{"nrhp_refnum":"08000541","name":"Pettey House","other_names":["Pettey-- Heard House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"714 Burleson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Marcos","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":29.883223179000026,"lon":-97.95110712499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame Neoclassical house at 714 Burleson Street in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, built in 1909 for Branch Pettey, with a contributing red barn or carriage house behind it.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an excellent local example of a Neoclassical residence, with a full-façade two-story porch, Ionic columns and a hipped roof. It resembles homes in the nearby Belvin Street Historic District and reflects a period of growth and civic pride in San Marcos. It also retains a high degree of historic integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1909 at 714 Burleson Street in San Marcos, this two-story wood-frame house was constructed for Branch Pettey, a farmer from Caldwell County who moved his family to town so his children could attend the Coronal Institute. Its most striking feature is a full-façade, two-story front porch with four non-fluted Ionic columns, a turned-post balustrade and a complex hipped roof with projecting eaves. The house sits on a 1.6-acre sloping lot with mature trees, a limestone retaining wall and a wooden barn or carriage house that contributes to the property. Additions made before about 1930 enclosed rear porches and added a bay and utility space, yet the front façade is unchanged. The house was listed for its architecture at the local level. It resembles grand homes in the nearby Belvin Street Historic District and was built the same year as the Neoclassical Hays County Courthouse, reflecting a period of growth, stability and civic pride in San Marcos.","period_of_significance":"1909","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Neoclassical","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single-family residence; the form describes it as having a high degree of historic integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.319624-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/9695/40969519/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/08000541.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000541/bc267d00cc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000541/bc267d00cc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pettey_house_san_marcos_2013.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:Pettey_house_san_marcos_2013.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969519","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002670"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/pettey-house-08000541/"}