{"nrhp_refnum":"10000737","name":"Herrera Ranch","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Old Somerset Rd at the Medina River","address_restricted":false,"city":"Von Ormy","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.28811885500005,"lon":-98.61192034298452,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-09-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement","Hispanic"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 30-acre ranch complex near Old Somerset Road and the Medina River in Von Ormy, southern Bexar County, Texas, with five contributing buildings dating from the 1830s-1840s through the 1940s, including two jacales.","why_significant":"The ranch is significant under Criterion A for Settlement and Ethnic Heritage/Hispanic as the homestead of early Tejano settlers, held continuously by the Herrera family since 1845. Under Criterion C, its two jacales, built with adobe palisado and wattle-and-daub techniques, are among the very few remaining in Bexar County.","narrative":"Tucked along the Medina River in southern Bexar County, this 30-acre ranch preserves a Tejano family homestead that has stayed with the Herrera family since 1845. Its core is two jacales, built around the 1830s to 1840s using cedar poles set upright in the ground, horizontal cypress laths, stone chinking and adobe mortar, then plastered and whitewashed. Only a handful of such houses survive in Bexar County. Later buildings record the ranch's changing life: a c.1900 workers' dwelling, a 1930s family house, 1940s restrooms, and a dance hall pavilion added to the second jacal for community gatherings. Over time the land shifted from active ranching to family and social events, and today it is used for pasturing horses. The ranch was listed for its role in early Tejano settlement and Hispanic heritage, and for its rare examples of jacal construction. The period of significance runs from 1838 to 1960.","period_of_significance":"1838-1960","architect_builder":"Blas Herrera, Jose Maria Herrera","architectural_style":"Other: Jacal; Center passage plan; No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions listed as animal facility and agricultural fields, also marked vacant/not in use; land is leased for pasturing horses and the pavilion shelters horses.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.050259-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/9712/40971219/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/10000737.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971219","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999841"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/herrera-ranch-10000737/"}