{"nrhp_refnum":"82004515","name":"Saathoff House","other_names":["Schuehle-Saathoff House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Quihi-Stormhill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quihi","county":"Medina County","state":"TX","lat":29.39738172850005,"lon":-99.00876071390535,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story vernacular limestone cottage near Quihi in rural Medina County, Texas, built about 1870, reportedly for Henry Schuehle. It sits on a 66-acre nominated tract.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the house to early German settlement around Quihi and to the Saathoff family, who helped establish the first free public school system in Medina County. It is also presented as a rare, intact example of German-Alsatian vernacular stone architecture with excellent masonry, and the only German house of its period in Quihi to survive so unaltered.","narrative":"Near Quihi in Medina County, Texas, this one-and-a-half story limestone cottage was built around 1870, according to tradition for Henry Schuehle. It measures about 26 by 43 feet and has a deep inset porch with four square wooden posts across a five-bay front, a low gable roof, and end chimneys. Walls are hewn native limestone set in lime-sand plaster, and local cypress was used for framing, floors, doors and window frames. The design reflects Alsatian-influenced German building traditions of the area. The house is linked to the Saathoff family, early settlers from Castro's Colony. Family members served as school trustees, a county school superintendent, and a local historian, and helped found the first free public school system in the county. After about 1944 the house served as a hunting lodge and weekend home. Apart from a rear porch enclosed around 1920, it remains largely unaltered and is the only German house of its era in Quihi to survive in such a preserved state.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular German-Alsatian domestic stone architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition described as fair; owners were restoring it (new roof, plumbing) and intended to use it as a private residence and vacation home.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.561407-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/9730/40973026/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/82004515.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973026","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107318723"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/medina-county/saathoff-house-82004515/"}