Community-Boerne

Community-Boerne

Boerne, the county seat of Kendall County, was platted in 1852. Gustav Theissen bought 1100 acres of land and his friend John James platted the townsite on the north side of Cibolo Creek. August Staffel opened the first Post Office and stagecoach stop at his home at the edge of the creek. He had stables for the horses to be changed or refreshed. On the creek east of the Staffel establishment William Dietert built a dam to power a sawmill and gristmill. William sent for his younger brother, Heinrich, to join him in his business enterprise. Heinrich built his home on the south side of the creek near the dam.

The pioneers used the abundant limestone for building homes and businesses although there we notice that there were many wooden structures built for quick usage. These wooden buildings were easily destroyed if a fire started.

The first school was probably in a log house located near the location of the later 1870's two room limestone school building.

The first Church in Boerne was St. Peter Catholic Church built about 1867 on a hill south of Cibolo Creek and actually outside of town at that time.

Boerne became known as a health and vacation meca and as a result many hotels were opened. These were large homelike structures with many bedrooms, a large dining room and parlors. The Boerne Hotel (Kendall Inn) and the St. James may have been the only ones actually built for the purpose of being a hotel. The Kendall Inn grew from a stagecoach inn to a hotel. The Vogt Hotel, the Schertz Hotel, the O'Grady House were private homes opened to the public because of the need. Trains brought week-end visitors to the town from San Antonio.

BOERNE RURAL AREA BUILDINGS & HOUSES
BUILDING NAME STREET ADDRESS
Ranger Creek Drive
Schwarz-Reed House 330 Ammann Rd.
Pfeiffer-Muller House 100 Ranger Drive
Theis (Jacob) House 107 Ranger Creek Rd.
Scenic Loop Road
Adam-Ferdinandsen-Mutchler House Scenic Loop Road
Adam-Canavan House/ Scenic Loop Rd.
Clines-Plunkett House Scenic Loop Road
Old San Antonio Road
Barrett Land 41 Old San Antonio Rd
Bremer-Wall House Old San Antonio Rd.
Wernette-McGinnis House Old San Antonio Road
Suitsus (John Herff House) 113 Old San Antonio Rd
Roy Maas Alternative Center 121 Old San Antonio Rd.
Howard House Old San Antonio Rd.
Spanish Pass
Weems-Veley House 35 Spanish Pass
Highway I10 W
Becker (Allen) House 37215 IH10 W
Highway 46W
Hughes Ranch Hwy.46 W
Stephenson-Gremmel-Davis House Hwy 46 W
Lower Balcones Rd.
Perrin (Charles) House Lower Balcones Rd.
Upper Balcones Rd.
Holmgreen-Roberts-Groves Upper Balcones Rd.
Cole (Jonathon) Ranch Upper Balcones Rd.
Wendler (Adolph) House 543 Upper Balcones Rd.
Schweppe-Miller Cabin Upper Balcones Road
Highway 474
Poco Loco Ranch 800 Hwy 474
Asher House FM 474
Guadalupe River Ranch F.M. 474, near Boerne
Highway 46E
Chapman House Hwy 46E
Upper Cibolo Rd.
Bergmann (Charles) House Upper Cibolo Rd.
Cole (Charles) Ranch Upper Cibolo Rd.
Potschernick-Herbst House Upper Cibolo Road
Highway 87
Pfeiffer (Ernst) House Hwy. 87
Windwood Estates, Bexar County
Monken-McCord House Windwood Estates, Bexar County
IH10 W
Calvert House IH10 W
Schattenberg (Gustav) House IH 10 W
Winn Log Cabin IH10 W
Vogt-Smothers House IH10 W
Shooting Club Road
Wollschlaeger-Mergele House Shooting Club Road
Toepperwein Rd
Toepperwein-Kohls Barn Toepperwein Rd

This page updated Jan. 19, 2011


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Early in the 20th century Boerne joined the modern world in adding electricity, telephones and telegraph to its services. The town was incorporated in 1909 and became a city operating under an aldermanic form of Government. In May 1912 the City Council granted permission to build the first low water concrete bridge across Cibolo Creek. It was 1920 before the Main Street was hard topped.

Source: Kendall County Historical Commission, A History of Kendall County Texas: Rivers, Ranches, Railroads, Recreation, Dallas, Tx., Taylor Publishing Co., 1984.


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BOERNE BUILDINGS & HOUSES
BUILDING NAME STREET ADDRESS
FABRA
Rechenthin-Wilkinson House 439 Fabra Street
Calrow-Cunningham House 431 Fabra Street
SCHOOL
Phillip-Hardy House 208 N. School St.
Phillip-Hollon House 220 N. School St.
Harz-Johns-Sims House 927 N. School Street
Toepperwein-Sims House 927A N. School Street
HILLVIEW LANE
Insall-LeBleu House 4 Hillview Lane
Sherrill House 8 Hillview Lane
Voges (Edgar-Anna) House 9 Hillview Lane
Adam-Kirschke House &Garage 10 Hillview Lane
ADLER
Staffel-Adler Rackley 520 E. Adler St.
Ramsey-Morris House 521 E. Adler St.
Pressler Smokehouse 522 E. Adler St.
Boerne Community Center 820 Adler St. @ Plant
N. MAIN
LeBleu-Davis House 806 N. Main St.
Adler-Miller House 804 N. Main St.
FREDERICK
Saner-Vasquez House 212 W. Frederick
N. MAIN
Glassel-Howell House 726 N. Main
Ebensberger, (George) 725 N. Main St.
Potter-Kneupper 725A N. Main St.
Potter-Schwarz 723 N. Main St.
Gray (Alfred & Edith) 720 N. Main
Foote-Hawkins 717 N. Main
Leesch-Harz-Goodall House 712 N. Main
Wilke, (Gus) House 704 N. Main
Ebensberger, (George) 725 N. Main St.
Potter-Kneupper 725A N. Main St.
Potter-Schwarz 723 N. Main St.
NORTH
Henkel-Schwarz House 117 North Street
N. MAIN
McQuinn-Lang Building 624 N. Main
Bierschwale-White House 616 N. Main
Toepperwein (A.S.)-Wilcox House 612 N. Main
Beseler-Jones House 604 N. Main
Richter-Neal House 601 N. Main
SCHLEICHER
Beseler-Klar House 118 Schleicher
Clemens (Gladys) House 122 Schleicher
Pfeiffer-Agold House 204 Schleicher
LIVE OAK
Toepperwein-Baggs House 514 Live Oak St.
Schwarz (Adolph & Anna) 318 Live Oak
King-Titsworth-Faulkner 308 Live Oak
Henkel-Birkner (Otto) 311 Live Oak
Bliss-Saunders-Titsworth House 210 Live Oak
JOHNS ROAD
Boerne Middle School 240 W. Johns Rd
Minnich (Ignatz) House Johns Rd.
Bower (Gus)/Schwope House Johns Road
Tusculum Johns Rd
Lex Sanitarium and Home Johns Rd. and IH 10
N. MAIN
Beseler-Harz 518 N. Main
Kuhfuss-Schweppe House 515 N. Main
Schwarz-Gremmel-McGinnis 508 N. Main
St. Marys Sanitarium Across from Episcopal Church, N. Main
Holy Angel Academy Across from Episcopal Church, N. Main
New City Campus (Patrick Heath Library) Across from Episcopal Church, N. Main
ROCK
Vogt-Janensch-Ellis House 108 Rock St.
Massey-Rozelle House 121 Rock St
N. MAIN
St. Helena Episcopal Church 410 N. Main
Lohmann Rent House Moved to 128 W. Blanco
Smokehouse 372 N. Main
Waldeck Grocery/Farmer's Meat Market 342 N. Main
RYAN
Hilltop Hotel/Nursing Home 200 E. Ryan
Hilltop/CareChoice Nursing Home 200 E. Ryan
Dr. Wright's Sanitarium 200 E. Ryan
N. MAIN
Bigs Store 323 N. Main
Carstanjen-Luckenbach 264 N. Main
James Hotel-Jefferson State Bank 211 N. Main
Reimer House 229 N. Main
James Hotel- 211 N. Main
Dienger (Joseph) Building 210 N. Main
Boerne Public Library 210 N. Main
Sill Service Station 103 N. Main
W. BLANCO
Mercantile Building 128 W. Blanco
Kendall Inn 128 W. Blanco
MAIN PLAZA
Old Fire Station-Pool-Chamber Main Plaza
Main Plaza Main Plaza
W. SAN ANTONIO
Gill House 115 W. San Antonio St.
Burch House-Sunnyside Hotel 117 W. San Antonio St.
YOALANA
Schwarz (Charles) House 202 Yoalana St.
E. BLANCO
Verizon Telephone Building 112 E. Blanco
Nickels Home-Kendall County 114 E. Blanco
Schuetz Home 208 E. Blanco
Holekamp (Selma) Home 210 E. Blanco
Taylor/HNB Mortgage 216 E. Blanco
Kuebel Home-Law Office 302 E. Blanco
SAUNDERS
Hollon Building-Kendall County Abstract 103-105 N. Saunders
Watts-Sprayberry House 108 Saunders St.
Watts-Pfeiffer Carpentry 109 Saunders St.
Watt-Pfeiffer House 114 Saunders St.
Offer House-Kannon Homes 211 Saunders St.
E. BLANCO
Jungmichel-Jody's Hair Salon 311 E. Blanco
Theis Smokehouse 401 E. Blanco
Kuhlman-King House 402 E. Blanco
Graham (Henry J.) Building 402 E. Blanco
Old Boerne Schoolhouse/Office 402 E. Blanco
Boerne School-Utilities-City 402 E. Blanco
McDonald-Rental House 403 E. Blanco
Library-Boerne Police Station 402 E. Blanco
Thornton Offices 507 E. Blanco
Bridleman Land Co. 513 E. Blanco
Koch-Tynes-Pratt House-Coyle 512 E. Blanco
Shopping Strip-Morrell Jewelry 518 E. Blanco
Uecker House-UPS 608 E. Blanco
Schwarz, (Marvin) House 616 E. Blanco
Boerne Post Office 607 E. Blanco
STAHL
Dunbar-Richter-Williams House 116 E. Stahl St.
E. BLANCO
Baker Builders 706 E. Blanco
Schmidt House 710 E. Blanco
Bike Shop 802 E. Blanco
Bail Bonds 806 E. Blanco
Quik Pantry 818 E. Blanco
Masonic Lodge #897 897 E. Blanco
PLANT
Phillip (Julius) House 116 N. Plant
Vogt-Clegg Log House 221 S. Plant
Hofheinz (Max)-Deiley House 512 S. Plant
E. BLANCO
Boerne Community Theater 907 E. Blanco
Zinsmeister House 1002 E. Blanco
E. SAN ANTONIO
Blacksmith Shop Back part of 104 E. San Antonio
Lehman Bldg.-Artwork 104 E. San Antonio
Lehmann Building-Insurance 108 E. San Antonio
Lehmann Bldg.-Callaway Company Realtors 112 E. San Antonio
Lane-Exxon-Mobil Gas Station 123 N. Main
Travel Bug 107 E. San Antonio
McQuinn Hardware & Building Materials 201 E. San Antonio.
Kendall County Courthouse (New) 201 E. San Antonio
Kendall County Courthouse (Old) 204 E. San Antonio
Kendall County Jail 208 E. San Antonio
CommissaryBldg.-Ag. Extension Service 208 E. San Antonio
Theis (Henry) House 402 E. San Antonio
Jungmichel-Keith House 310 E. San Antonio
Harz (Adolph - Ida) House 410 E. San Antonio
Phillip (Joe) House 409 E. San Antonio
Kemp House 407 E. San Antonio
S. MAIN
Lavalee House 117 S. Main St.
Opera House-Plaza Theater 101 S. Main St.
Reinhard-Lang Building 103-105 S. Main St.
Carstanjen Building 106 S. Main St.
Calrow Building-Post Office 100 Block S. Main St.
Boerne State Bank-Benefit Planners Building 100 Block S. Main St.
Confectionary Shop-Bakery 100 S. Main St.
Gilliat-Gray Buildings 106-136 S. Main St.
Vogt (Eddie) Building 146 S. Main St.
Kuhfuss-Gilliat Building 129-133 S. Main St.
Beseler-Oeffinger Building 143 S. Main St.
Richter (Arno) Building 153 S. Main St.
William Ziegler Building 179 S. Main St.
Wilke-Surrey Village Shops 189 S. Main St.
Wilke-Roberts Drug Store 195 S. Main St.
Vogt Hotel 200 S. Main St.
Fabra Smokehouse and Store 202 S. Main St.
Adam Building-Citizen State Bank 210 S. Main St.
Adam-Pegram-Rash House 210 S. Main St.
ROSEWOOD
Ebensberger Funeral Home 111 E. Rosewood
Dr. Gregory House 113 E. Rosewood
Campbell (Jim &Emmie) House/Sherrill Appraisers 117 E. Rosewood
Richter (Meta) House 119 E. Rosewood
Tucker-Lattimore House 124 E. Rosewood
Fabra (Henry) House 125 E. Rosewood
Kuhfuss-Saunders House 126 E. Rosewood
Dugosh House 203 E. Rosewood
Gremmel-Davis House 207 E. Rosewood
St. John Lutheran Church 217 E. Rosewood
TURNER
Haag-Rechenthin-Osborn House 220 E. Rosewood @ Turner
Houghton-Blatchford 113 Turner
Nooe-Davis-Bourgeois House 421 Turner
Lester-Watson House 437 Turner
Weber (Fritz) House 431 Turner
ROSEWOOD
Bouther House 315 E. Rosewood
Fincke Welding 500 Block E. Rosewood
Boerne Railroad Depot was at Rosewood & Ebner
Beckmann Pressed Tin Building 621 E. Rosewood
S. MAIN
Becker House Hotel/ 211 S. Main St.
Adler, (H.O.)-Bergmann Lumber 236 S. Main St.
Bergmann Office Building 242 S. Main St.
Adler Bakery/Bergmann Building 262 S. Main St.
Theis Haus Museum 100 Newton Alley
Olde Towne 263 S. Main St.
Ort-Krause Buildings 263 S. Main St.
Theis Garage-Holekamp Antiques Building Behind 265 S. Main St.
Kutzer-Holekamp Building 265 S. Main St.
Wendler Homestead 302 S. Main St.
Wendler-English House 308 S. Main St.
Wendler-Vollbrecht Tin Shop 322 S. Main St.
Staffel-Shumard Building 334 S. Main St.
Richter Service Station 346 S. Main St.
JAMES
Schrader-Hartmann House 115 E. James
Luckenbach-Asher House 118 E. James
Luckenbach-Mitchell House 124 E. James
Mitchell Dry Cleaners Building 117 E. James
Birdsong House 303 E. James
Pieratt House 306 E. James
Morris House 310 E. James
Fass-Storm House 309 E. James
Holekamp (Paul) House 507 E. James
Zant-Turay House 518 E. James
Fincke (Arnold and Gladys) House 502 E. James
S. MAIN
Lester's-(Kutzer) Gas Station 305 S. Main
Holekamp Building 305 S. Main
Schrader Livry Stable 325 S. Main
THEISSEN
Prokop-Krause House 111 W. Theissen
Weiss (Gottlieb) House 106 E. Theissen
Lester (Bill) Rent House 108 E. Theissen
Seeger-Martin House 113 E. Theissen
Davis (Wesley) House 114 E. Theissen
Kutzer Home-Methodist Parsonage 208 E. Theissen
Meckel (Rudolph) House 211 E. Theissen
Monken-Kemper House 220 E. Theissen
Boerne Turn Verein 221 E. Theissen
Davis-Kidwell-Methodist Parsonage 228 E. Theissen
Schwarz (John B.) House 303 E. Theissen
Clemens-Fitzgerald-Heath House 608 E. Theissen
Shults House 701 E. Theissen
S. PECAN
Ammann House 130 S. Pecan
Bergmann (Louis) &Sons 135 S. Pecan @ River Rd.
Voges (Walter) House 123 S. Pecan
Vogt (Paul)-Richter Home 124 S. Pecan
Ebensberger (Ed) House 116 S. Pecan
Cibolo Professional Building 121 S. Pecan
S. MAIN
MESQUITE
Adam (Benedict) House 124 Mesquite
Lagleder House 118 Mesquite
SHORT
Montez (Paul) House 114 Short
Vogt Bldg-Hill Country Bakery 401 S. Main @ Theissen
Diamond Hospital 421 S. Main St.
The Flower Shop 437 S. Main St.
Davis (Harry) Bldg. 455 S. Main St.
Riverside Grocery 491 S. Main St.
STAFFEL
The Creek Restaurants 115 & 119 Staffel Street
S. MAIN
Landmark -was Reinhard House 404 S. Main St.
Zoeller (William) House 424 S. Main St.
Carstanjen-Dietert House 438 S. Main St.
Vargas-Wallace-Peach Tree 448 S. Main St.
Sach's Garage/Tri-K Antiques 470 S. Main @ River Rd.
RIVER ROAD
Poehnert- Bell House 312 River Road
Neill House 512 River Rd
Dietert-Jones House 604 E. River Rd
Dietert Saw & Grist Mill River Road @ Dam Site St.
COTTONWOOD
Ebensberger-Murphy House 116 Cottonwood
Ammann-Waldeck (Gordon) House 126 Cottonwood
Ebensberger-Klar House 116 Cottonwood
RIVER ROAD
Coryell-Graves House 706 River Rd.
Poehnert House 1018 River Road Boerne
Riverview Care Center 1102 River Road.
Schrader-Houston House Esser Rd & River Road
moved to Hwy. 474
Wilke Bldg-Cibolo Nature City Park
Herff-Lende Ranch adjoining City Park
S. MAIN @ the BRIDGE
Kendall House 525 S. Main
Lee (Robert E) House 525 S. Main St.
Vogt -Schoch House 525 S. Main St.
EVERGREEN
Depot (Moved In) Building Evergreen/Main/Cibolo
Ehlers House 120 E. Evergreen St.
Vogt, (Albert B.) House 124 E. Evergreen St.
Theis (Max) House 119 E. Evergreen St.
Hillmann House 127 E. Evergreen St.
Dietzel House 129 E. Evergreen St.
Holman House 121 E. Evergreen St.
Dienger-Flores House 109 W. Evergreen St.
Minas House 117 W. Evergreen St.
Becker-Weiss-Ormiston House 136 W. Evergreen St.
Krueger (Paul) House 207 W. Evergreen St.
Gerfers-Thompson House 204 W. Evergreen St.
Brell House 219 W. Evergreen St.
Bissonnette House 222 W. Evergreen St.
S. MAIN
Burlap Horse 609 S. Main St.
Baptist Church- Heyday 615 S. Main
HOSACK
Dienger-Eckert-Billingsley House 108 W. Hosack
Dienger- Billingsley House 112 W. Hosack
Gombert-Billingsley House 290 W. Hosack
Davis-Stein Rental House 209 E. Hosack
Wendler-McQuinn-Davis House 213 Hosack St.
Dietert (Henry) House 410 E. Hosack St.
Lohmann (Sophus) House 209 E. Hosack St.
Phillip-Theis-Grunow House 114 E. Hosack St.
S. MAIN
Ferdinand Toepperwein Sunday House-Uecker Flower Shop 701 S. Main
Carstanjen-Hall Mansion 705 S. Main St.
Phillip Manor 706 S Main St.
Zoeller (Attie) House 711 S. Main
Weyrick-Beissner-Kidwell Building 716 S. Main
HICKMAN
Hathaway House 114 Hickman St.
Herms-Mangum House 330 Hickman St
LANDA
Haag-Calder-Martin House 101 Landa St.
Glick-Schwarz House 201 Landa
Ammann-Davis-Niccum 207 Landa
S. MAIN
St. Peter Catholic Church 800 Block S. Main
St. Peter Catholic Church (1995-1999) 800 Block S. Main
KRONKOSKY
Bonnet-Dienger-Davis Pioneer House 103 E. Kronkosky
O'Grady-Orphanage-Kuebel House 202 W. Kronkosky St
S. MAIN
Kaiser-Oxley House 904 S. Main St.
Pena Building 908 S. Main St.
Oppermann House-Boerne Motel 911 S. Main
Ranzau-Pendley House 912 S. Main Main
HIGHLAND
Schwope-Hester House 114 E. Highland
Newton House 201 E. Highland
Schwarz (William)-Emigh 115 W. Highland
Kronkosky Estate Complex 418 W. Highland
S. MAIN
Log Cabin Service Station 1011 S. Main
OAK PARK
Coryell Bargain Store-Subway 1101 S. Main &Oak Park
Ross-Brown House 109 Oak Park
James-Sykes House 114 E. Oak Park St.
Toepperwein-Hovey House 122 E. Oak Park
Frey-Carter House 125 Oak Park
Rackley Gas Station 134 Oak Park & Schweppe
FIRST
Norris-Bettison House 117 First Street
SECOND
McQuinn-Currington- Raab 122 S.Second St.
Bernard House 211 Second St
FREY
Hestilow House 120 Frey St.
Maxymof House 502 Frey St.
SCHWEPPE
Schweppe House 504 Schweppe Street
ROOSEVELT
Paul Esser House 205 E. Roosevelt
Moore-Yount House 206 E. Roosevelt
Kirkpatrick-Doerr House 409 Roosevelt
S. MAIN
Coryell-Walker House-Texas Heritage Bank 1208 S. Main
Guadalupe Valley Communications 1221 S. Main St.
Graham Garage Was on lot behind HEB
Pechacek House-Moosehead Manor 228 Bess Street
O'GRADY
Reeves-Davis-Meckel 402 Herff at O'Grady St
Boerne Colored School #1/Home 623 W. O'Grady
Benson House 512 O'Grady St.
Ramirez House 516 O'Grady St.
Crusader's Hall 415 O'Grady St.
Paiz House 408 O'Grady St.
GRAHAM
Meckel-Bergmann-Calder House 417 W. Graham St.
Mount Nebo Church-Residence 503 Graham St.
Valdez House 501 Graham St.
Cruz House 502 Graham St.
Garcia House 515 W. Graham St.
Ortega House 601 Graham St.
IRONS
Log Cabin School-Home Herff & W. Irons
Noah House 418 W. Irons at Lott St.
Smith-Stevens House 612 Irons St.
SCHRYVER
Hall (Herb) Home 414 Schryver St.
LOTT
Cantu House 311 Lott St.
E. BANDERA
Paul James Schuetze 402 E.Bandera
S. MAIN
Zoeller-Frost House 1300 S. Main St.
Kingsbury-Menger-Shumard Ranch 1407 S. Main
Dutton Menger Ranch 1500 S. Main St.