{"nrhp_refnum":"96001566","name":"Tewes, Edward and Texanna, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8280 Linne Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Seguin","county":"Guadalupe County","state":"TX","lat":29.46773726300006,"lon":-98.10323686499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, center-passage stone house with a rear ell, built about 1870 on roughly 3.8 acres in the rural community of New Berlin, Guadalupe County, Texas (Seguin address). Carl August Edward Tewes built it, and an ell was added about 1880.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is tied to Edward Tewes, who helped found and develop the German community of New Berlin through his store, post office, land holdings and school efforts. It is also called probably the best preserved local example of a 19th-century German residence in New Berlin. It meets Criteria B and C at the local level.","narrative":"Built about 1870 near New Berlin in Guadalupe County, Texas, this one-story house has walls of uncut field stone covered in stucco, a center passage with two rooms on each side, and a rear ell of three rooms added around 1880 that gives it an L shape. Edward Tewes, a German immigrant who arrived in Texas as a boy in 1854, bought the land in 1870 and built the house with stones gathered from Cibolo Creek and a mud mortar. He opened the first store in New Berlin in 1867, served as postmaster for 26 years, and donated land for a school. The house is valued for that association and as probably the best preserved local example of a 19th-century German residence in the community. The Tewes family moved to San Antonio in 1894 but kept the house. A restoration beginning in 1987 repaired the stucco, floors and woodwork. The cistern and smokehouse also survive on the property.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1870-1894","architect_builder":"Tewes, Carl August Edward (builder)","architectural_style":"Other: Center passage with rear ell","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a single-family dwelling and recently restored (restoration began in 1987), maintaining a high degree of historic integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.053553-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/9722/40972221/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/96001566.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001566/797436a2b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001566/797436a2b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_tewes_house_2013.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:Edward_tewes_house_2013.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972221","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002095"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/guadalupe-county/tewes-edward-and-texanna-house-96001566/"}