fachwerk (adobe brick and hewn cedar) section was built about 1847 by Heinrich Scholl, Jr. The newer part is Victorian. Recorded Texas Historic ... 3870 Original Gruene Mercantile Gruene Historic District, New Braunfels Founded in 1878 by Henry D. Gruene to serve the families working on his cotton farm, the original Gruene Mercantile served many purpose for the community. ... 12973 Original Site of Mountain Valley School New Braunfels/Sattler/Canyon City, 14300 River Road Original site of Mountain Valley School The original Mountain Valley School was located at this site for 83 years. In 1874, Carl and Matilda Marschall ... 22698 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery, Peace Ave., W side N of Basel Street This historic cemetery was established by Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church to meet the needs of the growing Mexican American New Braunfels population ...

23473 Panteón Hidalgo (Hidalgo Cemetery) Panteón Hidalgo/Hidalgo Cemetery, SW corner Peace Avenue and E. Dittlinger Street. Marker is at entrance gate. Comal County developed as a population center during the 1890s. The arrival of the railroad and the growth of the agricultural and mining industries ... 8822 Pantermuel House 17 mi. NW of New Braunfels, off CR 311 Pioneer home of Heimrich Pantermuehl (1842 - 1921) and wife Pauline, German-born settlers of Comal County. Built about 1865, its use of limestone ... 18077 Phoenix Saloon 193 W. San Antonio Built in 1871, the original Phoenix Saloon building was a two-story brick, rock, and stucco building built by John Sippel located on the corner of ... 13810 Plumeyer Bakery Building 239 W San Antonio St In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this site was home to two drugstores and a bakery. In 1913, Kathinka Clemens constructed this building ... 18909 Posey Cemetery 1275 Soechting Lane

14620 Richard E. and Ella Sodke Kloepper House 492 E. Main St. Texas native Richard E. Kloepper and Ella Sodke married in 1906, the same year construction began on this house. A prominent local businessman, Richard ... 17728 Riley's Tavern Hunter community Rileys Tavern, Hunters oldest business, is housed in a circa 1895 building that was the Galloway Saloon and later home to the Bernardino Sanchez ...

12763 Sattler 160 Oak Drive, Canyon Lake (Justice of the Peace Building) German immigrants were the first to colonize permanently this area along the Guadalupe River in the 1850s. The dispersed rural community was known ... 13211 Sattler Family Cemetery Off Lamar Draw on private property Sattler Family Cemetery Established 1854 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2001 12705 Sattler Post Office Off Point Creek Road on private property A founding colonist in New Braunfels, Wilhelm (William) Sattler later made his home in this area of Comal County and applied for a contract with ... 4602 Schoenthal School RT 3009, 0.7 mi. north of Gardenridge Incorporated into the present structure is the Schoenthal School, built in 1872. A late example of the German fachwerk style of architecture. (1972) ... 4840 Site of New Braunfels Academy corner of Mill & Academy across from Old New Braunfels High School Site of New Braunfels Academy, the first tax-supported Texas school still existent. By act of the State Legislature (where it was called "a great ... 4842 Site of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Mission - Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission on Gazebo Circle, New Braunfels Established on 1756 in the Guadalupe River at or near present New Braunfels as an extension of the ill-fated Mission San Francisco Xavier de Horcasitas ... 4859 Site of Old Schmitz Hotel nw corner of Plaza, San Antonio St., New Braunfels First portion--of local cedar and limestone--was built about 1851 by Rudolph Nauendorf. Early German immigrant Jacob Schmitz bought building in 1858 ... 18075 Slumber Falls Camp 3610 River Road Located on the Guadalupe River Road four miles northwest of the city of New Braunfels, this area has been a popular swimming and picnicking site ... 17571 Smithson Valley Cemetery FM 311 between Hwy 45 and FM 3159 Located off state highway 46 on Farm to Market Road 311 in the Texas Hill Country, the Smithson Valley Cemetery is the final resting place for German ... 18599 Sophienburg Hill 401 W. Coll Street During the Republic of Texas period, Europeans became interested in colonizing Texas. In the 1840s, a group of German noblemen formed the Adelsverein ... 5006 Specht's Crossing just west of bridge over Spring Branch 4.5 mi. west of Spring Branch commuinty on county road Area settlers in horse-drawn carriages used this gravel bed low water crossing of the San Antonio-Blanco Road to reach the German settlement of ... 17814 Spring Branch Post Office 170 Rittiman Road Gottlieb Elbel and Christiane Zeh immigrated to Texas from Germany in 1849. They married and settled this farm and were among the founders of Spring ... 17196 St. Joseph's Cemetery approximately 7 miles southwest of downtown New Braunfels on FM 482, one hundred yards south of Bunker Street HTC Medallion only 17084 Startzville Community 10350 Startz Road The area of Startzville was established at the intersection of Cranes Mill Road and Sattler Road. In 1940 Bruno and Viola Elbel built a cedar yard ... 24391 Stephen F. Austin School / Booker T. Washington School marker pending marker pending 5105 Stephen Klein Home 131 S. Sequin, New Braunfels Built 1846 by Stephen Klein. one of our first Comal County Commissioners; "fachwerk" construction. Purchased by Edward Naegelin, Sr. in 1868. Recorded ...

5258 Texas Germans in the Civil War at inersection of S.Comal and E. Jahn in Lindheimer Plaza, New Braunfels In 1861, ten heavily German counties in Texas voted against secession, though Comal County was as exception. States' rights puzzled some voters. ... 5306 The Church of Saints Peter and Paul 386 N. Castell, New Braunfels German Catholic colonists, who came to New Braunfels in 1845, obtained their promised church and school site (1847) when Bishop John M. Odin was ... 1404 The Eggeling Hotel 295 E. San Antonio, New Braunfels Emilie (Kuse) (1854-1930) and Theodor Eggeling (1851-1916), who owned the nearby Plaza Hotel, built this second establishment in 1898-1900. New Braunfels ... 5348 The Grotto, Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. A major influenza epidemic spread across the United States in 1918 causing many deaths. Under the leadership ... 13161 The Hofheinz House New Braunfels, 548 Hill Avenue The Hofheinz House German Native Frederick Hofheinz came to the New Braunfels area with his family in 1852. He later settled In Kendall County and ... 24198 The Karl and Adolph Haas Families marker pending marker pending 5381 The Moeller House MARKER REPORTED MISSING 5/2011 Erected by John George Moeller, working alone, 1859 to 1866. Materials used: hand-cut limestone, 18-foot cedar beams and rafters, cypress floors ... 18424 The New Braunfels Herald 367 Main Plaza Located in the center of town, this site once housed the Zum Schwarzen Wallfisch Saloon (The Black Whale Saloon) in a small wood structure likely ... 5447 The Voigt House 308 E. San Antonio Street On lot deeded in 1845 to New Braunfels schoolmaster Hermann Seele. Fine Mansard-roof house was built 1870 by Dr. John P. Lehde. It has been owned ... 8823 The Wilhelm Weidner Homestead dead end of Angel Trail at intersection of Bulverde Rd. and US 281 Using stone quarried in Cibolo Creek bed, cedar from the nearby Kramme farm, and locally-made cypress shingles and lumber, Wilhelm Weidner (1835 ...

5590 Ullrich Home NW side N. Mill Street between N. Guenther and N. Academy avenues. Medallion reported missing Sep. 2018. Sand brick home built 1855, by Geo. Ullrich, who had driven first wagon of German emigration Co. settlers in 1845 across the Guadalupe River. Recorded ...

5703 Waisenhaus (Orphanage) 1276 Ervendberg St., 1/2 Mile N. of Loop 337 via Rock Rd (Rock Rd. becomes Gruene Rd., left on Ervenberg to private drive) (On Private Property) New Braunfels Known as first orphanage in State of Texas. Chartered in 1848 as "Western Texas Orphan Asylum" by L. C. Ervendberg (d. 1863), pastor of New Braunfels. ... 17815 Walzem Chapel 597 La Bahia Loop Located in the Mission Valley Settlement, Walzem Chapel was built to serve Catholics in this once remote area. In the mid-1800s, German immigrants ... 15437 Weidner, Wilhelm, Cemetery New Braunfels 22426 Weisser Dairy Farm - Pfeiffer Ranch 1700 Pfeiffer Ranch Road 18580 West End Park and Dance Hall corner of Katy St. and Grape Ave. Following his service in World War II, Felipe Delgado and his wife, Elisa Saenz Delgado, purchased a lot in 1947 in the West End Subdivision #2, ... 17817 Windwehen Home 257 E. Bridge Carl Victor Windwehen moved to New Braunfels with his mother and young daughter after his wife, Charlotte (stocker), had died. He was the only dentist ... 18682 Wurstfest Landa Park, S side Elizabeth Avenue at Gate #3 near Marketplatz building An annual “salute to sausage” celebration, Wurstfest is held every fall on the Wurstfest grounds adjacent to Landa Park. The notion of a sausage ...

23308 York Creek Cemetery 7960 Old Bastrop Rd., inside the fence by entrance of cemetery. German families began moving into this area in the middle of the 19th century, establishing the community of Hunter in 1880. The York Creek Cemetery ...

5962 Zions Kirche Bracken United Methodist Church Organized 1871, with 52 German members, by the Rev. William Felsing, itinerant minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Building was erected 1872 ...