{"nrhp_refnum":"05001401","name":"Baker-Carmichael House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"226 E. Pearl St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Granbury","county":"Hood County","state":"TX","lat":32.44438824500003,"lon":-97.78596250899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story Queen Anne house with Neoclassical porch, built in 1905 at 226 E. Pearl Street, one block east of the Hood County Courthouse square in Granbury, Texas. A non-contributing outbuilding stands behind it.","why_significant":"The house is tied to Jess A. Baker, Texas state representative and legislative leader of the woman suffrage movement, who introduced several suffrage amendments. It is also a high-style example of Queen Anne architecture with Neoclassical influences, reflecting the prosperity of Granbury's post-railroad boom.","narrative":"Built in 1905 one block east of the Hood County Courthouse square in Granbury, this 2 1/2-story Queen Anne house combines a hipped roof, cross gables, an octagonal corner tower and a full two-story Neoclassical porch with fluted composite columns. Cypress siding, fish-scale shingles and native limestone piers give it a richly textured exterior, while the interior centers on a paneled hall with a grand staircase. The house is named for the Baker and Carmichael families, who lived there from its construction into the 1960s. It was listed for its association with Jess A. Baker, a Texas House member who introduced suffrage amendments and was the movement's legislative leader. It was also listed as an exuberant expression of prosperity from the railroad-driven boom in a small county seat. Later changes, including added bathrooms, an enclosed back porch and a converted outbuilding, have left its character largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1905 - 1955","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne; Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals/Classical Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition with a high degree of integrity; rehabilitated in 1998-1999. Current functions are single dwelling and hotel.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.51939-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/9726/40972607/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/05001401.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001401/19971b6926-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001401/19971b6926-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Barera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Granbury_June_2018_47_(Baker-Carmichael_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:Granbury_June_2018_47_(Baker-Carmichael_House).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972607","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320452"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hood-county/baker-carmichael-house-05001401/"}