{"nrhp_refnum":"83003155","name":"Gugenheim, Simon, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1601 N. Chaparral St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Corpus Christi","county":"Nueces County","state":"TX","lat":27.80662546800005,"lon":-97.39540862999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-03-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story frame Queen Anne-style cottage built around 1900 for Simon Gugenheim in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. It was moved twice, in 1926 and 1977, and now sits at 1601 N. Chaparral Street.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare surviving example of Victorian residential architecture in Corpus Christi, one that survived the 1919 hurricane. It is also tied to Simon Gugenheim, an entrepreneur important to the city's early commercial development. With the Sidbury and Lichtenstein houses it forms the Old Town historic unit.","narrative":"Built around 1900 as the home of Corpus Christi merchant Simon Gugenheim, this small frame cottage shows Queen Anne influence in its three-sided turret roof, decorative vergeboards, prominent bay window, roof cresting and gingerbread porch trim. Gugenheim helped found a leading drygoods firm and gave generously to civic causes. His family lived in the house until 1924. It was moved in 1926 and again in 1977, when the Junior League relocated it within the same block. After years as rental apartments, the interior was restored and adapted in 1980 for offices and public rooms, with period wallpaper and turn-of-the-century furnishings. The house survived the 1919 hurricane that destroyed much of the city's Victorian architecture, and few comparable homes remain intact. It is now regarded as unique in Corpus Christi. Together with the Sidbury and Lichtenstein houses it forms the Old Town historic area, and it serves as a reminder of the city's architectural past.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored and adapted for use in 1980 as offices and public areas for the Corpus Christi Area Camp Fire Girls, Inc.; listed as occupied and in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.669478-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/9731/40973124/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003155.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003155/6775f10d07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003155/6775f10d07-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gugenheim_House_Corpus_Christi_Texas_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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:Gugenheim_House_Corpus_Christi_Texas_2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973124","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000400"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/nueces-county/gugenheim-simon-house-83003155/"}