{"nrhp_refnum":"05001105","name":"Stilley-Young House","other_names":["The Grove"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"405 Moseley St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jefferson","county":"Marion County","state":"TX","lat":32.75636430700007,"lon":-94.35157326299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, wood-frame Greek Revival house at 405 Moseley Street in Jefferson, Marion County, Texas, built in 1861 for cotton broker Frank Stilley and his new bride. It sits on a half-acre lot with pecan trees and an English-style garden.","why_significant":"The house is a good local example of simplified Greek Revival architecture, a style popular in Texas in the mid-1800s. It is also significant for Ethnic Heritage/Black as the long-time home (1885-1983) of the Young family, an African American family led by Charles Young, Jefferson's leading barber, and his wife Daphne, who designed the gardens.","narrative":"Built in 1861 on Moseley Street in Jefferson, Texas, this one-story Greek Revival house was first home to cotton broker Frank Stilley and his wife Minerva. It began as a five-room house with front and rear galleries and a detached kitchen. A 1870 addition joined the kitchen to the main house, and a 1939 renovation enclosed the galleries and added the first bathroom. The house has weatherboard siding, a full-width porch with four box columns, and mostly 9/9 wood windows. It stands on a half-acre lot with old pecan trees and an English-style garden. Later owners included bridge builders, and from 1885 the Young family, who were African American. Charles Young was the town's leading barber, serving elite white clients, and his wife Daphne designed the garden. Their daughter Louise lived there until 1983. The property is recognized for its architecture and for its place in local African American heritage, and it remains in excellent condition with little alteration since 1939.","period_of_significance":"1861-1939","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Mid 19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently a single-family dwelling with a storage shed; described as in excellent condition and little changed since 1939.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.984346-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/9729/40972928/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/05001105.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001105/4bfd72b6e2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001105/4bfd72b6e2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StilleyYoungHouse1_(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:StilleyYoungHouse1_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000949","name":"Jefferson Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/jefferson-historic-district-71000949/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972928","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grove_(Jefferson,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711367"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/marion-county/stilley-young-house-05001105/"}