Ferdinand Lindheimer House, 491 South Comal Avenue, New Braunfels, Comal County, TX
Summary
Significance: About 1852 Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer, noted Texas botanist, built his home and office-print shop for the newspaper, Die Neue Braunfelser Zeitung. In this area this is the best-preserved early house that is constructed for the medieval-type, heavy-timber framing (Fachwerk). It was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1967 and approved for the National Register in 1971.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-73
Survey number: HABS TX-374
Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000744
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
New Braunfels (Tex.), 29.70061, -98.11845
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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