{"nrhp_refnum":"92001024","name":"Dobie, John R., House","other_names":["Dobie House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"282 Old Kyle Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wimberley","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":29.99685986700007,"lon":-98.09312732099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, box-frame vernacular house with a center passage plan and side gable roof at 282 Old Kyle Road in Wimberley, Hays County, Texas, built about 1892 and altered about 1900. Three outbuildings share the 1.34-acre property.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that the house is an excellent, largely intact example of late 19th century Hill Country vernacular architecture, built of local materials and following the traditional center passage plan. It is judged significant locally under Criterion C in Architecture. Few similar Wimberley houses keep as much architectural and historic integrity.","narrative":"Built about 1892 just east of Wimberley's small central business district, this one-story frame house follows the center passage plan, with rooms flanking a central hall under a side gable roof. Walls are board and batten, and an external limestone chimney was rebuilt during restoration. Around 1900 the hall was partly enclosed and a flat-roofed front portico was added. The property also holds a storage shed, a privy and a modern well house on about 1.34 acres. Wimberley grew around a grist and sawmill on Cypress Creek, and local timber, including cypress, shaped its early buildings. The house was built near the end of the period when cypress was still available. Owners over time included a San Marcos rancher, a Scottish emigrant named John R. Dobie, and a physician who also ran the post office there from 1903 to 1906. A 1989-1990 restoration returned the interior close to its 1892 layout. The house is recognized as a practical, unpretentious example of local vernacular building.","period_of_significance":"c.1892-c.1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Vernacular: center passage plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored in 1989-1990 and described as in excellent condition with integrity retained; current function listed as a hotel.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.652941-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/9725/40972535/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92001024.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001024/27d4f234c4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001024/27d4f234c4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JohnRDobie1.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:JohnRDobie1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972535","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002226"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/dobie-john-r-house-92001024/"}