{"nrhp_refnum":"88001967","name":"Macedonia Baptist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"512 S. Indianola","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.087037026000075,"lon":-97.29859916699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame church with a three-story tower at 512 S. Indianola, Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, established about 1890 and rebuilt on its present site in 1893. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The church is considered an outstanding example of vernacular ecclesiastical architecture in Cuero. It is also the home of one of the city's oldest Black congregations, founded in 1891 as the Second Baptist Church (Colored). The reviewer recommended acceptance under criteria A and C.","narrative":"Macedonia Baptist Church is a frame house of worship at the northwest corner of Indianola and Bruce streets in a residential area southwest of downtown Cuero. The congregation was organized in 1891 as the Second Baptist Church (Colored) of Cuero. Two years later it bought the old frame building of the Catholic Church, which had built a new brick church. The building was dismantled and rebuilt on its present site in 1893. It has weatherboard siding, imbricated shingles and eave returns in the front gable, pedimented window architraves, corner pilasters, jig-sawn eave brackets, and a three-story tower with a steeply pitched pyramidal roof. Alterations include a rear wing and replaced windows, and the church remains in good condition and in religious use. It was listed for its vernacular ecclesiastical architecture and as the church of one of Cuero's oldest Black congregations, making it both an architectural and a social landmark.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition described as good, with a rear wing addition and replacement of the original windows. Still in religious use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.040946-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/9688/40968852/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001967.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001967/2660a51131-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001967/2660a51131-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macedonia_Baptist_Church,_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:Macedonia_Baptist_Church,_Cuero,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968852","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_Baptist_Church_(Cuero,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6723063"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/macedonia-baptist-church-88001967/"}