Old New Braunfels High School
New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas
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Built in 1913 to replace the old New Braunfels Academy, this building was designed by San Antonio architects C.V. Seutter and Alister Shand, and built by local contractor Adolph F. Moeller. It served as an educational facility for over fifty years. Reflecting influences of the Prairie School Style, the building features corbelled brick and stone detail, a broad one-story entry porch, and some windows with fine muntin detail in the upper sashes.Recorded texas Historic Landmark-1986
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Built in 1913 to replace the old New Braunfels Academy, this school was designed by San Antonio architects C.V. Seutter and Alister Shand and built by local contractor Adolph F. Moeller. Reflecting the influence of the Prairie School, it features corbelled brick and stone detail, a broad one-story entry porch, and finely detailed muntins in its upper sashes. It served the community as an educational facility for more than fifty years.
Why it matters
The building marks the shift from academy to public high school in early-20th-century Texas, wrapped in the distinctive modern architecture of the Prairie School era.
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- · C.V. Seutter
- · Alister Shand
- · Adolph F. Moeller
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