{"nrhp_refnum":"78003346","name":"Ploeger-Kerr-White House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"806 Marion","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bastrop","county":"Bastrop County","state":"TX","lat":30.10913991700005,"lon":-97.31151974599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame house at 806 Marion Street in Bastrop, Texas, built about 1863 by Michael L. H. Ploeger, a native of Prussia, soon after his marriage.","why_significant":"The house was bought by Robert Kerr, the first Black legislator from Bastrop, who served 1881-83 and was one of the few Black officeholders after Reconstruction. It was later the home of Carrie White for 47 years. The form lists themes of settlement and ethnic or social history.","narrative":"Built around 1863 at 806 Marion Street in Bastrop, this one-story frame house was erected by Michael L. H. Ploeger, a native of Prussia, soon after his marriage. The front has a single central door flanked by two windows on each side, with an inset gallery across the facade under a gabled roof. A one-story ell wing extends at the rear. The house later passed to Robert Kerr, who served as Bastrop's first Black legislator from 1881 to 1883 and was one of the few Black officeholders to serve after Reconstruction. Carrie White lived in the house for 47 years. The property was recorded in 1977 and described as being in good condition. Its importance rests on the combination of its mid-nineteenth-century German immigrant origins and its association with Kerr's role in Texas political history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Michael L. H. Ploeger (builder, per the form)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as good; original use was residence.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.586288-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/9681/40968151/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78003346.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003346/b323067ad6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003346/b323067ad6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Dzahsh","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ploeger-Kerr-White_House,_currently_the_home_of_the_Reed_family.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dzahsh</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ploeger-Kerr-White_House,_currently_the_home_of_the_Reed_family.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968151","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001494"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bastrop-county/ploeger-kerr-white-house-78003346/"}