National Register of Historic Places - Texas (TX), Kendall County

Kendall County Texas has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Treue Der Union Monument, Comfort Historic District, Kendall County Courthouse and Jail, Kendall Inn and Treue Der Union Monument.

The famous person Ferdinand Herff is associated with one of more of the Kendall County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Kendall County places including unknown, J.C. & Wadsworth W.L. Rountree, Erastus Reed, Alfred Giles, Charles A. R. Campbell, Otto Brinkmann, Dionicio Rodriguez and Eugen Voelcker. Prominent architectural styles found in Kendall Country are Classical Revival, Gothic and Greek Revival.

Brinkmann, Otto, House (added 1977 - - #77001457)

701 High St. , Comfort

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Brinkmann,Otto

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Comfort Historic District (added 1979 - - #79002989)

TX 27 , Comfort

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling, Village Site

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling, Village Site

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Comfort Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2004 - - #04000911)

Roughly bounded by TX 27. Lindner Ave., Cypress Creek, First St., and Front St., , Comfort

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Giles, Alfred, et.al.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Fire Station, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, School, Storage, Theater

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Business, Fire Station, Meeting Hall, School, Single Dwelling, Storage, Theater

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Dienger, Joseph, Building (added 1984 - - #84001901)

106 W. Blanco Rd. , Boerne

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

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Gazebo for Alber Steves (added 2004 - - #04001171)

Also known as Gazebo at Haven River Inn

105 FM 473, at east portion of property , Comfort

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rodriguez, Dionicio

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Art

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

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Herff-Rozelle Farm (added 2009 - - #09000983)

Also known as Herff Farm;Rozelle Farm, Ellezor Acres

33 Heroff Rd. , Boerne

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Historic Person:

Herff, Ferdinand

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Conservation Area

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Hygieostatic Bat Roost (added 1983 - - #83003144)

E of Comfort , Comfort

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Campbell,Charles A. R.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Multiple

Significant Year:

1918

Area of Significance:

Science, Architecture, Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility

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Kendall County Courthouse and Jail (added 1980 - - #80004138)

Public Sq. , Boerne

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Gothic

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility, Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Correctional Facility, Courthouse

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Kendall Inn (added 1976 - - #76002045)

Off U.S. 87 , Boerne

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rountree, J.C. & Wadsworth W.L., Reed,Erastus

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Work In Progress

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Sisterdale Valley District (added 1975 - - #75001996)

SR 1376 , Sisterdale

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Military, Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Military Facility, Resort, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Treue Der Union Monument (added 1978 - - #78002966)

Also known as Civil War Monument;Union Monument;Nueces Battlefield Monumen

High St. , Comfort

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Funerary, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Garden, Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Funerary, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Garden, Graves/Burials

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Voelcker-Sueltenfuss House (added 2017 - - #100001722)

82 Swede Springs Rd., Boerne

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Voelcker, Eugen

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1861-1861 AD