{"nrhp_refnum":"09000983","name":"Herff-Rozelle Farm","other_names":["Herff Farm","Rozelle Farm","Ellezor Acres"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"33 Heroff Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boerne","county":"Kendall County","state":"TX","lat":29.77891892400004,"lon":-98.71232394844509,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-12-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 56.5-acre farm district at 33 Herff Road on the eastern edge of Boerne, Kendall County, Texas, at the confluence of Cibolo and Menger creeks. It centers on a two-story limestone house built in 1883 by Ferdinand and Mathilde Herff, with surrounding farm outbuildings and pastures.","why_significant":"The farm is presented as an excellent, little-changed example of a Texas Hill Country farmstead, significant under Criterion A for early ranching and agriculture in Kendall County. It is significant under Criterion B for its link to pioneer physician Ferdinand Herff, whose house and a nearby storage building are the only remaining structures associated with him. Criterion C is cited for the stone house as a fine example of rural vernacular architecture and for the intact utilitarian farm buildings.","narrative":"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.","period_of_significance":"1883-1959","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revivals / Classical Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Owned by a nature center since 2007, which plans to preserve and restore the house and land; current uses are outdoor recreation and conservation area.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.435703-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/9727/40972750/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/09000983.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000983/7a368941f3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000983/7a368941f3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herff3.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:Herff3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972750","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herff%E2%80%93Rozelle_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5738341"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/kendall-county/herff-rozelle-farm-09000983/"}