Neuhaus Complex, C. L. Neuhaus-King House, Highway 532, Hackberry, Lavaca County, TX

1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place
Significance: The house, built in 1881 for Franz Carl Ludwig Neuhaus, reflects the expectation for future growth in Hackberry. The 2-story house is a light wood frame structure covered by wooden clapboarding siding. Strikingly similar in layout to the L.E. Neuhaus homestead, this larger, updated house shares the massing of a main block and a detached single-story dependency, connected by a later enclosed porch. Both floors of the main block are organized around a central hall with a suspended stairway...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-207
Survey number: HABS TX-3388-C
Building/structure dates: 1881 Initial Construction