Otto Brinkmann House Explained

Otto Brinkmann House
Nrhp Type2:cp
Partof:Comfort Historic District
Partof Refnum:79002989
Coordinates:29.9678°N -98.9089°W
Map Label:Otto Brinkmann House
Locmap Relief:yes
Builder:Otto Brinkmann
Added:December 12, 1977
Designated Nrhp Type2:May 29, 1979
Refnum:77001457
Designated Other1:RTHL
Designated Other1 Date:1976
Designated Other1 Number:3882
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom

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.

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 by cypress corner posts and top plates, with other timbers of by 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.[1]

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.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Archives . Joe R. Williams and Stanley Klein . May 5, 1977 . (accessible by searching within National Archives Catalog)