Boerne Texas History - 127 - Kendall County Courthouse

 Sponsor commercial: Kendall County Roofing Seven years after Kendall County was organized, the first county courthouse was completed in 1870. Local Surveyor John James donated the land.  The courthouse was a small one-story structure that housed the first county jail on the northeast corner. The …

Boerne Texas History - 126 Roeder Park

 Sponsor Commercial: Kendall County Roofing The Roeder memorial park was built to honor two Boerne-area men who died in service. In 1945, C.T. and Eva Roberts deeded the four lots in the Cibolo Park Addition to the City of Boerne. Their twin sons Aaron and Allen were killed in World War II combat.…

Boerne Texas History - 125 The Smith Brothers

Sponsor commercial: Kendall County Roofing In February of 1871,  Clint and Jeff Smith were herding their father’s sheep along Cibolo Creek when the Comanche captured them. After five years, Clint was traded for Native American prisoners at Fort Sill. Apache chief Geronimo bought Jeff, who was late…

Boerne Texas History - 120 - Boerne's First Hospital

Sponsor commercial: Kendall County Roofing Mostly likely, Joe Vogt built the home next to his store at 421 Main back in 1890.  The small building housed a general store, a barbershop and a doctor’s office. It served for a time as a clinic building for Dr. Nooe and later for Dr. Griggs. Dr. Jack R.…

Boerne Texas History- 124 -Veterans Plaza

Sponsor Commercial: Kendall County Roofing Veterans Plaza on South Main features the Veterans War Memorial in its center. In 1923, the H.J. Graham's family erected the monument honoring the Boerne men who died in World War I. Years later a bronze piece was added to the top of the monument and plaq…

Boerne Texas History -123- Pfeiffer Family

Sponsor commercial: Kendall County Roofing  August Ludwig Pfeiffer was born in 1809 in Germany.  At the age of 46, August, his wife Wilhelmine and their eight children sailed from Prussia to New Orleans, and originally homesteaded near Kreutzberg. In 1862 the family was issued 160 acres along the …

Boerne Texas History -122-Herff Farm

Sponsor Commercial: Kendall County Roofing San Antonio physician Dr. Herff maintained his farm as a summer home until 1894 when his son, Charles moved to Boerne to manage the property until the early 1920s. In 1935, George and Erma Rozelle purchased 68 acres from Charles’ son. The property was las…

Boerne Texas History -121- St. Mary's Sanitarium

In the late 1800s it was believed that Boerne and the Texas Hill Country held miraculous cures for those with pulmonary troubles.   The Sisters of Incarnate Word built and operated one of Boerne’s first health resorts.  The story of Saint Mary’s Sanitarium right after this. Sponsored Commercial: K…

Boerne Texas History -119 - The Kendall

Next to Main Plaza is a hotel that has both Texas and National Landmark designations … the story of The Kendall right after this … Sponsor- Kendall County Roofing  The Kendall has had several names and owners since 1859.  It started when Erastus and Sarah Reed from Georgia purchased the land fr…

Boerne Texas History -118 - St Peter's Catholic Church

Not long after the Civil War, a young deacon came to the Hill Country to establish Boerne’s first church, but the free thinking founding fathers said you’re going to have to built that thing outside of town on the other side of the Cibolo.   The story of St. Peter’s Catholic Church right after this…