Herff-Rozelle Farm

Herff-Rozelle Farm occupies 56.5 acres on the eastern outskirts of Boerne, where Cibolo and Menger creeks meet. Pioneer physician Ferdinand Herff bought the land in 1852 as part of a 320-acre tract, and he and his wife Mathilde built a two-story cut limestone house there in 1883 after an earlier house burned. The family used the farm as a summer retreat, and Herff's son Charles lived and farmed there until the property was sold in 1935 to George and Erma Rozelle, who kept sheep and dairy cows and planted orchards. Farming continued into the 1980s. Sixteen contributing resources survive, including the house, a barn, smokehouse, aviary, workers' quarters, outhouse, windmill, water tower and tank. Pastures still stretch from Herff Road to the creeks, in an area now crowded by subdivisions and commercial development. The property was listed for its agricultural history, its connection to Ferdinand Herff, and its vernacular architecture.