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Breustedt Kitchen

New Braunfels, Comal County

Marker Text

Hand-hewn limestone structure floored with wide pipe boards nailed to squared cedar sleepers lying flat on ground; ceilings of adobe and grass plaster on split cedar lath; hand-wrought hinges hang unique casement windows. Stone-lined well. Built in 1860s as detached kitchen for home of Johann Andreas Breustedt (b.1827) and wife Caroline (Dauer) and nine sons and daughters. After removal of house, kitchen was restored (In 1968) by the Ray Whipple family. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1973

Marker Details

Address 1370 Church Hill Drive
Location Description Heritage Village, Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture
Marker # 502
Dedicated 1973
Size, Type Medallion and plate
Code buildings
Latitude, Longitude 29.708969, -98.096422

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