Lynch-Probst House
Why it's listed
Located at 502 E. Broadway in a residential area northeast of Cuero's central business district, this 1 1/2-story frame house dates to about 1890 and may have been reconstructed from a structure in Indianola. It follows the center-passage plan, two rooms deep, with weatherboard siding, a gable roof, box eaves and wood double-hung windows. The main entrance has a transom and sidelights. A three-bay gable-roofed porch on the south side has chamfered wood posts with molded caps, jig-sawn balusters and brackets. A large cross gable forms the porch roof and adds living space, and a similar shed-roofed porch faces west. A shed addition sits at the rear. The house was listed for its architecture, as a distinctive variation of a plan type common in Cuero. It stayed in the Lynch family until 1921, then had a one-year owner, W.B. Utesch, before passing to the Probst family.
Significance in brief: The house is considered architecturally significant as an excellent, unusual variation of the two-room-deep center-passage dwelling, one of the most common plan types in Cuero. It has a large cross gable that forms the porch roof and added living space. It may have been reconstructed from a house in Indianola.
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 88001951, listed October 31, 1988. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 502 E. Broadway, Cuero |
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| County | DeWitt County |
| Listed | October 31, 1988 |
| Reference number | 88001951 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Center-passage dwelling |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Present condition is listed as good, and the present use is residential. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Within district | Terrell-Reuss Streets Historic District |
| Coordinates | 29.09210, -97.28537 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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 88001951.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q110001870
- This listing as JSON
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