{"nrhp_refnum":"88001960","name":"Farris, J. B., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"502 N. Gonzales","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.093587825000043,"lon":-97.28862862499994,"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 L-plan dwelling at 502 N. Gonzales in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, built in 1891 by an unknown architect or builder. It sits at the northwest corner of Gonzales and Broadway in a mixed residential and commercial area north of the central business district.","why_significant":"The house is considered a fine example of a two-story L-plan dwelling, a form common in Cuero's late 19th- and early 20th-century residences, though most examples are only one story. It was built for J.B. Farris and stayed in the family until 1914, according to tax rolls.","narrative":"Built in 1891 for J.B. Farris, this two-story frame house at 502 N. Gonzales in Cuero follows an L-plan layout, a house form widely used in the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most Cuero L-plan houses have only one story, which makes this two-story example stand out. The walls are covered in drop siding beneath a gable roof with kicked eaves in the gable ends. Windows are wood-sash double-hung units with two-over-two lights. A three-bay, two-story porch with a shed roof, chamfered wood posts and turned-wood balusters fronts the east side, and a double-door entry with a transom opens onto the porch's upper level. A two-story polygonal bay projects on the south side. Tax rolls show the house stayed with the Farris family until 1914, and by 1915 it belonged to G.P. Box. It remains in residential use and is in good condition, and it was recognized for its architecture as part of a survey of Cuero's historic resources.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"L-plan dwelling","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present condition is described as good, and the 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 02:54:21.001697-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/9688/40968800/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001960.pdf"},"photo":null,"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/40968800","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001899"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/farris-j-b-house-88001960/"}