{"nrhp_refnum":"71000963","name":"Dewberry, Col. John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 mi. N of Teaselville on FM 346","address_restricted":false,"city":"Teaselville","county":"Smith County","state":"TX","lat":32.15691815500003,"lon":-95.40616779399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival frame farmhouse built in 1854 on a two-hundred-acre farm about one mile north of Teasleville on FM 346 in Smith County, Texas.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an unaltered example of the roomy Greek Revival domestic architecture found in Texas in the decades before the Civil War. It was built by Colonel John Dewberry, a prosperous planter and Confederate officer who settled in Smith County around 1840. The wide central hall and broad entrance doors that open to catch the breeze are noted as characteristic features.","narrative":"Built in 1854 on a farm near Teasleville in Smith County, Texas, this two-story frame house is a representative example of Greek Revival design from the years before the Civil War. It was erected by Colonel John Dewberry, a Georgia native who came to Texas in the late 1830s, settled in Smith County about 1840 and bought 20,000 acres of plantation land in the Saline Prairie area. The house rests on brick piers, has end chimneys and a low-pitched gable roof, and presents a double pedimented gallery with square wooden columns on its west front. Nine-over-nine windows and flush siding inside the gallery are typical of Texas Greek Revival work. The wide central hall opens through broad paneled doors with sidelights and a transom, allowing summer breezes to pass through the house. The nomination describes the house as unaltered, and it was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1962.","period_of_significance":"1854","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, unaltered, on its original site, and occupied 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 02:54:18.895227-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/9733/40973339/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/71000963.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000963/2e32c289f1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000963/2e32c289f1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Harry L. Starnes","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonel_John_Dewberry_Plantation_House,_Teaselville,_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry L. Starnes</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonel_John_Dewberry_Plantation_House,_Teaselville,_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973339","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001312"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/smith-county/dewberry-col-john-house-71000963/"}