{"nrhp_refnum":"98000876","name":"Korus Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US-281 at Farm-to-Market Rd. 536","address_restricted":false,"city":"Leming","county":"Atascosa County","state":"TX","lat":29.111082465000038,"lon":-98.48352067417827,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture","European","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 112-acre working farmstead near Leming in northern Atascosa County, Texas, with 15 contributing resources including a mid-19th century vertical log dogtrot house, a c. 1908 Queen Anne farmhouse, log cribs and agricultural outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farmstead is one of the best preserved and most intact agricultural properties in Atascosa County. It reflects over a century of farming by a Silesian Polish immigrant family in the Las Gallinas community. Its buildings show traditional vernacular rural design, and the log dwelling is the only surviving example of its type in the county.","narrative":"Set among post oak savanna along Gallinas Creek near Leming, this 112-acre farmstead preserves more than a century of family farming in northern Atascosa County. Its core is a c. 1860-1870 vertical log dogtrot house, the only surviving example of its type in the county, alongside a c. 1908 L-plan farmhouse with Queen Anne detailing such as fish scale shingles and turned porch posts. Log cribs, a smokehouse, chicken coops, turkey houses, a windmill, a well and a water tank complete the working yard. The Korus family, Silesian Poles tied to the nearby Las Gallinas community and St. Joseph's Church, bought the land in 1867 and raised hogs and cattle here. The property was listed for its agricultural history, its vernacular construction, and its link to Polish immigrant settlement. A survey of the county identified it as one of the region's most intact agricultural properties, with a period of significance from about 1860 to 1948.","period_of_significance":"c. 1860 - 1948","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Other: center passage plan; Late Victorian: Queen Anne; No Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions are listed as vacant/not in use for the dwellings and agricultural outbuilding use; the cattle pen remains in use and the log dogtrot house has some deterioration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.525461-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/9710/40971009/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/98000876.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971009","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999573"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/atascosa-county/korus-farmstead-98000876/"}