{"nrhp_refnum":"12001005","name":"Van Zandt Cottage","other_names":["Van Zandt Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2900 Crestline Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.74587357200005,"lon":-97.35918228599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-12-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Conservation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, six-room, side-gabled wood-frame house with ship-lap siding at 2900 Crestline Road in Trinity Park, Fort Worth, Texas. It dates to the mid-1800s and is described as Fort Worth's oldest dwelling still at its original location; it was restored in 1936.","why_significant":"The nomination argues for local significance under Criterion A in the area of Conservation. The house, once owned by pioneer Major K. M. Van Zandt, was restored in 1936 by the Women's Division of the Texas Frontier Centennial. It is presented as an early, perhaps the first, private-public partnership in Fort Worth to preserve a site tied to the city's past, even though the restoration was not exact.","narrative":"Set among mature trees in Fort Worth's Trinity Park, this one-story, six-room wood-frame house with gray ship-lap siding dates to the mid-1800s and is described as the city's oldest dwelling still on its original site. It has a center hall, limestone end chimneys, four-over-one windows with shutters, and a full-width front porch. Major K. M. Van Zandt, a prominent Fort Worth pioneer, once owned it. In 1936, the Women's Division of the Texas Frontier Centennial restored it as part of the Texas independence centennial, using designs by supervising architect Joseph R. Pelich. The rear porch was enclosed to create three back rooms, the chimneys and foundation were rebuilt in limestone, and shutters and white trim gave it a romanticized frontier look. Although not an exact restoration, it is valued as an early example of a public and private partnership to preserve a piece of Fort Worth's past. Later repairs have replicated the 1936 appearance, and the building now serves as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1936","architect_builder":"Pelich, Joseph R. (architect, 1936 restoration)","architectural_style":"Other: Pre-Railroad: Dogtrot or Center Hall","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Currently used as a museum, with work in progress; most artifacts are in storage and furnishings are not arranged for public display. Further work such as new electrical and HVAC systems is planned as funding allows.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.990997-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/9735/40973528/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/12001005.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001005/231db6aad8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001005/231db6aad8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VanZandt3.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VanZandt3.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973528","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107319549"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/van-zandt-cottage-12001005/"}