National Register of Historic Places

SIMON GUGENHEIM HOUSE - HERITAGE PARK
1601 NORTH CHAPARRAL STREET

This Victorian structure was built for Simon and Lila Bell (Solomon) Gugenheim in 1905. In 1941 Mr. Gugenheim a leading businessman in Corpus Christi, donated four lots on South Broadway to the YMCA to construct a new facility. He died in 1942 and Lila Bell passed four years later. Both are buried at the Hebrew Rest Cemetery in Corpus Christi. The structure was moved to this block in 1927 and relocated to its current site in the City of Corpus Christi's Heritage Park in 1977. Camp Fire, Inc. restored the house to serve as offices in 1980. This is the only square turreted structure remaining in Corpus Christi. The tri-faceted porch, spanning gabled wings, and gingerbread details are typical of the late Victorian Period. The front rooms are furnished in the style of the 1900s.

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