{"nrhp_refnum":"83003794","name":"Hofheinz, Walter, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"819 W. Hopkins St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Marcos","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":29.878392741000027,"lon":-97.94964586999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story private residence at 819 West Hopkins Street in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, built in 1909 by the local Mead and Eastwood Lumber Company, with a board-and-batten wash house behind it.","why_significant":"The nomination cites architecture as the area of significance. The house combines classical exterior details with a carefully finished interior reflecting Arts and Crafts simplicity. It was built for Walter Hofheinz, a local confectionery owner, soon after his mother's house, and it keeps original features such as geometric brass light fixtures and polished wood trim.","narrative":"Built in 1909 at 819 West Hopkins Street in San Marcos, this two-and-a-half-story house was erected by the local Mead and Eastwood Lumber Company for Walter Hofheinz, who ran a popular confectionery on the east side of the town square. It followed the completion of a house the firm built for his mother a few blocks away. The exterior has a hipped metal roof, cross gables, a Palladian attic window arrangement, two oval beveled-glass windows and a curving porch carried on seven Ionic columns. Inside, dark polished wood forms coffered ceilings, window seats, a plate rail, pocket doors and square hood molds over openings, all in plain lines that reflect the Arts and Crafts movement. The streamlined brass light fixtures are original. Changes at the rear, including an enclosed porch and a removed kitchen chimney, did not harm the house's integrity. A shortened wash house remains behind it. The property is still used as a private home.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Mead and Eastwood, architects and contractors (Mead and Eastwood Lumber Company)","architectural_style":"Classical details with Arts and Crafts influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; condition described as good and altered, with alterations said not to have adversely affected integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.663598-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/9695/40969505/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003794.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003794/093b1d16bc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003794/093b1d16bc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_hofheinz_house_2013.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_hofheinz_house_2013.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969505","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002248"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/hofheinz-walter-house-83003794/"}