| Marker Number |
492 |
| Atlas Number |
5091000492 |
| Marker Title |
The Braschler House |
| Index Entry |
Braschler House |
| Address |
240 S. Kowald Ln. |
| City |
New Braunfels |
| County |
Comal |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
588588 |
| UTM Northing |
3287469 |
| Subject Codes |
Lutheran denomination; houses, residential buildings; stagecoach routes, stands, etc.; religious leaders; Presbyterian denomination |
| Marker Year |
1974 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
| Marker Location |
S. Kowald Ln., SW side 80 feet SE of Sophie Ln. on private property. |
| Private Property |
Yes |
| Marker Condition |
Access Restricted |
| Marker Size |
RTHL medallion and plate |
| Marker Text |
Built in 1854 by the Rev. Henry Braschler (b.1818 in Switzerland) who came to Texas in 1848 and served as pastor in nearby St. Martin Lutheran Church, 1852-57. Of caliche and cedar fachwerk, house was later enlarged and accordng to tradition, became a stage stop on Bastrop Road. In its family burial plot is grave of Maren Hander (b. 1805 in Denmark) great-grandmother of Ethel Geue and May Bourgeois, who bought the house in 1970 and restored it. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark -1974 |
