{"nrhp_refnum":"97000202","name":"Wunderlich, Peter and Sophie, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18202 Theiss Mail Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Klein","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":30.030665722000037,"lon":-95.54853730299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 4.7-acre late 19th century farmstead on Theiss Mail Road in Klein, northwest Harris County, Texas, centered on a wood-frame farmhouse built in 1891 for Peter Wunderlich Jr. and Sophie Krimmel, with a barn, sheep/cattle shed, well site and fence.","why_significant":"The farm is a well-preserved local example of a simple late 19th century farm built by a second-generation German immigrant family. It reflects the lifestyle and farming patterns of Germans in northwest Harris County around the turn of the century. It meets Criterion A in the areas of Agriculture and Ethnic Heritage: European at the local level.","narrative":"Set on just over 4.7 acres in the Klein community northwest of Houston, this farmstead is built around a single-story wood-frame farmhouse completed in 1891. Peter Wunderlich Jr., son of a German immigrant, established the farm when he married Sophie Krimmel. A room addition around 1900 turned the original square plan into an L shape. The barn, sheep/cattle shed, well site and fence also date from the farm's early years, while several smokehouse, shed and privy buildings were added later. The interior keeps its original pine ceilings, floors and walls, never painted or wallpapered. The farm is significant as a modest example of the farms created by German immigrant families around Cypress Creek, who practiced mixed farming with cotton, food crops and market gardening. The Wunderlich family held the land until 1983, and the last family resident left in 1995. The school district then opened it as a living history farm for schoolchildren, interpreting life in the Klein community from about 1890 to 1925.","period_of_significance":"1891-1946","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Other: square plan with rear ell","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Now operated as a living history museum and school tour site by Klein I.S.D. and the Klein, Texas Historical Foundation; the farmhouse was renovated in 1995 and a metal roof replaced the original wood shingles in 1992.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.858941-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/9724/40972424/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/97000202.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972424","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000192"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/wunderlich-peter-and-sophie-farm-97000202/"}