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Historic house in Texas, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Otto Brinkmann House in Comfort, Texas, United States, was built in 1861 by Otto Brinkmann. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1976 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]
Otto Brinkmann House | |
![]() Otto Brinkmann House in 2009 | |
Location | 602 High St., Comfort, Texas |
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Coordinates | 29°58′4″N 98°54′32″W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Built | 1861 |
Built by | Otto Brinkmann |
Part of | Comfort Historic District (ID79002989[1]) |
NRHP reference No. | 77001457[1] |
RTHL No. | 3882 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 12, 1977 |
Designated CP | May 29, 1979 |
Designated RTHL | 1976 |
It is a one-story two-room house of fachwerk construction. It is a German method of timber framing with diagonal bracing members at corners and openings. It includes 6 inches (150 mm) by 6 inches (150 mm) cypress corner posts and top plates, with other timbers of 4 inches (100 mm) by 4 inches (100 mm) size. Timbers are joined by mortise and tenon joints. Timbers on its front facade are exposed. The house was modified in 1899 by addition of a framed lean-to along its rear facade.[2]
It was built, and lived in, by German immigrant carpenter Otto Brinkman, who was born in Hoexter, Westphalia in 1932. He completed an apprenticeship to a cabinet-maker in Germany before coming to the U.S. in 1852.[2]
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