{"nrhp_refnum":"70000756","name":"Sedberry House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"211 N. Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jefferson","county":"Marion County","state":"TX","lat":32.75667673300006,"lon":-94.34769243399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame residence at 211 North Market Street in Jefferson, Marion County, Texas, built about 1870 as a raised cottage with a brick basement at the front.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a fine example of a raised cottage, a type more characteristic of Louisiana than Texas, and says it reflects Jefferson's days as a flourishing river port. It is a Victorian version of the type, with tapering columns, scroll saw brackets, a steep front gable and distinctive Jefferson-designed cast iron stairs and balustrade.","narrative":"Sedberry House, at 211 North Market Street in Jefferson, Texas, is a one-story frame residence dating from about 1870. It sits on a sloping lot with a full raised brick basement at the front. Its Victorian features include thin tapering columns, scroll saw brackets and a steep center gable, while the overall form keeps a Greek Revival quality. Curving cast iron stairs and a cast iron balustrade, of a Jefferson design, frame the raised porch. The house is a fine example of the raised cottage, a type more common in Louisiana than Texas, and it reflects the period when Jefferson was a flourishing river port. Records do not name the builder. Deed records show W.F. Smith owned the house in 1854 and sold it in 1867 to Richard C. Boney. Later owners, the McReynolds family, made repairs and kept the distinctive double iron stairway. The Sedberry family has owned it since 1919. It was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1966.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c. 1870)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian version of a Greek Revival-derived raised cottage","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior appears unaltered and in very good condition; used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.688367-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/9729/40972918/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/70000756.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000756/62e468da49-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000756/62e468da49-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SedberryHouseJefferson_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SedberryHouseJefferson_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000949","name":"Jefferson Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/jefferson-historic-district-71000949/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972918","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107321560"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/marion-county/sedberry-house-70000756/"}