{"nrhp_refnum":"88001979","name":"Ley, Valentine, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"206 E. Newman","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.086409638000077,"lon":-97.29182931199995,"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 1 1/2-story frame center-passage dwelling at 206 E. Newman in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, dated to about 1880. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination cites architecture as the basis of significance. A bird's-eye map shows the house in 1881, and tax rolls show it was owned by Valentine Ley from 1880 until 1903, making it one of Cuero's oldest residences. Few alterations detract from its integrity, and it remains an excellent local example of the center-passage plan, a common late 19th-century type in Cuero.","narrative":"Located at 206 E. Newman in Cuero, this 1 1/2-story frame house dates to about 1880 and was part of a citywide group of historic resources documented in 1986. It follows a center-passage plan, with weatherboard siding, a gable roof covered in asbestos siding, and double-hung wood windows with six-over-six lights. A three-bay porch is inset across the south elevation, supported by box columns with molded caps. A bird's-eye map of Cuero shows the house in 1881, and tax rolls record Valentine Ley as owner from 1880 to 1903, which places it among the city's oldest residences. Its significance rests on architecture: few alterations detract from its historic integrity, and it remains an excellent local example of a plan type that was common in Cuero in the late 19th century. A rear addition is the only noted change, and the house is in good condition and still used as a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Center-passage dwelling","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition described as good, with a rear addition; 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 02:54:20.937682-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/9687/40968786/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001979.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001979/d6499b1225-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001979/d6499b1225-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valentine_Ley_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:Valentine_Ley_House,_Cuero,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968786","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000802"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/ley-valentine-house-88001979/"}