{"nrhp_refnum":"80004155","name":"Stavely-Kunz-Johnson House","other_names":["Quintanilla House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1402 E. 1st","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.258425722000027,"lon":-97.73005028499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-08-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story limestone Queen Anne style Victorian house at 1402 East First Street in East Austin, Travis County, Texas, built between 1897 and 1899 by August Kunz, incorporating an older kitchen structure from John O. Stavely.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an unusually fine example of regional cut limestone and cedar blended with Victorian architecture. It is described as one of the most outstanding homes in its East Austin neighborhood and a high-water mark of middle-class affluence in turn-of-the-century Austin. It also serves as a neighborhood landmark and a focal point for restoration efforts.","narrative":"This two-story limestone house at 1402 East First Street in Austin was built between 1897 and 1899 by August Kunz, a miller who ran the Colorado Flour Mill. Designed in the Queen Anne manner, it has an ell-shaped plan, a two-level wooden gallery with fluted columns, pedimented gables with palladian windows, and fish-scale cedar shingles. A rear one-story limestone kitchen predates it and was added by John O. Stavely, who improved the property before 1897. Kunz added a two-story section in 1902 that brought in modern plumbing. The James S. Johnson family lived there from 1911 to 1970, followed by a church that used it for Sunday School classes until 1972. Restoration began that year and sparked wider neighborhood interest in preservation. The house is valued as a fine example of regional cut limestone and cedar combined with Victorian design, a marker of middle-class prosperity around 1900, and a local landmark.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"August Kunz (builder of the main house); John O. Stavely (earlier kitchen structure)","architectural_style":"Victorian, Queen Anne style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and being rehabilitated for rental office space; condition listed as fair and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.111888-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/9736/40973665/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004155.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004155/6059ccfb40-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004155/6059ccfb40-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Happywaffle at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stavely-Kunz-Johnson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Happywaffle at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stavely-Kunz-Johnson_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973665","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002392"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/stavely-kunz-johnson-house-80004155/"}