{"nrhp_refnum":"78003284","name":"Erhard, Adolph A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1205 Pecan","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bastrop","county":"Bastrop County","state":"TX","lat":30.11279307700005,"lon":-97.31750669699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Victorian residence at 1205 Pecan Street in Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas, built in 1870 by A.A. Erhard.","why_significant":"The house was built by Adolph A. Erhard, a German-born orphan who became one of Bastrop's most prominent citizens, and he lived there until his death in 1899. It shows Italianate influences and is described as one of the most outstanding Victorian houses in Bastrop.","narrative":"This two-story wood-frame house at 1205 Pecan Street in Bastrop was built in 1870 by A.A. Erhard, who lived there until his death in 1899. It has a low-pitched tin roof, bracketed overhanging eaves, front bay windows, and front and side porches with arched wooden brackets. Some Italianate detailing appears in the pedimented window and door surrounds, and the front door has etched glass and silver hardware. Erhard was born in Germany in 1831 and came to Texas as a child. His parents died of yellow fever and left him an orphan, yet he eventually became one of Bastrop's most prominent citizens. The house is described as showing Italianate influences and as one of the most outstanding Victorian residences in the town. Its condition was recorded as good, and it was originally used as a residence. The state evaluated its significance as local.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"A.A. Erhard","architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as good; the form notes the house was for sale in 1976.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.922485-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/9681/40968133/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78003284.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003284/f520d2da12-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003284/f520d2da12-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adolph_A._Erhard_House,_Bastrop,_Texas.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:Adolph_A._Erhard_House,_Bastrop,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968133","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001512"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bastrop-county/erhard-adolph-a-house-78003284/"}