{"nrhp_refnum":"88001954","name":"Eichholz, William and L. F., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"308 E. Courthouse","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.093294943000046,"lon":-97.29397577999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["European","Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame L-plan dwelling at 308 W. Courthouse in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, built in 1894 by William Eichholz. The contractor is tentatively given as H.J. Huck & Co.","why_significant":"The house is tied to William Eichholz, who founded the Deutsche Rundschau, a local German-language newspaper, in 1891. The paper later merged with the Cuero Record, which is still published. It is also described as one of Cuero's most outstanding examples of a two-story L-plan dwelling, with remarkably few alterations.","narrative":"Built in 1894 at 308 W. Courthouse in Cuero, this two-story frame house follows an L plan and has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gables, and double-hung windows with two-over-two lights. A three-bay, two-story porch is set into the south side, with chamfered wood posts, turned balusters and jig-sawn brackets. A polygonal bay projects from the first level of the front wing, and the gable ends have kicked eaves. William Eichholz, who built the house, founded the Deutsche Rundschau in 1891, a German-language newspaper that continued until World War I, when it was published in English. It later merged with the Cuero Record, which is still published today. The house stayed in the Eichholz family until 1939. Because it has changed so little, it is regarded as one of Cuero's most outstanding examples of a two-story L-plan dwelling. It is listed for its architecture and its links to the town's German-language press and ethnic history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Huck, H.J. & Co. (?)","architectural_style":"L-plan dwelling","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is described as good with few alterations; present use is residential.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.608578-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/9688/40968848/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001954.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001954/3ff8390453-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001954/3ff8390453-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ProfReader","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eichholz_House,_Cuero,_Texas_(2014).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ProfReader</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:Eichholz_House,_Cuero,_Texas_(2014).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968848","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001866"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/eichholz-william-and-l-f-house-88001954/"}