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Evandberg Orphanage, Evandberg Avenue & Guadalupe River Vicinity, New Braunfels, Comal County, TX

Evandberg Orphanage, Evandberg Avenue & Guadalupe River Vicinity, New Braunfels, Comal County, TX

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Summary

Significance: The building is historically significant because it housed the first orphanage in the State of Texas. It is architecturally significant because it was a representative example of the "second" houses built by German emigrants (the first houses were log cabins).
Survey number: HABS TX-3145
Building/structure dates: ca. 1848 Initial Construction

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Location

New Braunfels (Tex.)29.70300, -98.12445
Google Map of 29.7030024, -98.1244531
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Library of Congress
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