Comfort was founded by a group of German immigrants in 1854. By 1856, there were enough children in the area to warrant a public school …
Comfort Schools
February 2022
Comfort State Bank Bldg
Marker #29 – 1988 Constructed in 1907 for Alex Brinkmann, this building housed the Comfort State Bank until 1960. Local stonemason Richard Doebbler is credited …
Comfort Community Theater
Marker #999 – 1983 The need for a permanent civic center led Comfort business leaders to form a corporation to raise funds for its construction. …
Freidenker (Nineteenth Century Freethinkers)
Marker #11673 – 2000 From 1845 to 1861, a number of German Freidenker (“Freethinkers”) immigrated to the Texas hill country. Freethinkers were German intellectuals who …
Comfort Post Office
Marker #1000 – From 1856, when Comfort’s postal station was established, until this building was constructed in 1910, the town’s post office was housed in …
Arno Schwethelm Building
The Arno Schwethelm Memorial Building was constructed in 1916, in the heart of Comfort’s business district, on the corner of 7th and High Streets. Designed …
Comfort Community Church
Marker #998 – 1986 Dedicated in 1892, this Gothic revival building first served the Deutsche Evangelische Gemeinde (German Evangelical Congregation), founded the previous year by …
Karger Building
Marker #15936 – 2009 Ernst Karger (1861-1922), who owned and operated a saloon on the adjoining property, had this building constructed in 1913. Fritz Anderwald’s …
Comfort Volunteer Fire Department
Since 1912, the Comfort Volunteer Fire department has protected Comfort and the surrounding areas. „Comfort VFD was founded on October 3, 1912 by a group …
Ludwig Hein Home
Marker #3145 – 1987 Ludwig Hein (1855-1933) came to Texas from Germany in 1877. He married Rosa Treiber of Waring and built this home for …