{"nrhp_refnum":"90000336","name":"Hasse, Heinrich and Fredericka, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"TX 29, W of Art","address_restricted":false,"city":"Art","county":"Mason County","state":"TX","lat":30.739353714500055,"lon":-99.1214039048509,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-03-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1-1/2-story dark red sandstone farmhouse on an approximately 11-acre site along Willow Creek near Art, Mason County, Texas. Heinrich and Fredericka Hasse began building it in 1883, and a rear addition followed between 1894 and 1900.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the oldest and most intact German-Texan farmhouses in Mason County. It combines a modified Cumberland plan with German-Texan stone construction, shallow eaves and a saltbox profile. It is listed under Criterion C at the local level; Criterion D was mentioned in the text but is not marked on the form.","narrative":"Built beginning in 1883 by Heinrich and Fredericka Hasse, this small sandstone farmhouse sits beside Willow Creek near Art in Mason County, Texas. It replaced the family's roughly 23-year-old log house. The main block is a 1-1/2-story structure of coursed rubble with rough corner quoins, laid out as a modified Cumberland plan with two front rooms that each open onto the porch. A stone room was added at the back between 1894 and 1900, possibly by a local stonemason named Backhaus. The result blends Southern Anglo planning with German-Texan features seen around Fredericksburg, such as local stone, shallow eaves and a saltbox profile. The nomination describes it as one of the oldest and most intact German-Texan farmhouses in the county. A dry-laid stone fence and a cistern survive on the property. The land has stayed with the Hasse descendants since 1860. The site also holds possible archeological remains of vanished log, frame and farm buildings.","period_of_significance":"1883-1939","architect_builder":"Backhaus (attribution - builder west addition)","architectural_style":"Other: modified Cumberland Plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling/homestead with agricultural field/pasture; remains in the descendants of the Hasse family. Renovated in 1980.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.706455-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/9729/40972938/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90000336.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000336/4e4b65f942-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000336/4e4b65f942-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HEINRICH_AND_FREDERICKA_HASSE_HOUSE,_ART,_MASON_COUNTY,_TX.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HEINRICH_AND_FREDERICKA_HASSE_HOUSE,_ART,_MASON_COUNTY,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972938","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320062"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/mason-county/hasse-heinrich-and-fredericka-house-90000336/"}