National Register of Historic Places

Brinkmann, Otto, House

Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
Listed
December 12, 1977
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
77001457

About this property

The Otto Brinkmann House in Comfort, Texas, United States, was built in 1861 by Otto Brinkmann. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1976 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is a one-story two-room house of fachwerk construction. It is a German method of timber framing with diagonal bracing members at corners and openings. It includes 6 inches (150 mm) by 6 inches (150 mm) cypress corner posts and top plates, with other timbers of 4 inches (100 mm) by 4 inches (100 mm) size. Timbers are joined by mortise and tenon joints. Timbers on its front facade are exposed. The house was modified in 1899 by addition of a framed lean-to along its rear facade. It was built, and lived in, by German immigrant carpenter Otto Brinkman, who was born in Hoexter, Westphalia in 1932. He completed an apprenticeship to a cabinet-maker in Germany before coming to the U.S. in 1852.

Location

701 High St.
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas
29.96801, -98.90926

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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Nearby Battles

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When was Brinkmann, Otto, House listed on the National Register?

Brinkmann, Otto, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1977.

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Brinkmann, Otto, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Brinkmann, Otto, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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