{"nrhp_refnum":"74002058","name":"Pershing House","other_names":["Quarters No. 6, Staff Post"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Staff Post Rd., Fort Sam Houston","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.444967528000063,"lon":-98.46844713699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-07-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Pershing House (Quarters No. 6, Staff Post) is a two-story limestone residence at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, built in 1881 for the post's commanding general and designed by civilian architect Alfred Giles.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its long use as quarters for senior U.S. Army commanders, including John J. Pershing, who lived there in 1917 when he was chosen to lead the American Expeditionary Forces. It is also cited as an excellent example of large quarried limestone construction, a building style common in San Antonio and west Texas in the late nineteenth century.","narrative":"Quarters No. 6 on Staff Post Road at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, is a two-story limestone house built in 1881 for the post's commanding general. Designed by San Antonio architect Alfred Giles, it has eleven rooms, six and a half baths, deep porches on all sides and an octagonal cupola. It faces the parade ground and is the largest of fifteen similar limestone quarters Giles designed for the post. The house is best known for its occupants. Brig. Gen. Christopher C. Augur lived there first, followed by Ranald S. Mackenzie, and John J. Pershing resided there in 1917 when he was chosen to command the American Expeditionary Forces. Later residents included Generals Jonathan Wainwright and Thomas Handy. The roster lists dozens of area and post commanders, and the house was officially named Pershing House in 1959. It is also cited as a strong example of the quarried limestone construction common in San Antonio and west Texas in the late nineteenth century.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Alfred Giles, civilian architect in San Antonio","architectural_style":"Regularized \"Victorian,\" referred to as \"Early Texas\"","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition, altered, on its original site, and occupied as a private residence for military use; the porch was glassed in 1945 and air conditioning added in 1964.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.599714-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/9712/40971285/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/74002058.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002058/71151cd2e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002058/71151cd2e7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"David J. Kaminsky","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pershing_House,_Fort_Sam_Houston,_San_Antonio,_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">David J. Kaminsky</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pershing_House,_Fort_Sam_Houston,_San_Antonio,_Texas.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"75001950","name":"Fort Sam Houston","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/fort-sam-houston-75001950/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971285","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pershing_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7170166"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/pershing-house-74002058/"}