Archives: Tours
296 South Seguin Avenue The founders of New Braunfels held their first church service the first day they arrived to their new home—Good Friday, March 21, 1845. A year later the settlers built a log church on the same site. In 1875, this church of cut limestone from the Landa Quarry was erected near the […]
390 S Seguin Ave The life-sized bronze statue stands in front of the Civic/Convention Center. Prince Carl of Solms Braunfels was a German prince and military officer who served as commissioner general of the first colony that the society, known as the Adlesverien, established in Texas. He arrived on Texas soil on July 1, 1844, […]
480 South Seguin Ave. Wilhelm Schmidt, a wheelright, built carriages and displayed them in this brick building. Now an office building.
494 South Seguin Ave. Johann Jahn was among the first settlers of New Braunfels. He became a renowned furniture maker in the ensuing decades, his reputation spreading to New York. After his death, his son and grandson built this building and continued the business of fine hand-crafted furniture until the 1930s. Some pieces by Johann […]
453 South Seguin Ave This lot changed hands six times from 1852-1882, with two of those occurring at 10am on 1/2/1882. Anselm Eiband finally built a small Victorian house for his sister on the lot. No ownership changes occurred again until the late 1890s. Now an office building.
447 South Seguin Ave. The elegant, early modern home of Anselm Eiband was restored in the late 1980s and the interior redesigned to serve as office space for Hoffmann Financial.
421 South Seguin Ave. Built by the city’s first physician, Dr. Theodore Koester, this is one of the city’s most impressive historic homes, with three stories, 15 rooms, and 18-inch limestone walls. This mid-19th century house, constructed in the new Anglo-American vernacular, also included a kitchen, basement, dumbwaiter, and other architectural innovations for the time […]
353 South Seguin Avenue German immigrant farmers and field workers would join together for social activities here. Duckpin bowling became quite popular. The lanes for the bowling alley still exist today, but are now used as a dance floor. Other popular activities at the social club were billiards and card games, especially the card game […]
283 South Seguin Avenue A furniture company since its construction by local contractor, A. Moeller. This wonderful building contains original pressed tin ceilings, maple strip floors, hand-painted tile entrance, wood staircase, and a hand-operated Otis freight elevator. Now Johnson Furniture.
275 South Seguin Avenue Built by A. Moeller and owned by his brother Ed Moeller, this café and bus station features the southwestern style of stucco and hollow tile. The front façade has been remodeled with the addition of a modern canopy. Now Celebrations.