{"nrhp_refnum":"03000769","name":"Houston, William Buckner and Sue, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"621 E. St. George St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gonzales","county":"Gonzales County","state":"TX","lat":29.503602288000025,"lon":-97.44970456799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-08-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story Queen Anne style wood-frame house at 621 E. St. George Street in Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas, built in 1898 as the residence of cattleman W.B. Houston, with a garage on the lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house retains its original location, fabric, footprint and detailing, and shows Queen Anne architecture and decoration at its height. It is also tied to the revival of Gonzales after the Civil War, when fortunes from the cattle industry and the Chisholm Trail paid for elaborate homes.","narrative":"Built in 1898 for Gonzales cattleman William Buckner Houston and his wife Sue, this 2 1/2-story frame house stands three blocks from the town plaza in an older residential neighborhood. Its Queen Anne character shows in asymmetrical massing, a square entry tower, corner towers and turrets, gable extensions and a double wraparound porch with classical details. Inside, the house keeps parquet floors, catalog-ordered mantels and tile fireplace surrounds, a formal staircase, and painted decoration by Sue Houston, including a parlor ceiling painting and dining room murals. The house was altered in the 1950s and renovated after 1994, but it keeps its original footprint and most of its historic fabric. Its significance rests on its architecture and on its link to the cattle fortunes, tied to the Chisholm Trail drives, that helped Gonzales recover economically after the Civil War and funded grand homes like this one.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; attributed to architect/builder Henry Kane","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently a single dwelling; the text also describes plans to run it as an income-generating bed-and-breakfast.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.865254-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/9721/40972149/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/03000769.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000769/74b2a10275-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000769/74b2a10275-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ProfReader","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houston_House_-_Dec_26_2012.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ProfReader</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:Houston_House_-_Dec_26_2012.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972149","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107318580"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/gonzales-county/houston-william-buckner-and-sue-house-03000769/"}