{"nrhp_refnum":"03000435","name":"Man, Ralph Sandiford and Julia Boisseau, House","other_names":["Ralph Sandiford Mann Homestead"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"604 W. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mansfield","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.564344308000045,"lon":-97.14816265499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story wood and brick house at 604 West Broad Street in Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas, built between ca. 1865 and ca. 1868 by Ralph Sandiford Man. It grew from a one-room log cabin and has two barns on the property.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as Mansfield's oldest known surviving building and an example of a frontier cabin enlarged into a comfortable upper middle-class home. It is the city's only identified dwelling with Greek Revival detailing, mixed with Colonial Revival and Queen Anne influences. It is also tied to Ralph Sandiford Man, one of Mansfield's founders, and retains a high level of integrity.","narrative":"Standing at 604 West Broad Street in Mansfield, Texas, this 1½-story wood and brick house began as a one-room log cabin, 17 feet square, built around 1865 by Ralph Sandiford Man for himself, his wife Julia and their two children. By about 1868 a central hall and two-room brick wing had been added, and attic bedrooms followed after Man remarried in 1870. Later changes included a ca. 1930 bathroom and service porch and a 1974 garage and carport at the rear. Greek Revival, Colonial Revival and Queen Anne details mark its evolution. Man, a trained cabinetmaker and one of Mansfield's founders, kept the property in his family until 1946. It is the city's oldest known surviving building and the only dwelling there with Greek Revival detailing. Original oak floors, moldings, a carved walnut staircase and wood windows survive. Two barns, one from about 1865, and a former well remain on the grounds.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1865-1906","architect_builder":"Man, Ralph Sandiford (builder/owner)","architectural_style":"Mixed Styles: Greek Revival, Colonial Revival, Queen Anne","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with a well and barn; maintained in good interior and fair exterior condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.096239-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/9699/40969999/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/03000435.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000435/be586dc891-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000435/be586dc891-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mann_house2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mann_house2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969999","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000125"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/man-ralph-sandiford-and-julia-boisseau-house-03000435/"}