{"nrhp_refnum":"88001970","name":"Cuero Gin","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"501 W. Main","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.091874938000046,"lon":-97.29584844599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of metal-clad frame buildings that housed a cotton gin at 501 W. Main in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, built about 1915 just west of the central business district.","why_significant":"It is the only extant cotton gin in Cuero and remains in limited use. Cotton was central to the local economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the gin is the only preserved physical reminder of the local cotton market. Its continued operation makes it the oldest cotton-related business in Cuero.","narrative":"Cuero Gin occupies a lot at 501 W. Main, in a commercial and industrial area just west of Cuero's central business district. Built about 1915, it replaced the older Farmers Milling and Gin plant that had occupied the site. The complex includes a small one-story frame office with asbestos siding at the northwest corner of the lot, a two-story warehouse with a pyramidal hip roof and small tower behind it, and a frame gin building sheathed in corrugated metal, which houses the press and gin. Cotton was extremely important to the local economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and Cuero was one of the few Texas cities with a textile mill. This gin is the only extant cotton gin in the city and the only preserved physical reminder of the local cotton market. It remains in limited use, which makes it the oldest cotton-related business still operating in Cuero. Its condition is described as good.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Present condition is listed as good; the gin remains in limited industrial use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.990442-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/62/9688/40968862/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001970.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968862","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001850"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/cuero-gin-88001970/"}