{"nrhp_refnum":"88001975","name":"Leonardt, Emil, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"804 E. Morgan","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.085421041000075,"lon":-97.28506554099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house at 804 E. Morgan in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, with an original one-story section dating to about 1886, enlarged about 1895 and altered about 1930. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The house was the home of Emil Leonardt, owner of the South Texas Ice Co. and a respected Cuero citizen and business leader. It is argued to illustrate the architectural evolution of one house over roughly 100 years and to be unique in Cuero. Reviewers described it as a significant example of Victorian architectural design despite fire damage and 1930 alterations.","narrative":"This two-story frame house at 804 East Morgan in Cuero began as a one-story dwelling around 1886 and was enlarged about 1895 into an L-shaped Victorian home. It has an intersecting gable roof with standing-seam metal, wood double-hung windows, a transomed entrance, and a two-story porch with elliptical arches. The projecting front wing has cutaway corners on both levels. It was the home of Emil Leonardt, owner of the South Texas Ice Co. near the Buchel Mill in the Morgantown Addition, and a well-known Cuero business leader. Sanborn maps show the house burned in 1930, and the stucco covering and a two-story addition on the east side date from the rebuilding. Renovated in 1985-86, the house is valued for showing how a single dwelling changed over about a century. It is considered unique in Cuero and a notable example of Victorian design despite later alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian with alterations","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair; renovation by the owners in 1985-86, with work reported completed in 1987. 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 02:54:21.695346-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/9688/40968836/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001975.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001975/1f239af727-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001975/1f239af727-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emil_Leonardt_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:Emil_Leonardt_House,_Cuero,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968836","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001860"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/leonardt-emil-house-88001975/"}