{"nrhp_refnum":"88001990","name":"Cuero High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"405 E. Sarah","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.098773248000043,"lon":-97.28484407299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick school building at 405 E. Sarah in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, erected in 1928 in Gothic Revival style on a city block of about 1.72 acres northeast of the central business district.","why_significant":"It served as Cuero's high school from 1928 until a new facility opened several blocks east in 1970. It is the city's oldest surviving school building financed with public money and the only pre-1936 public educational facility still standing. It is also a noteworthy local example of an institutional building with Gothic Revival detailing.","narrative":"Cuero High School is a two-story brick school building at 405 E. Sarah, built in 1928 on a full city block in a mostly residential area northeast of downtown Cuero. It has load-bearing masonry walls, a flat roof, and a double-door entrance set within a pointed archway. Cast-stone trim marks the center bay, decorative brickwork appears in the end bays, and a pedimented parapet caps the entry. Paired wood-sash windows with nine-over-nine lights remain on the second floor, while ground floor windows are covered with plywood. The building served as the town's high school until a new facility was built several blocks east in 1970. It is Cuero's oldest surviving school building financed with public money and the only pre-1936 public educational facility still standing in the community. Reviewers valued it as a local example of Gothic Revival architecture and as a resource tied to the city's educational history. The inventory lists it as vacant and in fair condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival school","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and in fair condition on the inventory form; the significance text mentions poor condition, and ground floor windows are covered with plywood.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.914116-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/9688/40968850/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001990.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001990/9b94467ae7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001990/9b94467ae7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CueroHighSchool1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:CueroHighSchool1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968850","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuero_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5192608"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/cuero-high-school-88001990/"}