{"nrhp_refnum":"10000864","name":"Donalson, Cora Jackman, House","other_names":["Word House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 S Sledge St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kyle","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":29.990132199000072,"lon":-97.88009552699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-10-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood frame house at 200 South Sledge Street in Kyle, Hays County, Texas, built in 1913 from Radford Architectural Company plans for Cora Jackman Donalson, with a 1936 brick garage and other outbuildings.","why_significant":"The house is nominated under Criterion C for architecture at the local level. It is the only documented house in Kyle built from a catalog plan book, and a characteristic, well-preserved example of Radford-type design blending Queen Anne and Classical Revival elements. Its alterations were made during the 1913-1936 period of significance and reflect changing needs and architectural trends.","narrative":"Built in 1913 at 200 South Sledge Street in Kyle, Texas, this two-story wood frame house was ordered by Cora Jackman Donalson, a widow who retired from a family ranch to town. Plans came from the Radford Architectural Company of Chicago, and lumber was supplied through the local Wallace Brothers Lumber Company. The design combines Queen Anne massing, bay windows, semi-circular gable windows and a corbelled chimney with Classical Revival touches such as Ionic porch columns and a sidelit entry. Changes in the early 1930s, including a small north addition and enclosure of part of the porch, fall within the historic period. A 1936 brick garage, a concrete lily pond and a honeycomb rock wall also contribute. The house is the only documented catalog-plan house in Kyle, and it illustrates how mail-order plans and rail-delivered lumber shaped small Texas towns in the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"1913-1936","architect_builder":"Radford Homes; Wallace Brothers Lumber Company","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed current function is single dwelling with secondary structures; the form says the present owners have carefully maintained the house, replacing materials in kind.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.378521-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/9695/40969521/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/10000864.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000864/979ef442bd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000864/979ef442bd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cora_jackman_donalson_house_2012.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:Cora_jackman_donalson_house_2012.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969521","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002697"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/donalson-cora-jackman-house-10000864/"}