{"nrhp_refnum":"81000630","name":"Kyle, Claiborne, Log House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Kyle","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kyle","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":29.965631536000046,"lon":-97.90250725299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-05-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Aboriginal","Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, four-room cedar log house built in 1850 on a wooded bluff above the Blanco River, southwest of Kyle in Hays County, Texas. It was built for Colonel John Claiborne Kyle and his family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is believed to be the only surviving example of a linear four-pen dog trot plan in Texas. It was the first dwelling built in the Kyle area. It is also tied to the Kyle family, whose members served in the Confederate army and in the legislatures of two states.","narrative":"Built in 1850 on a bluff overlooking the Blanco River in Hays County, this one-story log house measures about 80 by 20 feet. Its hand-adzed cedar logs are square-notched, pegged and chinked with limestone and caliche, and were probably hauled from Bastrop. Four rooms sit in a line, divided by two large stone fireplaces, with a 10-foot-6-inch open dog trot between the two pairs. This linear four-pen arrangement is believed to be the only surviving example in Texas. Colonel John Claiborne Kyle, a former Mississippi state senator, bought the land in 1850 and later served in the Texas legislature. The house was the first dwelling in the Kyle area, and five of his sons went from it to serve the Confederacy. The town of Kyle was named for his son Ferguson. Long used for hay storage, the house has deteriorated since 1976. Hays County received it in 1980, and a commission was appointed to direct restoration. The surrounding area also holds archeological deposits.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Linear four-pen dog trot log house (frontier log architecture)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Unoccupied and deteriorating; emptied in 1976, with chinking largely gone, a fallen fireplace, a collapsed dog trot floor and vandalism. Fenced for protection pending planned restoration; owned by Hays County.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.068398-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/9725/40972531/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/81000630.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972531","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002229"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/kyle-claiborne-log-house-81000630/"}