{"nrhp_refnum":"88001953","name":"Crain, W. H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"508 E. Courthouse","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.090298044000065,"lon":-97.28539559899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house with a side-passage plan at 508 E. Courthouse in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, built in 1889 by contractor H.J. Huck & Co. for lawyer W.H. Crain.","why_significant":"The nomination cites architecture, calling the house a rare example of a side-passage dwelling with Greek Revival details. It is also tied to W.H. Crain, a prominent local lawyer who served as district attorney of the 23rd Judicial Court and was later elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving until his death in 1896.","narrative":"This two-story frame house at 508 E. Courthouse in Cuero was built in 1889 for W.H. Crain, a prominent local lawyer, with H.J. Huck & Co. as contractor. It follows a side-passage plan, with weatherboard siding, a hip roof covered in wood shingles, and double-hung windows. The main entrance has a transom and sidelights, and an L-shaped, two-story inset porch with box columns and square wooden balusters wraps the south and east sides. A lateral ell has twin hip roofs. Crain served as district attorney of the 23rd Judicial Court while living in Indianola, then moved to Cuero after the 1886 storm. He was later elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and served until his death in 1896. The house is described as a rare example of a side-passage dwelling with Greek Revival details. It remained in the Crain family until recently. A 1986 survey recorded it as vacant, in good to fair condition, on a lot that includes much of its block.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Huck, H.J. & Co. (contractor)","architectural_style":"Side-passage dwelling with Greek Revival details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Inventory form (1986) lists present use as vacant and condition as good to fair; the house stayed in the Crain family until recently.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.438448-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/9687/40968760/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001953.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001953/161afcd6ae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001953/161afcd6ae-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crain_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:Crain_House,_Cuero,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968760","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000824"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/crain-w-h-house-88001953/"}