{"nrhp_refnum":"83004502","name":"Hofheinz, Augusta, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1104 W. Hopkins St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Marcos","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":29.876611927000056,"lon":-97.95266736799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story white frame residence at 1104 West Hopkins Street in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, built in 1908-09 in the Colonial Revival style with Beaux Arts influence.","why_significant":"The house is one of a handful of monumental Colonial Revival houses in San Marcos and is notable for its dramatic vertical lines and colossal Corinthian columns. It was built for Augusta Hofheinz, widow of an early hotel owner, and shows exceptionally fine handwork. It is listed for its architecture.","narrative":"Rising two and a half stories above West Hopkins Street in San Marcos, this white frame house was built in 1908-09 for Augusta Hofheinz, widow of Daniel Hofheinz, who built the town's first real hotel in 1887. Eight colossal Corinthian columns carry a hipped portico, and short Ionic columns support a small pedimented dormer that gives the look of an extra floor. Inside, a large living room has a deeply coffered ceiling, and the staircase has stick-and-ball balusters with egg-and-dart molding. The leaded-glass doors and oval windows were imported from France. Mead and Eastwood Lumber Company built the house, with Horace Leffingwell as contractor and Mrs. Hofheinz's son Walter supervising. It stands among a handful of monumental Colonial Revival houses in the city and is noted for its height and vertical lines. Mrs. Hofheinz lived there until 1924, and later owners included the de Steigher and Kercheville families. A 1940s garage apartment sits behind the house.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Mead and Eastwood, architects; Horace Leffingwell and sons, contractors","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, reflecting Beaux Arts-style exposition influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence, in good condition and altered; the owners were conducting a careful rehabilitation at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.099695-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/9695/40969509/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004502.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004502/0309f5254d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004502/0309f5254d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augusta_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:Augusta_hofheinz_house_2013.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969509","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002245"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/hofheinz-augusta-house-83004502/"}