{"nrhp_refnum":"70000757","name":"Singleton, Capt. William E., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"204 N. Soda St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jefferson","county":"Marion County","state":"TX","lat":32.76028544300004,"lon":-94.35596654199998,"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 two-story frame residence at 204 North Soda Street in Jefferson, Marion County, Texas, built in 1870. The builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as one of the more outstanding nineteenth-century homes in Jefferson and as a fine example of a standard Texas design: a two-story symmetrical frame house with a double porch and pediment. It is the only example of this type in Jefferson. It is also tied to Captain William E. Singleton and his prominent family, who have owned it since 1885.","narrative":"Built in 1870 at 204 North Soda Street in Jefferson, Texas, this two-story frame house reflects an early Texas residential type that developed from frontier dog-trot buildings. It has two large rooms on each floor, wide central halls, a fireplace in each room, and an attached two-story porch whose gable forms a pediment. Paneled double doors with sidelights and transoms open onto the porch at both levels, and a developed entablature runs along the roofline. The builder is unknown, though a former owner, Buckner Abernathy, may have built it. The Singleton family acquired the property in 1885. Captain William E. Singleton, a Confederate officer who came to Texas from Missouri, worked as a merchant and held several law-related posts, including sheriff of Harrison County. His son was a Jefferson postmaster and an organizer of the Republican Party in Texas. The house is the only one of its type in Jefferson and remains in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1870)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Texas residence type evolved from the dog-trot house, with Greek Revival doors","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and unaltered except for a later rear lean-to addition; in use 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 02:54:19.708733-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/9729/40972906/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/70000757.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972906","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002270"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/marion-county/singleton-capt-william-e-house-70000757/"}