{"nrhp_refnum":"94001169","name":"Schroeder, Fritz Paul and Emma, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Co. Rd. 68, N side, N of Brenham","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brenham","county":"Washington County","state":"TX","lat":30.281116595500038,"lon":-96.30839950181664,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1 1/2-story frame vernacular farmhouse built in 1914 on a 100-acre farm in the Sandy Hill community, about nine miles north-northeast of Brenham, Washington County, Texas, built by Fritz Paul Schroeder.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an intact example of early 20th century rural vernacular architecture built with local materials in a German farming community (Criterion C). It also represents the era of the family farm in Washington County, shaped by the rise and fall of cotton prices (Criterion A, Agriculture).","narrative":"Built in 1914 by farmer and carpenter Fritz Paul Schroeder, this 1 1/2-story frame house sits on a hilltop in the rural Sandy Hill community north of Brenham, Texas. Its center-passage plan is modified into a T shape, with a long front porch, intersecting gabled roofs, dormer windows, diamond-pattern shingled gables and tall tongue-and-groove interior finishes. The house faces to catch summer winds and was built with locally obtained materials. A hand-dug 50-foot well stands behind it. Schroeder, a German immigrant's son, bought the 100 acres in 1911 and farmed cotton, corn, livestock and a large garden while raising ten children. The property is recognized for its intact vernacular design and for illustrating the family farm era in Washington County, when cotton prices dictated farm life and the area slowly shifted toward stock and dairy use. It remains a single-family home, in good condition, and is being rehabilitated.","period_of_significance":"1914-1944","architect_builder":"Schroeder, Fritz Paul (builder)","architectural_style":"Other: Modified Center Passage","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, needing only minor repairs, and retaining integrity; still a single dwelling, with the farmstead being rehabilitated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.173641-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/9739/40973918/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/94001169.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001169/b62be2f7da-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001169/b62be2f7da-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Patrenranch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Elevation_-_Oct_2013.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrenranch</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:South_Elevation_-_Oct_2013.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973918","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999821"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/washington-county/schroeder-fritz-paul-and-emma-house-94001169/"}