Meyer Hotel Complex - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

This marker can be found at the main entrance of the "Meyer Bed & Breakfast on Cypress Creek" in Comfort, Texas. Although the B&B's website claims that it was originally established in 1857, it truly did not get started until 1887, by Frederich Christian and Ernestine Meyer. Their claim stems from the following fact:

"The Stage Stop was the original building in the Meyer Complex. It dates from 1857 when it was a welcome haven for travelers, offering shelter closest to the Guadalupe River crossing on the fabled Old Spanish Trail, what is now High Street, the main thoroughfare in historic Comfort."

Marker Number: 3356 Marker Text: German native Frederich Christian Meyer (1828-89) came to Comfort in 1862. A wheelwright, Meyer also ran a stage stop and weight station at this site. He later purchased the property, which included a small log cabin he enlarged by adding a second story. In 1869 he constructed a two-story stone residence here for his wife Ernestine (Mueller) (d. 1910), a midwife. A separate wooden structure was built for her work, south of the original log cabin in 1872. The building housed maternity rooms for use by the women of the surrounding area ranches. In 1887, when rail lines were completed through the area, Comfort began showing promise as a resort community. That same year, the Meyers constructed a two-story frame building south of their residence to serve as a hotel. The upper floor of the structure was used for guests and the ground floor housed a large kitchen and a dining room. With the help of their 8 children, Ernestine continued to operate the hotel after her husband's death in 1889, despite a fire which damaged the family home. A second guest house was added east of the first hotel in 1920 by a daughter Julia (Meyer) Ellenberger, who operated the business until her death in 1956. (1981)

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