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505 West San Antonio Street Purchased in 1883 by Richard Gerlich from Heinrich Hoeke (originally granted by the German Emigration Company). The wood frame house remains intact with an addition in the rear. The standing seam tin roof and windows are original. Now a bed and breakfast.    

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302 West San Antonio Street This station was an active passenger and freight depot for the International & Great Northern Railroad until it was abandoned in 1982. It is now a city-owned building. The New Braunfels Historic Railroad & Modelers Society restored it and now operates a museum here. The museum currently has a locomotive, […]

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290 W. San Antonio St. Since 1845, the performing arts have been the heartbeat of New Braunfels. Across the decades, drama and music have echoed throughout the Hill Country landscape, creating a need for dance halls and opera houses, theatres, and saloons. Showcasing a wealth of talent both local and imported, these structures have entertained […]

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290 West San Antonio Street The BRAUNTEX Theatre first opened in downtown New Braunfels in January 1942. Pearl Harbor had just been bombed, and the United States was at war. Harold Ward was a manager of the theatre during the 1950s. Other old-time employees included Chris Mosley, also a manager, and Florie Bush. There were […]

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264/270 West San Antonio Street Edison Victrolas and other merchandise for the home were sold here. Johann Henne arrived in 1845, when his son Louis was 5. Louis ran the business after his father’s death. He was 17 years old when he took over. Now a retail shop.  

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246 West San Antonio Street This is the oldest running hardware business in Texas. Louis Henne, Jr. founded his business in 1857, which he expanded with the construction of this building in 1893. The two-story building, constructed by local contractor Christian Herry, includes a full basement with a 46-foot deep well. Original wooden floors, pressed […]

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239 West San Antonio Street This two-story brick building originally housed a bakery on the first floor and living quarters for the Plumeyer family on the second floor. Now the New Braunfels Art League Gallery.    

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265 West San Antonio Street Brothers Louis and Otto Seekatz constructed the Seekatz Opera House in the early 1900s. Home to much more than opera, the theater played host to a wide variety of traveling entertainment, quickly making Seekatz Opera House the center of entertainment and social activity. It would remain the premier event, meeting, […]

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297 W. San Antonio St. In 1879, when the International and Great Northern Railroad bought property here to build a depot, the future of New Braunfels was sealed! The first passenger train arrived in 1880. A few years later, a young woman, Helen Gould, daughter of  railroad magnate Jay Gould, came here to visit the […]

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131 South Hill Avenue The New Braunfels Volunteer Fire Department was organized June 6, 1886. The old fire station is now a museum featuring antique fire trucks and fire-fighting equipment used by the early firemen. Tour appointments are made at the fire station next door. Built on original Town Lot 122, this fire station was […]

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