Alterations Proposed at Two New Braunfels Landmark Houses

Applications seek approval for a carport, driveway and roof work on West Mill Street and a carport enclosure and garage addition on South Academy Avenue.

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Published August 7, 2026 at 12:43 AM CDT2 min read

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Proposed changes to two designated New Braunfels houses will go before the Historic Landmark Commission on Tuesday, Aug. 11, with neither application yet approved by the commission.

The commission is scheduled to meet at 8:30 a.m. in the Tejas Room at City Hall, 550 Landa Street. Its agenda lists separate requests for certificates of alteration at the Froehlich-Stein House on West Mill Street and the Schaeffer-Brewer House on South Academy Avenue.

Work proposed at each property

At 586 W. Mill Street, the applicant is seeking permission to build a carport, replace the driveway and perform what the agenda describes as an in-kind roof replacement. The document identifies the property as the Froehlich-Stein House, a local landmark in the Mill Street Historic District.

At 455 S. Academy Avenue, the request would enclose a carport and add a rear addition to the garage. The agenda identifies that property as the Schaeffer-Brewer House, a local landmark within the Sophienburg Hill Historic District.

The posted agenda does not provide project costs, construction schedules, contractor names or detailed drawings. It also does not state how staff evaluated either request. Those details therefore cannot be determined from the preserved record accompanying this meeting notice.

Citizens’ communications are scheduled before the commission reaches the two applications. That portion of the meeting is for issues and concerns, but the agenda says no commission action will be taken during citizens’ communications.

The commission may discuss and consider each certificate request when it reaches the individual-items portion of the agenda. A vote, postponement or requested revision would be a later development and should not be inferred from the applications’ placement on the agenda.

Because the applications are listed as separate items, the posted agenda does not tie one property’s outcome to the other. The record establishes only the work proposed at each address and the opportunity for commission review; it supplies no recommendation or predicted result for either case.

From the source record

Meeting agendaHistoric Landmark Commission — Aug. 11, 2026

Discuss and consider a request for a Certificate of Alteration to build a carport, replace the driveway, and perform in kind roof replacement at 586 W Mill Street.

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The posted agenda describes two alteration requests but does not record a decision.

Alterations Proposed at Two New Braunfels Landmark Houses

Work proposed at each property

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