One of the last Painted Churches built in Texas, construction started in 1913 and was completed on October 21, 1915. It is believed to be one of the oldest and largest solid wood structures of its type in Texas. This church, in Gothic Style, was designed by architect...
The county is named after Stephen F. Austin, who chose San Felipe as his home.The San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, The Colonial Capital of Texas, was right where Texas got it’s start. The site preserves a portion of the townsite of San Felipe de Austin that...
Near the Town of Cat Spring, a pioneer German settlement founded in 1832 by members of the Amsler, Kleberg and Von Roeder families, sets the Cat Spring Agricultural Hall. The Cat Spring Landwirth Schaftlide Verein (Agricultural Society), Texas’ oldest agricultural...
The hall is located in Millheim, Texas, established eight miles south of Bellville in central Austin County about 1845, when a mill was constructed on Clear Creek, a tributary of Mill Creek. The founders of the community were German immigrants who moved southeast...
Coshatte Hall is an eight-sided dance hall built in 1928 by an agricultural society which was modeled after the Bellville Turnverein by Joachim Hintz. It’s still being used today for local dances and events.
