BlockFrom the record
One of 30 National Register listings published here for Comal County · listed in 1975 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Gruene Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The listing
- Address. Both sides of Sequin, New Braunfels, and Austin Sts., Gruene, 78130
- When was it listed? April 1975
- Category. district
- Census division. New Braunfels
- Architectural style. Victorian architecture
- National Register reference number. 75001962 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
170 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Gruene Historic District between 2005 and 2020, burning about 542 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1101 FIRE |
| 6 September 2009 | Smoking | 110 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATSON LANE |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-90 |
| 3 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-02 |
| 29 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARK ROAD |
| 27 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-23 |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOFFMAN LN FIRE |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-65 |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Gruene Historic District: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brauntex Pit & Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Tilden Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Odgen Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Txi Cement Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hays County Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kollman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this property
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gruene, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 9 hail, 6 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gruene | $300,000 | The roof of a truck stop near I-35 was heavily damaged due to strong winds. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gruene | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds produced very heavy rain, followed by damaging winds that blew down large Trees in the Oak Run subdivision in Gruene. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Gruene | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced hail one half to three quarters of an inch in diameter that dented a car. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Gruene | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail north of Gruene. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Gruene | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail at the intersection of Goodwin Ln. and Conrads Ln. in northeastern New Braunfels. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Gruene | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing low water crossings on Hueco Springs Loop Rd., River Canyon, Stahl Ln., and Smithson Valley Rd. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Gruene | - | The combination of releases from Canyon Lake and heavy rain from thunderstorms sent the Guadalupe River over the Gruene Bridge. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Gruene | - | Several areas along Highway 1102 were flooded and impassable. Comal ISD had a delay in the morning with classes eventually being cancelled due to significant flooding across all of Comal County. Rainfall totals of 6-12 inches were common across the County especially out near Canyon Lake. |
| November 2014 | Flash Flood | Gruene | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing River Rd. at Loop 337 and Gruene Rd. at Business 35 in New Braunfels. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Gruene | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Eight roads in New Braunfels were closed due to flooding. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gruene | - | A thunderstorm produced straightline microburst wind gusts estimated at 58 mph which uprooted numerous large trees and knocked down large tree branches. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Gruene | - | A thunderstorm produced pea to penny size hail for two minutes. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Gruene | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding and closed Hueco Springs Loop, Krueger Canyon and Herbelin Roads. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Gruene | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Gruene | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Gruene | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Gruene | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Gruene | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Andreas Breustedt House | 2.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Hotel Faust | 2.3 miles | 1985 |
 | Comal Hotel and Klein-Kuse House | 2.7 miles | 1986 |
 | Comal County Courthouse | 2.7 miles | 1976 |
 | Faust Street Bridge | 2.8 miles | 2009 |
 | Comal Power Plant | 2.8 miles | 2004 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75001962 in Record Group 79. |
| Comal County | All 30 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.