{"nrhp_refnum":"76002053","name":"Sterne, Adolphus, House","other_names":["Hoya Library and Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"211 S. Lanana St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nacogdoches","county":"Nacogdoches County","state":"TX","lat":31.600214479000044,"lon":-94.65087138299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame house with a rear servants' house and small outbuildings at 211 S. Lanana Street, Nacogdoches, Texas, built in 1830 by Adolphus Sterne. It now serves as the Hoya Library and Museum.","why_significant":"The house was the home of Adolphus Sterne, a German Jewish immigrant who became one of the wealthiest men in Texas and helped finance the Texas Revolution. He also served as an alderman, postmaster and legislator. The house hosted visits from Sam Houston and Bishop Jean Marie Odin, and the site has been occupied almost continuously since 1830, giving it archeological potential.","narrative":"Built in 1830 by Adolphus Sterne, this modest ell-shaped frame house on piers sits on a small lot near the old Nacogdoches plaza, with a simple Victorian porch on its west front. A small servants' house stands behind it, and a white picket fence surrounds the lot. Sterne, a German Jew born in Cologne, settled in Nacogdoches in 1826 and became one of the wealthiest men in the colony and the Republic. He helped finance the Texas Revolution, raised volunteer companies, served as postmaster, and later sat in the Texas House and Senate. He enlarged the house in the 1840s and 1850s, adding a dining room and a library, and his diary records frequent entertaining and boarders. Sam Houston and Bishop Jean Marie Odin were visitors, and Houston was reportedly baptized there. The front was altered around 1885. Today the property houses the Hoya Library and Museum, and its long occupation offers archeological potential.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1830; historically significant dates 1830-1852)","architect_builder":"Adolphus Sterne","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated excellent/good; in use as the Hoya Library and Museum, owned by the City of Nacogdoches. The front facade was altered around 1885.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.504028-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/9730/40973068/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/76002053.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002053/d9ddae5ac6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002053/d9ddae5ac6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Ernest Mettendorf","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adolph_Sterne_House_in_Nacogdoches.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ernest Mettendorf</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adolph_Sterne_House_in_Nacogdoches.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"92000017","name":"Sterne-Hoya Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/sterne-hoya-historic-district-92000017/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973068","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterne%E2%80%93Hoya_House_Museum_and_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7611558"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/nacogdoches-county/sterne-adolphus-house-76002053/"}