{"nrhp_refnum":"88001964","name":"Ott, S. I., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"302 N. Hunt","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.09085508700008,"lon":-97.28661917199997,"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 one-story frame center-passage house at 302 N. Hunt Street in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, built in 1888-1889 and possibly moved from Indianola.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding local example of a center-passage dwelling, a common house form in Cuero. Its five-sided porch with angled bays and chamfered columns was added between 1902 and 1907, according to Sanborn maps. The house stayed in the Ott family through the 1930s.","narrative":"Located at 302 N. Hunt Street in Cuero, this one-story frame house follows the center-passage plan, with a hall running through the middle and two rooms deep on each side. It has weatherboard siding, a gable roof with kicked eaves in the gable ends, and wood double-hung windows. The main entrance is a single door with a transom and sidelights, and the door has twin round-arched lights. A five-sided porch with angled bays, chamfered posts and turned-wood balusters faces east, and a rear ell extends behind the main block. The house was erected on this site in 1888 or 1889 and may have been moved from Indianola. Its porch was added between 1902 and 1907, according to Sanborn maps. The house stayed in the Ott family through the 1930s. It was recognized as an outstanding local example of the center-passage form, which was common in Cuero. It remains in residential use and is in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Huck, H.J. & Co. (?) (contractor)","architectural_style":"Center-passage 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 02:54:21.083287-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/9687/40968778/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001964.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001964/9ba3810352-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001964/9ba3810352-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S._I._Ott_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:S._I._Ott_House,_Cuero,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968778","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001892"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/ott-s-i-house-88001964/"}