{"nrhp_refnum":"09000308","name":"Zidell House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2015 W. Lake Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taylor","county":"Williamson County","state":"TX","lat":30.57861418600004,"lon":-97.43210571199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, flat-roofed single-family house at 2015 W. Lake Drive in Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, designed in 1953 by the Austin firm Lundgren & Maurer for a local clothing-store family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the leading example of Modernist residential architecture in Taylor, under Criterion C at the local level. It applies International style principles such as pilotis, horizontal window bands and an open plan, and pairs steel and glass with stone, stucco and mahogany. It also retains much of its original material integrity.","narrative":"Set on nearly six acres beside a creek in Taylor, Texas, this two-story house was designed in 1953 by the Austin architects Lundgren & Maurer for Billy and Rozan Zidell, who ran family clothing stores downtown. A concrete slab and a grid of steel columns support a flat-roofed volume that projects over a ledgestone ground floor, so the upper story seems to hover. The street side is closed and private, with small awning windows, while the south side opens through sliding glass doors and steel casement windows to patios and a wooded greenbelt. Inside, Philippine mahogany paneling, custom cabinetry, Saltillo tile and a sunken living room define the open plan. The house was listed for its architecture, as Taylor's foremost example of International style design adapted to midcentury living. It closely resembles the firm's Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house in Austin and keeps most of its original materials and finishes.","period_of_significance":"1953","architect_builder":"Lundgren & Maurer, Architects","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: International Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; original mahogany paneling, built-in cabinets, steel windows and tile remain, and a later wood-framed outbuilding on the grounds is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.195644-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/9739/40973988/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/09000308.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000308/5185e3052a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000308/5185e3052a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zidell_house_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:Zidell_house_2013.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973988","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002686"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/williamson-county/zidell-house-09000308/"}