Corner 7th & Main Streets, Comfort
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HISTORY:Certainly one of the oldest dwellings in its original
location in Comfort, this cabin was built by Fritz and Theodore Goldbeck in
1854. The Goldbeck's operated Comfort's first mercantile store. Fritz also wrote
poetry about the early life of German pioneers in Texas and published them as
"Seit Funfzig Jahren" ("Since Fifty Years").
In 1856 August F. Faltin,
with his wife, Clara Below, bought the cabin from the Goldbeck's when the
brothers wanted to return to San Antonio. The log portion was extended with the
fachwerk addition. The cabin has been restored by August Faltin III, a great-
grandson of the 1856 immigrant. The August Faltin House was designated Texas
Historical Landmark in 1981.
Source: Boerne Public Library files.
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