{"nrhp_refnum":"06000551","name":"Harrison, John S., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14997 Evans Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Selma","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.578048034500057,"lon":-98.30574777113875,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-06-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story 1852 limestone house at 14997 Evans Road in Selma, Bexar County, Texas, built for John S. Harrison and enlarged with wood-frame side additions and a Folk Victorian front porch around 1905.","why_significant":"The house is one of only two surviving original structures from Selma's earliest settlement period. It is tied to John S. Harrison, Selma's first postmaster and a partner in a well-known Texas stage line. It also illustrates vernacular rural architecture and the area's agricultural heritage.","narrative":"Set on a 12-acre bluff beside Cibolo Creek in Selma, Texas, this one-story house began in 1852 as a two-room limestone dwelling built for John S. Harrison, the town's first postmaster and a partner in the Harrison & McCulloch stage line. Around 1905 the Friesenhahn family hired a local carpenter to add wood-frame wings on both sides, a full-width porch with decorative trim, and additional rooms. The house is one of only two original structures left from early Selma. Four families lived here over its history, including German immigrant settlers, and the Friesenhahns farmed the land for more than ninety years. The site is now surrounded by subdivisions, a golf course and commercial development. The City of Selma bought it in 2001 with restoration in mind, but the building is vacant and in poor condition. It was listed for its link to Selma's earliest settlement and for its vernacular architecture.","period_of_significance":"1852 -c.1905","architect_builder":"Albrecht, Arnold (carpenter, c. .1905)","architectural_style":"Folk Victorian, No Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Owned by the City of Selma, which bought it in 2001. The house is vacant, unsecured and deteriorating, with dilapidated outbuildings on the 12-acre site.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.381566-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/9713/40971304/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/06000551.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971304","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000147"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/harrison-john-s-house-06000551/"}