{"nrhp_refnum":"78003356","name":"Kerr, Beverly and Lula, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1305 Pine","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bastrop","county":"Bastrop County","state":"TX","lat":30.10945147700005,"lon":-97.31253253399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A raised one-story wood frame Victorian residence with a full basement at 1305 Pine Street in Bastrop, Texas, built around 1890-95. It sits on less than one acre on the east side of the railroad tracks.","why_significant":"The house is significant for Black history in Bastrop. Beverly Kerr was a barber and a band and orchestra teacher who led a musical group known as Kerr's Orchestra, which played engagements in the city. Lula Kerr taught music in the primary grades for 40 years.","narrative":"This raised one-story wood frame house at 1305 Pine Street in Bastrop was built between about 1890 and 1895 in the Victorian style. It has a full basement, a projecting front bay, windows arranged in an A-B-A pattern, an ell-shaped porch at the northeast corner and a rear ell. The lot is less than one acre, on the east side of the railroad tracks. The house is recognized for its link to Black history in Bastrop. Beverly Kerr worked as a barber and taught band and orchestra, and he led a musical group called Kerr's Orchestra that played engagements around the city. Lula Kerr taught music in the primary grades for forty years. Together they made lasting contributions to the musical and educational life of the community. The house has remained a residence, and its condition was recorded as fair when it was surveyed in December 1976.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Original and present use are both residence; physical condition is recorded as fair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.456234-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/9680/40968095/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78003356.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003356/af94c57a2a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003356/af94c57a2a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beverly_and_Lula_Kerr_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:Beverly_and_Lula_Kerr_House,_Bastrop,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968095","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001527"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bastrop-county/kerr-beverly-and-lula-house-78003356/"}