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Upcoming Activities in/around Comfort:
2019-12-07 | | Comfort | | | | Chili Cook-Off | | | Golden Age Center will host an auction, bake sale and chili |
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The beginnings of Comfort - Event in/near Comfort | Click photo to enlarge
 Photo Credit: Jay Pennington click to their website |
The beginnings of Comfort The town was laid out by Ernst Hermann Altgelt along the banks of the Cypress Creek above its confluence with the Guadalupe River. Freemasons, freethinkers, and political activists from Bettina and Sisterdale settled the area. The town was a center of Union sentiment during the Civil War and lost many young men at the battle of the Nueces in 1862. | |
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High Street Guesthouse -04- - in/near Comfort |
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High Street Guesthouse This home was built in 1906 for William and Henrietta Bianchi Felbaum. William was the Postmaster for Comfort. He was the son of G. Felbaum who owned the circa 1866 house next door. Both houses remain in the family. The six owners are the children of Paul & Florence Felbaum Dreiss. They are Tina Dreiss Bohnert, Debbie Dreiss Wilke, Carol Dreiss Thomas, Kane Morgan, Ron Morgan and Paul Dreiss, III. They have kept the original charm and workmanship of longleaf pine floors, high ceilings, clawfoot bathtubs and sturdy wooden walls. They have converted this 112-year-old home to a very charming guesthouse, which sleeps up to 8 people. It consists of a front porch, living room, dining room, beautiful updated island kitchen, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Collectibles and antiques fill the guesthouse, along with numerous games and TVs that are available for guests. This early 1900s home is located on High Street in the center of Comfort and is close to shops, restaurants, event centers and local wine bars. A walking tour of downtown will delight the guests and allow them to visit many buildings with historical markers. Click here to read more about it...
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Mimi`s Sunday House -04- - in/near Comfort |
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Mimi`s Sunday House This charming guesthouse is one of the original homes in Comfort, built around 1860. The home was built for Henry Schwethelm and his young bride. It was constructed with fachwerk walls and consisted of three rooms with 12-foot-high ceilings. The lovely long leaf pine floors and sturdy walls are standing today under lapboard in the original home’s walls. The original fachwerk is visible in the kitchen and dining area and around the exterior back door. Current owners are John and Amy Murphy Morran of Austin, Texas.
After World War II, Henry Clay HC and Edna Biermann Murphy purchased the home and moved in with their three children Colleen, Ross and Randolph. They operated Murphy’s Magnolia Service Station where “The Drug Shop” is now located on Hwy 27. The Murphys enlarged their home by enclosing the front porch to add two bedrooms for their children. The Morrans remodeled the home and added a large glass walk-in shower, and a small kitchenette. Owners, John and Amy Murphy Morran Amy is a granddaughter of H.C and Edna Murphy, gathered their memorabilia items and ideas and created “Mimi’s Sunday House”. They crafted a collage of her grandmother Mimi’s store ledgers. Recipe names of Mimi’s delicious after-school treats are imprinted on a picture-board, that is located on the dining area’s fachwerk wall. Of interest is an antique bed, handmade in Comfort, that has slats going lengthwise instead of crosswise. Lovely, colorful family heirloom quilts and an embroidered sampler add unique charm to this cozy cottage guesthouse.
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Surry on High Street -------- - in/near Comfort |
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Surry on High Street Is this Comfort`s First Taxi?
Can anyone identify the logo on side of carriage in front of Doebbler Blacksmith Shop?....
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Rudolph Allerkamp Store being built 1908 Comfort 1908-- - in/near Comfort |
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Rudolph Allerkamp Store being built 1908 Comfort Rudolph Allerkamp Store being built 1908-1909 - In picture left to right, unknown, unknown, Richard Schladoer, Eddy Allerkamp, Henry Allerkamp, Richard Doebbler, Rudolph Allerkamp - building the Allerkamp Store on High St., in Comfort. Click here to read more about it...
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The Holekamp Guest Haus 2018-04- - in/near Comfort |
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The Holekamp Guest Haus This large charming residence was built in 1910 by Mrs. Emilie Hugo of San Antonio. Oral history states this was a Sears & Roebuck Company pre-fabricated home. It was delivered in pieces and assembled by their craftsmen. The stated cost was $5,000. In 1919, Otto Holekamp bought the house, and it stayed in the family until 1976, and it was sold to Roy Matter. Later in 2003, it was purchased by John & Mary Straley. They renovated the home and added 6 private bathrooms for each of the 6 bedrooms and ran a Bed and Breakfast. Current owners, Joe and Ella Gay, are revamping the 108-year-old home, and they plan to continue the guesthouse under the name “Holekamp Guest Haus”.
The home, consisting of long leaf pine floors and high ceilings, was built for a large family and their guests. This Sears & Roebuck kit home, shows the original façade, consisting of hints of both Moorish and Victorian design features with bay windows on each side surmounted by gable details. It has a massive central dormer echoing similar gable details. The home consists of 2 stories, a basement, 3 fireplaces and a porte cochere attached covered drive-thru for carriages. The residence also boasts a large updated kitchen, butler’s pantry, owners’ suite and a large utility store room. Beautiful period chandeliers and lighting fixtures adorn each room. Large ornately carved armoires and unique beds enhance the grandeur and mystique in the six large bedrooms. The second floor affords an imposing view of Comfort and the surrounding hills from both the inside and the side balcony above the porte cochere.
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Perserverance Mill -- - in/near Comfort |
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| Texas Historical Markers in/near Comfort
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Arno Schwethelm Building - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Col. Bettie Edmonds
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August Faltin Building - Marker in/near Comfort |

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Brownsboro Cemetery - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Natalie Morgan
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Comfort Community Church - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Bryden Moon
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Comfort Community Theatre - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Bryden Moon
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Comfort Post Office - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Bryden Moon
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Faltin Homestead - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne)
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Ferdinand Hohenberger Farmstead - Marker in/near Comfort |

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Freidenker (Nineteenth Century Freethinkers) - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Bryden Moon
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Hanisch House - Marker in/near Comfort |

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Hermann and Antoine Ingenhuett Homestead - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Bryden Moon
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Hygieostatic Bat Roost - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne)
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Idlewilde Lodge - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: U.S. Army
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Ingenhuett-Faust Hotel - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne)
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Ingenhuett-Karger Saloon - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Bryden Moon
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Karger Building - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Bryden Moon
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Ludwig Hein Home - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Bryden Moon
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Meyer Hotel Complex - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne)
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Otto Brinkmann House - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne)
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Paul Ingenhuett Home - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Col. Bettie Edmonds
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Peter Joseph Ingenhuett Homestead - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Bryden Moon
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Rice Home - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Col. Bettie Edmonds
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Stieler Ranch House - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne)
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The Gass Schmiede - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne)
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Treue Der Union (Loyalty to the Union) - Marker in/near Comfort |
 Photo Credit: Dietert Historical Archives - Patrick Heath Public Library (Boerne)
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Tunnel of the Fredericksburg & Northern Railway - Marker in/near Comfort |

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