{"nrhp_refnum":"92000017","name":"Sterne-Hoya Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Sterne, Adolphus, House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"100--200 blocks of S. Lanana St., 500 block of E. Main St. (S side), 500 block of E. Pilar St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nacogdoches","county":"Nacogdoches County","state":"TX","lat":31.600929156000035,"lon":-94.65139926806089,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-02-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in Nacogdoches, Texas, made up of nine buildings along the 100-200 blocks of S. Lanana, the south side of the 500 block of E. Main, and the 500 block of E. Pilar, with houses dating from about 1830 to about 1910.","why_significant":"The district is described as the most significant collection of middle to late 19th century domestic buildings in Nacogdoches and includes the 1830 Sterne House. It is nominated under Criterion C for its architecture, as it holds some of the city's oldest and most intact dwellings, including vernacular center-passage and L-plan houses. It also reflects early residential development on the original townsite and is tied to locally prominent residents.","narrative":"This small neighborhood just east of Nacogdoches' historic commercial center holds nine buildings, seven of them contributing, along S. Lanana, E. Main and E. Pilar streets. Most are modest one or one-and-a-half story wood-frame houses on pier-and-beam foundations, built between about 1830 and 1910 in vernacular forms: older center-passage houses and later L-plan dwellings. Two houses on E. Main show Queen Anne and Craftsman influences. The oldest is the 1830 house built by Adolphus Sterne, a German immigrant and Texas Revolution supporter, which the Hoya family bought in 1866. Charles Hoya, a county surveyor, built another house here in 1888. Builder Dietrich Rulfs, who designed over 50 buildings in the city, erected a house at 113 S. Lanana, though vinyl siding keeps it noncontributing. The area lost some prestige as wealthier residents moved north, and commercial expansion in the 1920s and 1930s removed several houses. The district is valued locally as the city's finest surviving group of 19th century vernacular homes.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1830 - ca. 1910","architect_builder":"Rulfs, Dietrich A.W.","architectural_style":"Center-passage and L-plan vernacular types; Late Victorian: Queen Anne; Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Seven of nine buildings are contributing; the houses are still used as single dwellings and one serves as a museum. Two lots on E. Main are vacant after earlier buildings were razed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.255782-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/62/9698/40969862/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000017.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969862","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107321757"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/nacogdoches-county/sterne-hoya-historic-district-92000017/"}