{"nrhp_refnum":"01000104","name":"Moore, John M. and Lottie D., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"406 S. Fifth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Fort Bend County","state":"TX","lat":29.581213656000045,"lon":-95.76116119299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-frame house at 406 South Fifth Street in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas, built in 1883 as an Italianate residence and remodeled in 1905 in the Classical Revival style. It occupies a full city block with several ancillary structures and now serves as a museum.","why_significant":"The house is tied to John M. Moore, a local rancher who served in the Texas Legislature and the U.S. Congress, and is significant locally in Politics/Government. It is also a good example of a Victorian house successfully remodeled into Classical Revival style by the Austin firm C.H. Page and Brothers.","narrative":"Built in 1883 for rancher John M. Moore and his bride Lottie Dyer, this two-story wood-frame house in Richmond, Texas, began as a bracketed Italianate residence designed by architect Thomas Culshaw, with a mansard roof and central tower. In 1905 the Austin firm C.H. Page and Brothers remodeled it in the Classical Revival style, adding a grand semi-circular porch with Ionic columns and a new interior staircase. Moore later served in the Texas Legislature and the United States Congress, and the house also hosted the founding of the First Baptist Church of Richmond and served as a neighborhood schoolhouse. After his death it became the home of his son, John Jr., who also pursued public service. The property fills an entire city block and includes a grape arbor, storm shelter, covered walkway and a cistern within a gazebo. Today it functions as a museum and keeps much of its historic landscaping and 1905 character.","period_of_significance":"1883-1949","architect_builder":"Culshaw, Thomas (1883), architect; C.H. Page and Brothers, architect (1905).","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a museum; the house retains a high degree of integrity of its 1905 appearance despite some adaptation for museum use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.753778-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/9719/40971972/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/01000104.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000104/5152e8498e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000104/5152e8498e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_lottie_moore_house_2008.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_lottie_moore_house_2008.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971972","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._and_Lottie_D._Moore_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6246025"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/fort-bend-county/moore-john-m-and-lottie-d-house-01000104/"}