{"nrhp_refnum":"88001948","name":"Bates-Sheppard House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"312 E. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.092659441000023,"lon":-97.28658927299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1 1/2-story frame center-passage house at 312 E. Broadway in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, built about 1886-1887 and extended in 1925. It is now used as a museum.","why_significant":"The house was built mainly from lumber salvaged from the Henry Sheppard house in Indianola for F.W. Bates, Sheppard's son-in-law. Bates ran one of Cuero's largest hardware businesses and served as alderman from 1887 to 1914. The form lists commerce as its area of significance.","narrative":"Now serving as the Dewitt County Museum, this 1 1/2-story frame house at 312 E. Broadway in Cuero was built around 1886-1887 from lumber salvaged from the Henry Sheppard house in Indianola. It was erected for F.W. Bates, Sheppard's son-in-law, together with his wife and her brother. The house has a center passage one room deep, weatherboard siding, a gable roof, double-hung windows with shutters, square posts with molded caps, and pedimented surrounds at the windows and entry. Bates and partner Frank Hutchins operated a hardware store in the R.C. Warn Building, one of Cuero's largest and most successful. Bates served as alderman from 1887 to 1914 and became sole owner of the business in 1920, running it until his death in 1930. He was responsible for extensive alterations in 1925, including rear additions. The house stayed in the Bates-Sheppard family until 1968 and is recognized for its link to local commerce.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Contractor Huck, H.J. and Co.","architectural_style":"Center-passage dwelling","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and used as the Dewitt County Museum; the east porch has been enclosed and 1925 additions were made at the rear.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.948155-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/9688/40968858/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001948.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001948/93e19a8369-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001948/93e19a8369-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bates-Sheppard_House,_Cuero,_Texas.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:Bates-Sheppard_House,_Cuero,_Texas.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"88001997","name":"Terrell-Reuss Streets Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/terrell-reuss-streets-historic-district-88001997/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968858","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001872"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/bates-sheppard-house-88001948/"}