Tour Category: Walking
228 South Seguin Avenue This Greek Revival home was built as a wedding gift from Franz Moreau for his daughter and son-in-law, Carl W. Groos, a surveyor who would later become Texas Land Commissioner. Now an office building.
240 South Seguin Avenue One the most historical inns of Texas. San Antonio architect Harvey P. Smith designed the building, which was constructed at a cost of $120,343. This hotel was originally known as the Traveler’s Hotel, built by Walter Sipple in the Italian Renaissance Revival style.
260 South Seguin Avenue This lovely Late Victorian – Queen Anne style home was built for Walter Faust, one of New Braunfels’ founders. It was acquired by the First Protestant Church in the 1950s and remodeled in the 1980s for use as a teaching facility. Now known as Heritage House.
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 […]
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 […]
305 South Seguin Avenue Originally a two-story home built by Senator Joseph Faust. In 1905 Senator Faust had the third story added, along with the porches and bricks. After the death of Senator Faust, the property was relocated to its current site to allow the Traveler’s Hotel (Faust Hotel) to be built. The bricks had […]
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.
251 South Seguin Avenue This adobe brick and cedar beam home is situated on a lot that was deeded to colonist Christoph Luentzel. It was first built in 1850 by Heinrich Bevenroth and enlarged by later owners Heinrich C. Pohlmann, Mrs. Elisabeth Gehrung, Edmond Schramm, and August Pursch. Now an office building.
221 South Seguin Avenue This Victorian building has served as a general store as well as specialty retail stores and service operations. There is a private residence on the second floor. This building housed Mesker Brothers Iron Works of St. Louis, Missouri, and George L. Mesker Company of Evansville, Indiana, who specialized in ornamental sheet-metal […]