Begun as a one-room structure and expanded in 1869 when two more rooms were added to the right side of the house, this represents the simple character and the lack of exterior decorative touches typical of many of Castroville's early homes. The rear elevation of the house has been remodeled.
Gerald Moorhead et al., "Bippert-Kueck House", [Castroville, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-CJ8.
Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, 222-222.
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