{"nrhp_refnum":"95000929","name":"Pound, Dr. Joseph M. and Sarah, Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Ranch Rd. 12 N.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dripping Springs","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":30.20071448400006,"lon":-98.08087757899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement","Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-acre farmstead in Dripping Springs, Hays County, Texas, centered on a log dogtrot house begun about 1854 by Dr. Joseph M. and Sarah Pound, with a smokehouse, windmill, reservoir, corral, barn and other outbuildings. It now forms Founders' Park.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the last of Dripping Springs' original farmsteads, reflecting rural life from the 1850s to the early 20th century. It is tied to Dr. Pound, an early settler who helped found the community's Baptist Academy. Archeological deposits may also hold information on frontier medicine, farm life and enslaved African Americans.","narrative":"Founders' Park in Dripping Springs occupies the remnant of a farmstead established about 1854 by Dr. Joseph M. and Sarah Pound, who came from Mississippi with a group of settlers. Their house began as two cypress log pens joined by an open dogtrot. Over four generations it gained frame additions, a dining room, a kitchen and enclosed porches, and one original log pen survives. Nearby stand a limestone smokehouse, a windmill with stone reservoir and trough, a corral, a double crib barn, an outhouse and a stone-walled hot frame. The property is described as the last of the town's original farmsteads. Dr. Pound practiced medicine from the house and helped found the Dripping Springs Baptist Academy in 1880. The site also holds archeological potential, including the location of a cabin that housed enslaved people. Vacant since 1987, the property is being stabilized for use as a museum.","period_of_significance":"c.1854-1914","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A","B","D"],"status_note":"Vacant since a 1987 bequest to the City of Dripping Springs and deteriorated; a nonprofit foundation acquired it in 1992, stabilization is underway, and it is planned for museum use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.11876-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/9725/40972529/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/95000929.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000929/72e1526096-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000929/72e1526096-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pound_house_2007.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pound_house_2007.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972529","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Joseph_M._and_Sarah_Pound_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5304216"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/pound-dr-joseph-m-and-sarah-farmstead-95000929/"}