East Main Street Residential Historic District
Why it's listed
Two blocks east of Cuero's commercial core, the East Main Street Residential Historic District covers roughly 17 acres along the 400 to 800 blocks of East Main. It contains a cohesive set of modest late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century houses, most of them one-story frame buildings. Center-passage and L-plan houses represent the earlier period, while bungalows and a few Tudor Revival homes show later tastes. Several of the oldest dwellings were dismantled and rebuilt here after coming from Indianola, including the Kleinecke House of 1879 and the Susan Weisiger House of 1886-87. The largest building is the two-story Stadler-Kosbiel House, built about 1891 for lumberman and banker C.L. Stadler, with turned posts and jigsawn brackets. The district is considered significant for its architecture and for giving a more representative picture of Cuero's everyday historic housing than the grander Terrell-Reuss Street district. Its period of significance runs from 1873 to 1936.
Significance in brief: The district is significant for architecture. It holds a cohesive group of mostly one-story vernacular frame houses, plus bungalows and Tudor Revival examples. It also includes some of Cuero's oldest houses, two of them moved from Indianola. It gives a representative sample of the town's historic dwelling types.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 88001998, listed October 31, 1988. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 400 to 800 blks. of E. Main St., Cuero |
|---|---|
| County | DeWitt County |
| Listed | October 31, 1988 |
| Reference number | 88001998 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1873 to 1936 |
| Architect / builder | Fred Mueller, contractor (603 E. Main); C.L. Stadler built the Stadler-Kosbiel House |
| Architectural style | Vernacular late 19th-century dwellings (center-passage, L-plan), bungalow, Tudor Revival |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Present use is given as private residence, vacant; most surveyed buildings are described as in good condition. |
| Acreage | 17 |
| Coordinates | 29.08795, -97.28546 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 88001998.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q109999689
- This listing as JSON
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