{"nrhp_refnum":"88001991","name":"Reuss, J. M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"315 Stockdale","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuero","county":"DeWitt County","state":"TX","lat":29.086027847000025,"lon":-97.29019194599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house at 315 Stockdale in Cuero, De Witt County, Texas, built about 1880 in a residential area southeast of the central business district. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The house was the home of J.M. Reuss, a German immigrant physician and druggist who practiced in Indianola before moving to Cuero after the 1875 storm. He ran the Reuss Drug Store, one of Cuero's oldest and most important businesses, in continuous operation since 1875. The house is described as a tangible link to an important local businessman.","narrative":"This two-story frame house at 315 Stockdale in Cuero, Texas, dates to about 1880. It has a center-passage plan, weatherboard siding, and a hip roof with gables. A five-bay, two-story porch with a shed roof runs across the west elevation, with square posts, turned-wood balusters, and a simplified classical entablature. A gable centered over the entry bay is decorated with imbricated shingles and jig-sawn bargeboards. The south side has a three-sided projecting bay with pedimented window surrounds. The house was the home of J.M. Reuss, a German immigrant physician and druggist who practiced in Indianola before moving to Cuero after the 1875 storm. He operated the Reuss Drug Store at 130 East Main, which has run continuously since 1875 and is regarded as Cuero's oldest drug store. The house was listed as a tangible link to an important local businessman. It remains in residential use and is in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Present condition is listed as good, and 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 02:54:21.297555-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/9688/40968856/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001991.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001991/1e25f46799-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001991/1e25f46799-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reuss_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:Reuss_House,_Cuero,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968856","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000804"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dewitt-county/reuss-j-m-house-88001991/"}