Building in Comfort
Item
- Title
- Building in Comfort
- City
- Comfort, Texas, United States
- GPS
- 29°57'58.6"N 98°54'23.5"W
- Country
- United States
- Date Created
- 1890
- Century
- 19th Century
- Classification
- Architecture and City Planning
- Building Type
- commercial buildings
- Cultural Context
- American
- Materials
- stone
- Techniques
- stonecutting
- Subject
- symmetry
- fenestrations
- Description
- architectural view
- exterior view , north east view
- This limestone-block building was built in 1890 as a blacksmith shop ("schmiede") for Jacob Gass (1845-1913). Rock mason J. Gottlieb Lorbeer worked on the lower level for almost a year, walking to the job each week from Sisterdale (5 mi. E). The upper level was finished quickly with machinery and was used as a residence. Paul Ingenhuett bought the building in 1903, and his family made it available for a museum and public library in 1932. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1986
- Source
- Michael Peters
- Photographer
- Michael Peters
- Rights Holder
- © Michael Peters
- © Texas Tech University Libraries
- Access Rights
- Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
- Item sets
- Michael Peters Collection
“Building in Comfort”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed May 13, 2026, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/42895