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23 1860 Temporary Headquarters of Gen. Robert E. Lee NE corner S. Main and Evergreen streets on private property. aka John G. O'Grady House and Stotts House. RTHL medallion only 29 1907 Comfort State Bank Building Corner 7th and High Streets, Comfort Constructed in 1907 for Alex Brinkmann, this building housed the Comfort State Bank until 1960. Local stonemason Richard Doebbler is credited with ...

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17654 Adolph (Ad) Toepperwein Phillip Manor Square ADOLPH TOEPPERWEIN IN THE 1880s, ELEMENTS OF THE OLD WEST WERE FADING AND BECAME ROMANTICIZED THROUGH WILD WEST SHOWS. THESE PROMOTIONS CREATED OPPORTUNITIES ... 208 Arno Schwethelm Building 7th and High Streets, Comfort Prominent local merchant Arno Schwethelm had this building constructed in 1916 to house his mercantile business, a leading Hill Country establishment. ... 236 August Ebers House from Comfort take Old State Road 9 fourteen miles to house in Bankersmith In 1860 August Ebers, a German immigrant, built the east portion of this stone house. It included a kitchen, a "big room", and an upstairs loft bedroom. ... 237 August Faltin Building Main and Seventh, Comfort Prussian native Friedrich August Faltin (1830-1905) moved to Comfort in 1856 and purchased the general merchandise business of Theodor Goldbeck, ...

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382 Beseler Family 223-A Waring-Welfare Road, Welfare Carl Joseph and Augusta Beseler and their two sons immigrated from Germany to Texas in 1848. They settled in Kendall County on a land grant in the ... 383 Beseler House 518 North Main Street Civic leader and Boerne businessman Maxmillian Beseler (1866-1939) had this stone Victorian cottage built for his parents, Charles and Minna Beseler, ... 445 Boerne Cemetery at main gate of Boerne Cemetery, north side of Boerne on School Street, just of North Main (US 87) When Adam Vogt (1822-1882) deeded land for this cemetery to the city in 1867, there were already some graves present. The earliest documented burial, ... 17334 Boerne Chapter No. 200, O.E.S. beside the Texas Historical Marker for Kendall Masonic Lodge #897; in front of the Masonic Lodge Hall, which is located at 897 E Blanco, Boerne, TX. Building is on the south side of the street, just beyond the Post Office. The foundations of the Order of the Eastern Star began in the 1840s and, by 1867, developed into a system of local chapters. Eastern Star is dedicated ... 14411 Brownsboro Cemetery River Bend Rd This cemetery served the community of Brownsboro, which was originally settled by shinglemakers. Later, farmers and then railroad workers resided ...

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598 C.S.A. Home Front Producer George Wilkins Kendall HWY 473 in Kendalia, in front of library (1809 - 1867) A molder of world opinion. His theme: Greatness of Texas. Born in New Hampshire. Learned printing and worked in New York, Boston and ... 23222 Camino Real de San Saba (Camino Viejo) in Kendall County W. Hosack St., near O'Grady St. intersection. Beginning in the 1700s, the Camino Real de San Saba extended northwest from San Antonio through the Comanche and Apache-dominated Hill Country ... 749 Cascade Cavern at main building at Cavern on Cascade Cavern Road, off I-10 exit 543, south of Boerne Probably formed during the Pleistocene epoch by the underground passage of the Cibolo River, Cascade Cavern presents an interesting mix of geological, ... 23492 Casper Sueltenfuss marker pending marker pending 998 Comfort Community Church High Street, between 2nd and 3rd, Comfort Dedicated in 1892, this Gothic revival building first served the Deutsche Evangelische Gemeinde (German Evangelical Congregation), founded the previous ... 999 Comfort Community Theatre 521 7th Street The need for a permanent civic center led Comfort business leaders to form a corporation to raise funds for its construction. Designed by Fredericksburg ... 1000 Comfort Post Office 814 High Street From 1856, when Comfort's postal station was established, until this building was constructed in 1910, the town's post office was housed in various ... 17739 Comfort School NW corner of 3rd and High Streets Comfort was founded by a group of German immigrants in 1854. By 1856, there were enough children in the area to warrant a public school and a one-room ...

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23494 Dan and Frances Holekamp marker pending marker pending 1268 Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig Von Herff on Malakopf Mountain, 1.5 mile NE of Boerne Via FM 474 and Kennon Ranch Road (Nov. 29, 1820 - May 18, 1912) The son of a prominent German family and a veteran of the Prussian Army, physician Ferdinand Ludwig Von Herff first ... 17655 Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig Von Herff (Lat/Long: 29.780511, -98.715187) In the 1850s, a few courageous and well-trained European doctors responded to the health needs of the citizens of San Antonio. For more than fifty ...

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1337 Early Boerne Schoolhouses At city hall The origins of public schools in Boerne date to 1873, when the Boerne Gesangenverein donated land on which to erect a schoolhouse. A two-room stone ... 23809 Early Boerne Settlement 100 N. Main St. Prior to the 1850s, Native American groups, such as Comanche, inhabited the Cibolo Creek Land that would become Kendall County. The country possessed ... 23810 Early Kendall County Jails 208 E. San Antonio Ave. Due to financial strains caused by the Civil War, the newly created Kendall County (1862) paused plans to build a courthouse. In 1869, the court ...

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1546 Fabra Smokehouse smokehouse on S side of 194 Main Street building - Boerne A native of Germany, Julius Fabra (1827-1910) migrated to this area in 1854. After working as a freight hauler, he opened a meat market to serve ... 1564 Faltin Homestead Main and Seventh Street, Comfort German native Theodor Georg Ludwig Goldbeck constructed the original part of this home in 1854, the same year the town of Comfort was founded. In ... 1589 Ferdinand Hohenberger Farmstead from Comfort take FM 473 E about 4 miles - turn N on Old No. 9 Highway and continue about 9 miles to house, 1010 Old No. 9 Highway Ferdinand Hohenberger (ca. 1813-1895), with his wife Katherine Schultze and their family, left Bremen, Germany in 1855. Arriving in Galveston on ... 11673 Freidenker Comfort Park Nineteenth Century Freethinkers From 1845 to 1861, a number of German Freidenker ("Freethinkers") immigrated to the Texas Hill Country. Freethinkers ...

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2169 George Wilkins Kendall Boerne Cemetery, NW section near Fabra St. (August 22, 1809 - October 21, 1867) A native of New Hampshire, George Wilkins Kendall was a journalist by profession. He was co-founder of the New ... 2175 German Music in Boerne on N side of Bandstand, Main Street at Main Plaza, Boerne German music professor Karl Dienger, who immigrated to Boerne in 1855, organized a singing club (gesang verein) and band in Boerne in 1860. Dienger's ...

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2361 Hanisch House W of SH 27 on private property. AKA Rice House. Using trees growing on nearby Cypress Creek, log portion of this house was built 1857 by Emil Serger and Paul Hanisch. Housed first pharmacy in Comfort. ... 2449 Henry J. Graham Building on W side of city hall Constructed on Main Street in the late nineteenth century, this building first served as an office for the real estate, insurance, and private banking ... 12752 Hermann and Antoine Ingenhuett Homestead 436 8th St. Hermann and Antoine Ingenhuett Homestead This site was the homestead of Hermann (1870-1944) and Aantoine (1873-1941) Ingenhuett from their marriage ... 2544 Homesite of Albert Paul Kutzer 208 E. Theissen Street A native of Kendall County, Albert Paul Kutzer (1871-1925) was the eldest son of German immigrants Reinhold and Pauline (Holzinger) Kutzer. A merchant ... 2608 Hygieostatic Bat Roost from Comfort take FM 473 about 1.5 miles E - bat roost is about 400 feet S of the highway This shingle style structure was built in 1918 to attract and house bats in an effort to eradicate mosquitoes and thereby reduce the spread of malaria. ...

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2615 Idlewilde Lodge from Comfort, take FM 473 about 1.5 miles E - turn S onto road to lodge, about .5 mile to site Built in 1902 of Texas long leaf yellow pine with cypress siding and millwork, this structure was first used as a spa by Dr. C. H. Wilkinson of Galveston. ... 2646 Ingenhuett-Faust Hotel 818 High Street The older section of this hotel, with its jig-cut brackets and balustrade, was built in 1880. Additional facilities were constructed in 1894, seven ... 15937 Ingenhuett-Karger Saloon 727 High Street

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2726 James House 114 Oak Park Street This two-story limestone house is believed to have been built about 1880 by Ives Brown for Ichabod and Alice Kingsbury. In 1925 it was purchased ... 2857 Joseph Dienger Building 106 West Blanco This limestone commercial structure was built for Joseph Dienger (1859-1950) shortly after he purchased the site in 1884. The ground floor housed ... 2888 Julius A. and Anna Phillip House 116 N. Plant Avenue Built about 1900, this was the home of Kendall County Justice of the Peace and County Judge Julius A. Philip (1867-1935), his wife Anna (Meckel) ...

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15936 Karger Building 725 High Street Ernst Karger (1861-1922), who owned and operated a saloon on the adjoining property, had this building constructed in 1913. Fritz Anderwald’s pool ... 2919 Kendalia Community Church Jones and Arthurs Streets, Kendalia - two blocks N of SH 473 In 1882 Boerne newspaper editor Carl Gustav Vogel and his wife Ettie began buying land in this area. After Kendalia Methodist Episcopal Church, South, ... 2920 Kendall County San Antonio and Watts, E of Main Street Kendall County; created January 10, 1862; organized February 18, 1862. Named in honor of George Wilkins Kendall, 1809-1867; poet, journalist, author ... 2921 Kendall County Courthouse NE corner E. San Antonio Ave. and Watts St. First and only courthouse in county. Erected 1869-1870, seven years after county organization. Many locally prominent men were associated with the ... 15599 Kendall Masonic Lodge No. 897 897 E Blanco Rd Efforts to form a Masonic lodge in Boerne began in 1904. On December 7, 1905, the Grande Lodge of Texas granted a charter to Kendall Lodge No. 897, ... 2977 Kuhlmann-King House on W side of city hall This structure was built in the late 1880s as a residence for German native William Kuhlmann (1856-1918), a successful pharmacist and landholder. ...

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14702 Lex Sanitarium Boerne 3145 Ludwig Hein Home 727 High Street Ludwig Hein (1855-1933) came to Texas from Germany in 1877. He married Rosa Treiber of Waring and built this home for his family before 1900. Hein ...

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3356 Meyer Hotel Complex 952 High Street German native Frederich Christian Meyer (1828-89) came to Comfort in 1862. A wheelwright, Meyer also ran a stage stop and weight station at this ...

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3595 Nicolaus Zink at gate of Don Strange Ranch - from Boerne take IH-10 5 miles N to Welfare Road - continue on Welfare Road N about 3 miles to ranch In 1844, Bavarian-born civil engineer Nicolaus Zink (1812-1887) was selected to lead a group of German immigrants overseas to establish settlements ...

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18090 Ottmar von Behr On Highway 1376 - 3/10 of a mile south of the Guadalupe River, 1022 Sisterdale Road (1376) Ottmar Von Behr had an influence on German immigration before bringing his family to Texas in 1848. Having toured America in 1846, he published an ... 3882 Otto Brinkmann House 701 High Street The cottage was built in 1860 by German-born Otto Brinkmann (1832-1915), who lived here with his brothers until he married Marie Johanne Ochse in ...

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3956 Paul Ingenhuett Home 421 Eighth Street Young Paul Ingenhuett (b. 1868), born on this block, succeeded his father Peter Joseph in the mercantile business. Soon Paul expanded into farming, ... 3996 Peter Joseph Ingenhuett Homestead 812 High Street German immigrant Peter Joseph Ingenhuett (1833-1923) came to Texas and settled on a farm near Comfort in the 1850s. In 1861, he married Marie Karger ... 22466 Pinta Trail Crossing of the Guadalupe River Sisterdale THE DISTINCTIVE CROSSING OF THE PINTA TRAIL AT THE GUADALUPE RIVER BECAME AN IMPORTANT LANDMARK OF THE HILL COUNTRY FRONTIER. IN OCTOBER 1839, A ... 17601 Pinta Trail in Kendall County Ammann Road, north side, east of Sandy Oaks Drive (about 1.5 mi. E of SH 46) The Pinta Trail (Camino Pinta) was a natural pathway through the Hill Country, utilized by Native Americans and later linking to Spanish settlements ... 16064 Post Oak Spring Ranch Post Oak Spring Ranch, the Home, From 1861 to 1867, of George Wilkins Kendall, Born August 22, 1809, Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, Died Here October 21, 1867, Founder of the New Orleans Picayune, January 25, 1837, Chronicler of the Santa Fe Expedition, First Correspondent in the War Between the United States and Mexico, 1846-1848, to Send Personal Dispatches From the Battlefields, Printer, Journalist, Author, Farmer, Eminent in All Post Oak Spring Ranch, the Home, From 1861 to 1867, of George Wilkins Kendall, Born August 22, 1809, Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, Died Here October ...

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161 Rev. Andrew Jackson Potter 40300 IH 10 N. Frontage Road, to the left of the gate. Marker reported missing Jun. 1992. Map dot approximate. Replacement in progress.

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4440 Saint Helena's Episcopal Church 410 North Main Street The first Episcopal worship service in Kendall County was held in the Old Kuhfuss Hall in Boerne in 1873. St. Helena's congregation was organized ... 4484 Saint Peter's Catholic Church 800 Block South Main Street, Boerne In 1866 Bishop Claude M. Dubuis of Galveston sent a young French immigrant, Emil L. J. R. Fleury, to organize a congregation and build a church to ... 17823 Sisterdale Sisterdale Rd (FM 1376), W side, 0.1 mi. S of FM 473 Abundant natural resources and a well-traveled pathway made this area one of the earliest frontier Hill Country settlements. The Pinto Trail, an ... 12546 Staffel Family and the Staffel Store 334 S. Main St. German immigrant August Staffel arrived in Texas in 1852 and in due course made his way to Boerne, where he purchased property at this site in 1854. ... 5120 Stieler Ranch House at site, U.S. 87, 6 mile N of Comfort, Texas Designed and built 1890-1892 by Herman Stieler, German rock mason and local sheep rancher. He came from Germany; hauled freight for Charles Schreiner ...

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15 "Treue Der Union" between 2nd and 3rd Streets, High Street, between 2nd and 3rd, Comfort ("Loyalty to the Union") This German language monument, erected 1866, honors the memory of 68 men (mostly Germans) from this region who were loyal ... 5329 The Engel Store from Boerne take SH 46 about 10 miles to store in Bergheim - now called Bergheim General Store. A native of Austria, Andreas Engel (b. 1864) migrated to Texas in 1885. In 1900 he purchased land here and built a cotton gin, around which an agricultural ... 5343 The Gass Schmiede 8th and High Streets, Comfort This limestone-block building was built in 1890 as a blacksmith shop ("schmiede") for Jacob Gass (1845-1913). Rock mason J. Gottlieb Lorbeer worked ... 5353 The Hon. Samuel Boyd Patton FM 3351, 2.8 miles west of Kendalia, east side of highway right-of-way, west of Sansom Road and east of Curry Creek. There is another marker with the same title and similar inscription at his gravesite nearby on private property. Born in South Carolina in 1787, Samuel Boyd Patton moved to Tennessee as a youth. After serving in the war of 1812, he moved to Alabama, where he ... 18574 The Hon. Samuel Boyd Patton of FM 3351, 2.8. mi. W of Kendalia, on private property. There is another marker with the same title and similar inscription on FM 3351, E side near Sansom Road. Born in South Carolina in 1787, Samuel Boyd Patton moved to Tennessee as a youth. After serving in the war of 1812, he moved to Alabama, where he ... 5460 Theis House on Newton Alley behind 242 Main Street, Boerne This pioneer home was built in 1858 by German immigrant Phillip Jacob Theis (1809-1876), an early Kendall County blacksmith and wheelwright. The ... 5568 Tunnel of the Fredericksburg & Northern Railway at tunnel overlook, from Comfort take FM 473 east about 4 miles - turn N onto county road and continue about 9 miles to marker In 1913 area residents raised money to build a railroad linking Fredericksburg to San Antonio. The 920-foot tunnel beneath this hill increased the ...

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5660 Vogt-Clegg Log House **On Private Property** German immigrants Wilhelm (1826-1912) and Ernestine (1830-1907) Vogt built this house about 1860 as a one-room log structure. As their family of ...

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18072 W. G. Hughes SH 46, 0.1 mi. W of Maytum Pass The community of Hastings was established in the late 19th century with the settlement of immigrants from England coming to farm and ranch in Texas. ... 5719 Waring Schoolhouse 108 Avenue, Waring - from Comfort take IH-10 2 miles S, then FM 1621 5 miles E to Waring Anglo pioneers in a predominantly German-settled area built the west wing of this building in 1891. Land for this first public school was given by ... 12370 Welfare School 217 Waring-Welfare Rd. Built as a one-teacher school about 1878 to serve the rural Welfare community near Comfort, this building originally was located on the west side ... 16468 Weyrich Building 714 South Main Street Charles (Carl) Weyrich bought this lot in 1877, shortly after relocating from Gillespie County. Weyrich established himself as a tinsmith and married ... 23274 Wren Cemetery 50 Spring Creek Rd. Named for former enslaved African American Alex Wren (1838-1924) and his family, this cemetery is the final resting place for members of the Wren ...

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5925 Ye Kendall Inn 128 W. Blanco The center section of this vernacular Greek revival structure was built in 1859 as a home for Erastus and Sarah Reed, who had come to Boerne from ...