{"nrhp_refnum":"05000860","name":"Huebner-Onion Homestead and Stagecoach Stop","other_names":["Huebner Settlement"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6613 Bandera Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Leon Valley","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.496145967000075,"lon":-98.61704671599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-08-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small complex of three limestone buildings (two-story ranch house, stone barn and a roofless cookhouse/dependency) at 6613 Bandera Road in Leon Valley, Bexar County, Texas, begun by German immigrant stockman Joseph Huebner in 1862.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the site is significant under Criterion A for Settlement and Community Planning and Development. It served as the Huebner family ranch headquarters and as a horse and mule change-out station for stagecoaches and freight wagons traveling between San Antonio and Bandera. It was later a home for Judge John F. Onion's family, and it retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Beside Bandera Road in Leon Valley, northwest of downtown San Antonio, sits a half-acre complex of three limestone buildings: a two-story ranch house, a stone barn and a small roofless dependency that probably served first as a residence and then as a kitchen. German immigrant stockman Joseph Huebner built the original one-story house in 1862, using local limestone as many German settlers did rather than the log construction favored by Anglo-Texans. A second story was added in 1882. The ranch also worked as a change-out station where stagecoaches and freight wagons swapped horses and mules on the route between San Antonio and Bandera, at the foot of Nine Mile Hill. In the 1930s Judge John F. Onion bought the property and added two compatible wings for his family. Now vacant, the buildings have been stabilized by the Historical Society of Leon Valley, which hopes to restore them as an interpretive living-history site.","period_of_significance":"1862-1955","architect_builder":"Huebner, Joseph; Onion, John F., Sr.","architectural_style":"OTHER: Two-story, limestone block rectangle","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Vacant and sealed; stabilized and mothballed by the Historical Society of Leon Valley, which plans restoration as a living-history site, though the buildings remain vulnerable to vandalism and deterioration.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.835047-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/9713/40971306/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/05000860.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000860/8cd617102f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000860/8cd617102f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huebner_Onion_Homestead.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">25or6to4</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huebner_Onion_Homestead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971306","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002745"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/huebner-onion-homestead-and-stagecoach-stop-05000860/"}