{"nrhp_refnum":"86003843","name":"Welder, Robert H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"210 E. Juan Linn","address_restricted":false,"city":"Victoria","county":"Victoria County","state":"TX","lat":28.79732197000004,"lon":-97.00502165599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story wood-frame bungalow-style dwelling at 210 East Juan Linn in Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, built about 1916-1917 for Robert H. Welder and his wife Helen Power Welder. It was long known as the F.S. Buhler House.","why_significant":"The 1980s survey form called it a fine example of a vernacular house form combined with bungalow details, such as brick piers and exposed timber brackets, rafters and beams. The added documentation ties it to the Welder family, prominent in South Texas ranching, and to Robert H. Welder, who later helped found a wildlife foundation and refuge.","narrative":"Built about 1916-1917 at 210 East Juan Linn in Victoria, Texas, this two-and-a-half-story wood-frame house combines a vernacular form with bungalow detailing. Brick piers and exposed timber brackets, rafters and beams support wide eaves and emphasize the porch and entry bays, including a two-story gabled porch on the south side. J.J. Welder bought the lot in 1913 and dismantled the Grand Central Hotel, which stood there, to make room for a home for his son Robert H. Welder and Robert's wife, Helen Power Welder. The Welder family lived there until 1925, when the house was sold to F.S. Buhler, whose family owned it until the mid 1930s. The Welders were prominent in South Texas ranching, and Robert later helped establish the Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation and Refuge on 7,800 acres of his ranchland. The house was first recorded for its architecture and later renamed for its original owner.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Bungalow; vernacular house form with bungalow details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Survey recorded condition as good and use as residential; a later owner letter refers to the property as a bed and breakfast.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.178323-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/9703/40970398/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86003843.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003843/66a9c4e97e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003843/66a9c4e97e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_H_Welder_House,_Victoria,_TX.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">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:Robert_H_Welder_House,_Victoria,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970398","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002621"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/victoria-county/welder-robert-h-house-86003843/"}