{"nrhp_refnum":"88001986","name":"Cook, Charles, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"103 E. Sarah","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.09593086700005,"lon":-97.28838436199999,"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 Spanish Colonial Revival house at 103 E. Sarah Street in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, built in 1923 to designs by architect Beverly Spillman, with H.H. Mayben as contractor.","why_significant":"The nomination cites architecture as the basis of significance. It describes the house as one of Cuero's finest and one of the best local examples of Spanish Colonial Revival, a style popular in the city in the 1920s and 1930s. The evaluation recommends acceptance under Criterion C.","narrative":"Built in 1923 at 103 E. Sarah Street in Cuero, this one-story frame house was commissioned by Charles Cook from architect Beverly Spillman, with H.H. Mayben as contractor. Its stucco walls rise to a clipped gable roof covered in clay tile, with exposed rafter ends and wood double-hung windows. Distinctive details include a massive chimney with tile detailing and twin ceramic chimney pots, ribbon windows, a porte-cochere incorporated into the gable roof, and a carved stone surround on the projecting entry bay. The house is regarded as one of Cuero's finest and as the best local example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, a style that was popular in the city during the 1920s and 1930s. It stayed in the Cook family until 1942, when new owners took it over. It sits on a site of less than one acre in a mostly commercial area north of the central business district and remains in residential use in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Beverly Spillman; contractor H.H. Mayben","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present condition listed as good; present use residential.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.351613-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/9688/40968828/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001986.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"88001997","name":"Terrell-Reuss Streets Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/terrell-reuss-streets-historic-district-88001997/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968828","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001885"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/cook-charles-house-88001986/"}