Braschler House

Historical marker location:

240 South Kowald Lane, New Braunfels, Texas

( 240 South Kowald Lane, New Braunfels)

Marker installed: 1974

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.

Lutheran denomination houses residential buildings stagecoach routes, stands religious leaders Presbyterian denomination