{"nrhp_refnum":"88001983","name":"Colston-Gohmert House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"309 E. Prairie","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.095711101000063,"lon":-97.28530583199995,"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 L-plan dwelling at 309 E. Prairie in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, built in 1897 for Thomas and Hattie Colston. It sits at the southwest corner of Prairie and McLeod streets in a residential area north of the central business district.","why_significant":"The form calls it one of Cuero's finest examples of a modified L-plan dwelling. Tax roll information suggests improvements in 1908-09 may have converted a simple L-plan into a modified L-plan with a large hip roof and gabled extensions. The Palladian window in the front wing is singled out as particularly noteworthy.","narrative":"This one-story frame house at 309 E. Prairie in Cuero was built in 1897 for Thomas Colston, a former Indianola school teacher, and his wife Hattie. It stands at the southwest corner of Prairie and McLeod streets in a residential area north of downtown. The house has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gables, and double-hung wood windows. A three-bay shed-roof porch on the north side has chamfered wood posts and a panelled frieze. Other features include a projecting gable bay on the east side, imbricated shingles, a pent roof and a louvered lunette vent in the gable end, and classical detailing around the door and windows. Tax records suggest improvements around 1908-09 that may have turned a simple L-plan into a modified L-plan with a large hip roof and gabled extensions. The house is regarded as one of Cuero's finest examples of this form, and its Palladian window in the front wing is especially notable. It remains in good condition and residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Huck, H.J. & Co. (?) (contractor)","architectural_style":"L-plan dwelling","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present condition is listed as good; 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 02:54:21.286987-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/9688/40968808/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001983.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001983/3772e0a7af-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001983/3772e0a7af-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Radtoy79","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:309_E_Prairie.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Radtoy79</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:309_E_Prairie.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968808","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001880"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/colston-gohmert-house-88001983/"}