{"nrhp_refnum":"03000433","name":"Buchanan-Hayter-Witherspoon House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"306 E. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mansfield","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.56294671200004,"lon":-97.13903207599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story wood center passage house at 306 East Broad Street in Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas, built about 1871 by Thomas Buchanan for himself and his wife, and enlarged at the rear about 1898 and about 1925.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare surviving local example of the center passage plan in Mansfield, with modest Classical Revival detailing. Its compatible rear additions reflect the town's growing prosperity from the arrival of rail service in 1885 through the late 1920s. It also illustrates how modest early dwellings changed with architectural tastes and technology.","narrative":"Built about 1871 by Thomas Buchanan for himself and his wife, this one-story wood house at 306 East Broad Street in Mansfield began as a two-room center passage dwelling. A rear kitchen and Queen Anne porch detailing were added by 1898, and a further rear addition around 1925 brought the house to seven rooms plus an attic. Most changes are at the back and cannot be seen from the street. Modest Classical Revival caps top the corner endboards, and the windows are mostly two-over-two wood sash. The house was abandoned in the early 1990s and suffered neglect and vandalism before rehabilitation began, yet it keeps a high degree of exterior integrity. It is considered a rare surviving example of its plan type in Mansfield, built during the town's agricultural prosperity after rail service arrived in 1885. It is named for its builder and two later owners, and it represents middle-class family housing on Broad Street, the town's main residential street.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1871-1953","architect_builder":"Buchanan, Thomas (builder/owner)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Vacant during rehabilitation; abandoned in the early 1990s and now being rehabilitated, with the porch detailing and original front door planned for restoration.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.96054-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/9700/40970005/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/03000433.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000433/b601194979-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000433/b601194979-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buchanan-Hayter-Witherspoon_House1_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buchanan-Hayter-Witherspoon_House1_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970005","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002512"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/buchanan-hayter-witherspoon-house-03000433/"}