From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Comal County Courthouse
Comal County Courthouse
Comal County Courthouse The Comal County Courthouse is located in New Braun-
fels in the U.S. state of Texas. It was added to the National
U.S. National Register of Historic Places Register of Historic Places in Comal County, Texas in 1976
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in
1993.[2]
Comal County has had two courthouses. The first was
designed by Wilhelm Thielepape and completed circa
1860, but had deteriorated in condition by the late
1890s.[3] The current Romanesque Revival style court-
house was designed by James Riely Gordon and complet-
ed in 1898 by contractors Fischer and Lamie. Gordon,
along with another San Antonio architect Albert Felix
Beckmann, [4] submitted bids to replace the courthouse
designed by Thielepape. In addition to reviewing the
bids, the county commissioners traveled to Gonzales to
assess the architectural quality of the Gonzales County
Courthouse, a work designed by Gordon and completed
in in 1896.[5]
Although the current structure has been somewhat
modernized, and the original roof replaced, the basic
structure remains the same. At the entrance, the original
wood door has been replaced by a modernized glass and
aluminum door. The exterior is of native limestone, and
the southwest main two-story circular entrance balcony
is supported by pink granite columns. The rear entrances
have three-story quarter-circular bays. The ironwork on
the interior centralized open stairway is the original.
Atop the three-story building is a corniced stone tow-
er.[6][5]
Comal County Courthouse
References
Location: 150 N Seguin
New Braunfels, Texas [1] "National Register Information System". National
Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
Coordinates: 29°42′12″N 98°7′29″W / 29.70333°N 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/
98.12472°W / 29.70333;
docs/All_Data.html.
-98.12472Coordinates: 29°42′12″N
98°7′29″W / 29.70333°N 98.12472°W / [2] "THC-RTHL". Texas Historical Commission.
29.70333; -98.12472 http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/
viewform.asp?atlas_num=5091000987&site_name=Comal+County+
Built: 1899
Retrieved 4 September 2011.
Architect: James Riely Gordon [3] "Thielepape". Texas Historical Commission.
http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/
Architectural style: Romanesque Revival
viewform.asp?atlas_num=4301000147&site_name=Comal+County+
Governing body: Comal County Retrieved 4 September 2011.
NRHP Reference#: 76002017[1] [4] "Albert Felix Beckmann". Handbook of Texas Online.
Texas State Historical Association.
Significant dates http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/
Added to NRHP: December 12, 1976 articles/fbe94. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
[5] ^ "NRHP Comal County". Texas Historical
Designated RTHL: 1993
Commission. http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/
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viewform.asp?atlas_num=2076002017&site_name=Comal+County+Courthouse&class=2001.
Retrieved 6 September 2011. NewBraunfelsTx2ComalCountyCourthouse.htm.
[6] "TE-Comal Courthouse". Blueprints For Travel, Retrieved 6 September 2011.
LLC.. http://www.texasescapes.com/
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Categories:
• Buildings and structures in Comal County, Texas
• County courthouses in Texas
• National Register of Historic Places in Texas
• Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks
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