{"nrhp_refnum":"71000943","name":"Maxey, Samuel Bell, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"812 E. Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Paris","county":"Lamar County","state":"TX","lat":33.653987277000056,"lon":-95.55496357099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-03-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame residence at 812 East Church Street in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, built in 1866-1867 by Major General Samuel Bell Maxey after he returned from the Civil War. It is now the Lamar County Historical Museum.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an excellent example of late Greek Revival architecture with ornamental details that anticipate the Victorian style. It is also tied to Samuel Bell Maxey, a Mexican War veteran, Confederate major general and U.S. Senator, who lived there until his death in 1895.","narrative":"Built in 1866-1867 on a large city lot at 812 East Church Street in Paris, Texas, this two-story frame house was the home of Samuel Bell Maxey after the Civil War. The nearly square block carries a hipped roof with a balustraded deck and broad paneled chimney stacks. Double gallery porches with six Corinthian columns frame the entrance, and heavily carved acanthus leaf brackets support the cornices. Window treatment is unusual, with bracketed cornices and shutters divided like transoms. Family tradition holds that an architect from Milwaukee designed it, with materials brought from Jefferson, Texas, and some carving done in New Orleans. Maxey was a West Point graduate, Mexican War veteran, Confederate major general and U.S. Senator from 1875 to 1887. He lived here until his death in 1895, and his descendants stayed on until the property was given to the Lamar County Historical Society. It now serves as a museum holding family furniture, papers and books.","period_of_significance":"1866-67 (19th Century)","architect_builder":"Built by Major General Samuel Bell Maxey; family tradition says it was designed by an architect from Milwaukee, Wisconsin","architectural_style":"Late Greek Revival with elaborations presaging the Victorian style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Converted into the Lamar County Historical Museum and owned by the Lamar County Historical Society; condition listed as good, and the house contains family furniture and some of General Maxey's papers and books.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.635989-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/9728/40972807/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/71000943.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000943/d0cb03e305-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000943/d0cb03e305-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Barera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris_July_2015_56_(Sam_Bell_Maxey_House).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Barera</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:Paris_July_2015_56_(Sam_Bell_Maxey_House).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972807","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bell_Maxey_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7407171"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lamar-county/maxey-samuel-bell-house-71000943/"}