Otto Brinkmann House

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
Otto Brinkmann House
Otto Brinkmann House
Location602 High St., Comfort, Texas
Coordinates29°58′4″N 98°54′32″W
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1861 (1861)
Built byOtto Brinkmann
Part ofComfort Historic District (ID79002989[1])
NRHP reference No.77001457[1]
RTHL No.3882
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1977
Designated CPMay 29, 1979
Designated RTHL1976

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]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Joe R. Williams and Stanley Klein (May 5, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Otto Brinkman House". National Archives. Missing or empty |url= (help) (accessible by searching within National Archives Catalog)

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