{"nrhp_refnum":"86002510","name":"Hauschild, George and Adele, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"208 N. Liberty","address_restricted":false,"city":"Victoria","county":"Victoria County","state":"TX","lat":28.801207383000076,"lon":-97.01150375099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Victorian-style wood-frame dwelling at 208 N. Liberty in Victoria, Texas, built around 1900 for George and Adele Hauschild, with a three-story turret at the northwest corner.","why_significant":"The form cites architecture and commerce. It calls the house a majestic residence built for George Hauschild, a German-born Victoria hotelier who ran the Hermann House hotel for over 30 years, served as school trustee and city council member, and had an opera house built.","narrative":"Located at 208 N. Liberty in the northeast part of Victoria's central business district, this wood-frame house dates to about 1900 and reflects Victorian design. It has weatherboard and wood shingle siding, a gabled roof with box eaves, pent roofs in the gable ends, and a three-story turret at the northwest corner with a bell-cast octagonal roof. Other features include Palladian windows, imbricated shingles and cut glass lights in the gables, paired turned posts on pedestals, turned balusters on the second level, and angled corners with jig-sawn brackets and pendants. It was built for George and Adele Hauschild. George Hauschild, originally from Hanover, Germany, arrived in Victoria in 1866 and operated the Hermann House hotel for more than thirty years. He served over twenty years as a school trustee and fourteen years on the city council, and he had an opera house built at Constitution and Liberty streets. The house is recognized for its architecture and its link to local commerce. It is in fair condition and used as apartments.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair; present use is residential apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.87383-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/9705/40970551/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002510.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970551","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000703"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/victoria-county/hauschild-george-and-adele-house-86002510/"}