{"nrhp_refnum":"06001083","name":"Granger House and the Perch","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"805 W. 16th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.28266633800007,"lon":-97.74739210599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A pair of private residential buildings at 805 West 16th Street in the Judges' Hill neighborhood of Austin, Texas: a 1951 Ranch Style main house and a 1938 International Style garage apartment nicknamed The Perch, both designed by architect Charles Granger.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C in architecture at the local level. The Perch is an excellent and rare residential example of the International Style, with a welded steel frame and ribbon windows. The main house is a midcentury Ranch Style design with low horizontal massing, salvaged brick and cement-asbestos siding, and a strong indoor-outdoor connection. Together they show the influence of Granger's mentors and his career before and after World War II.","narrative":"Two houses on one wooded lot in Austin's Judges' Hill neighborhood record the work of architect Charles Granger at different stages of his career. The Perch, built in 1938, is a small two-story garage apartment with a welded steel frame, white stucco skin and wraparound ribbon windows, reflecting the International Style and the influence of Richard Neutra, under whom Granger had worked in Los Angeles. The main house, completed in 1951, is a low, horizontal Ranch Style design using salvaged brick, corrugated cement-asbestos panels, redwood soffits and large aluminum windows that open the rear toward the trees. The sloping site hides a lower floor from the street. Granger designed and lived in both buildings, and later owners changed little, aside from a careful renovation that reversed weathering damage. The properties were listed for their architecture, as well-preserved local examples of two styles built twelve years apart.","period_of_significance":"1938-1951","architect_builder":"Charles Thomson Granger","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Ranch Style, International Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Both buildings are in excellent condition and retain a high degree of integrity. The main house was renovated after 1998 and remains in use as a single dwelling with a garage apartment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.294828-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/9736/40973671/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/06001083.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001083/028411a832-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001083/028411a832-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Granger_house_austin_2011.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Granger_house_austin_2011.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973671","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granger_House_and_The_Perch","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5595732"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/granger-house-and-the-perch-06001083/"}