{"nrhp_refnum":"03001161","name":"Forsgard Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1116-1122 N. 4th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waco","county":"McLennan County","state":"TX","lat":31.56439715700003,"lon":-97.14018158099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private family homestead at 1116-1122 North Fourth Street in Waco, McLennan County, Texas, with five contributing buildings: the Edward and Anna Forsgard House (1908), the Samuel Forsgard House, servants' quarters and two barns (c. 1910).","why_significant":"The nomination argues the homestead is one of the most intact early twentieth-century domestic properties in Waco, preserving the rural character of residential Waco along with original furnishings and fixtures. It is also tied to the history of Swedish immigrants in Central Texas and to the Forsgard family's role in Waco's development. It is considered locally significant for community planning and development and for its Queen Anne architecture.","narrative":"Located in the 1100 block of North Fourth Street in Waco, this homestead is a complex of five buildings that has stayed in the same family for more than a century. The main house, built in 1908 for Edward and Anna Forsgard, is a 1½-story, L-plan Queen Anne dwelling with a wraparound porch, Tuscan columns and horizontal siding. Nearby stand a smaller house for Edward's father Samuel, servants' quarters converted from a hull house, and two barns. Swedish carpenters built the main house, and Samuel and Edward helped design it. Original wallpaper, drapes and family furniture remain inside, and the only notable exterior change was the replacement of open porch balusters with a solid rail around 1930. The property was listed for its well-preserved picture of rural residential life in early twentieth-century Waco, its Queen Anne architecture, and its link to Swedish immigrants and a family of merchants, inventors and cotton buyers.","period_of_significance":"1908-1953","architect_builder":"Forsgard, Samuel J. and Forsgard, Edward F.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne; No Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in the same family and in domestic use; the buildings are described as highly intact, and plans are underway to convert the property into a Swedish heritage center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.181331-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/9730/40973009/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/03001161.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001161/e1003435be-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001161/e1003435be-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Barera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waco_June_2016_87_(Forsgard_Homestead).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Barera</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:Waco_June_2016_87_(Forsgard_Homestead).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973009","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002274"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/mclennan-county/forsgard-homestead-03001161/"}