Comfort Historic District

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Comfort Historic District
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Comfort Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by TX 27, Lindner Ave., Cypress Creek, First St., and Front St.,, Comfort, Texas
Coordinates 29°58′2″N98°54′29″W / 29.96722°N 98.90806°W / 29.96722; -98.90806 Coordinates: 29°58′2″N98°54′29″W / 29.96722°N 98.90806°W / 29.96722; -98.90806
Area192.5 acres (77.9 ha)
Built1854 (1854)
Architect Alfred Giles, et al.
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Queen Anne, Modern Movement
NRHP reference # 79002989 [1]  (original)
04000911 [1]  (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 29, 1979
Boundary increaseAugust 25, 2004

The Comfort Historic District is a historic district listed in the National Register of Historic Places that encompasses almost all of the original townsite of Comfort, Texas and includes over 100 buildings that represents a century of development from 1854 through 1954.

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

Comfort, Texas Census-designated place in Texas, United States

Comfort is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kendall County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 2,363.

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.