{"nrhp_refnum":"05000892","name":"Crim, Elias and Mattie, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"310 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Henderson","county":"Rusk County","state":"TX","lat":32.15299126300005,"lon":-94.79562440299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-08-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick and wood Neoclassical Revival house at 310 East Main Street in Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, built in 1913 by local carpenter J. T. Melton for Elias and Mattie Crim. A small circa 1935 bird house stands behind it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a well-executed, intact local example of a Neoclassical residence in east Texas. It has changed little since 1913 apart from a 1930s enclosure of the east porches, and it keeps a high degree of integrity. It is listed under Criterion C for Architecture at the local level.","narrative":"Built in 1913 at 310 East Main Street in Henderson, Texas, this two-story brick and wood house was designed in the Neoclassical Revival style and built by local carpenter J. T. Melton for Elias and Mattie Crim at a cost of $7,500. A full-height entry porch with four Scamozzi-style composite columns, a balcony, a widow's walk, and a symmetrical front mark the exterior, while the interior has a center hall, a staircase, high ceilings, and a long second-floor hall. In the mid-1930s, during the local oil boom, the east porches were enclosed to add a bathroom and sitting rooms. A ten-foot-square bird house built around 1935 for Mattie Crim's canaries also survives. Elias Crim worked forty years at the First National Bank, and the family stayed in the house until 1987. Listed for its architecture, the house is regarded as a good local example of Neoclassical design with a high level of integrity, on a prominent lot near downtown Henderson.","period_of_significance":"1913, 1935","architect_builder":"J. T. Melton, carpenter, Henderson, Texas.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with a secondary structure; the form describes it as retaining a high degree of integrity with only minor changes since construction.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.086829-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/9732/40973291/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/05000892.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000892/a8746566e6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000892/a8746566e6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Barera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henderson_July_2017_13_(Elias_Fleming_and_Mattie_Spharler_Crim_House).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:Henderson_July_2017_13_(Elias_Fleming_and_Mattie_Spharler_Crim_House).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973291","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107321188"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/rusk-county/crim-elias-and-mattie-house-05000892/"}