H. J. Huck & Co. was a lumberyard and construction contracting company in Texas. The company was founded in 1846 at

Indianola, Texas Indianola is a ghost town located on Matagorda Bay in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. The community, once the county seat of Calhoun County, is a part of the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1875, the city had a populat ...

, by German immigrant Henry Joseph Huck (August 3, 1822 – December 18, 1905). He reportedly became "the leading lumbeman and supplier of building materials in the young State of Texas." Huck was also elected first judge of

Calhoun County, Texas Calhoun County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,106. Its county seat is Port Lavaca. The county is named for John Caldwell Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States. Cal ...

,Let's Hear It: Stories by Texas Women Writers, p. 100. and a member of the Indianola Guards. The business was destroyed during the American Civil War, and Huck joined the Confederate Army. Huck resumed business after the war and opened branches in

Cuero, Texas Cuero ( ) is a city in and the county seat of DeWitt County, Texas, United States. Its population was 8,128 at the 2020 census. History The city of Cuero had its start in the mid-19th century as a stopping point on the Chisholm Trail cattle route ...

, and

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. The business suffered damage in the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 1866 and 1875. He moved the headquarters of the business to Cuero after the

1886 Indianola hurricane The 1886 Indianola Hurricane was a powerful tropical cyclone that destroyed the town of Indianola, Texas in August 1886, remarkably impacting the history and economic development of Texas. It was the fifth and strongest hurricane of the 1886 Atlan ...

destroyed the city, including Huck's business. The Huck Slough Bridge at the south end of Mount Bonnell Road north of

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, is named for Judge H. J. Huck's family. In 1907, the company became known as the Cuero Lumber Co., and eventually became the Alamo Lumber Co.. A number of its works are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

. Works include: * Bates-Sheppard House, now the

DeWitt County Museum De Witt is Dutch for "The White". De Witt, DeWitt or Dewitt may refer to: People * DeWitt (name) * De Witt (surname) ** De Witt (family), a patrician family from the Dutch Golden Age, especially: *** Johan de Witt (1625–1672), statesman at ...

, 312 E. Broadway,

(Huck, H. J.,& Co.), NRHP-listed * Billow-Thompson House, 402 E. Broadway, Cuero, Texas (Huck, H. J.,& Co.), NRHP-listed * Callaway-Gillette House, 306 E. Sarah, Cuero, Texas (Huck, H. J., & Co.), NRHP-listed * Colston-Gohmert House, 309 E. Prairie, Cuero, Texas (Huck, H. J., & Co.), NRHP-listed *

W. H. Crain House W. may refer to: * SoHo (Australian TV channel) (previously W.), an Australian pay television channel * ''W.'' (film), a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of George W. Bush * "W.", the fifth track from Codeine's 1992 EP ''Bar ...

, 508 E. Courthouse, Cuero, Texas (Huck, H. J., & Co.), NRHP-listed *

William and L. F. Eichholz House William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conq ...

, 308 E. Courthouse, Cuero, Texas (Huck, H. J.,& Co.), NRHP-listed *

Albert and Kate Leinhardt House Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Alber ...

, 818 E. Morgan, Cuero, Texas (Huck, H. J., & Co.), NRHP-listed * Meissner-Pleasants House, 108 N. Hunt, Cuero, Texas (Huck, H. J., & Co.), NRHP-listed *

S. I. Ott House S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet. S may also refer to: History * an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer's, catalogue Language and linguistics * Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s formerly used where "s ...

, 302 N. Hunt, Cuero, Texas (Huck, H. J., & Co.), NRHP-listed

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