{"nrhp_refnum":"71000972","name":"Red House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Gay Hill via TX 36 and FM 390","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gay Hill","county":"Washington County","state":"TX","lat":30.282301953000058,"lon":-96.45781205699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-01-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame residence in Gay Hill, Washington County, Texas, built in 1852 by Dr. George Clark Red, with a one-room outbuilding at the rear. It sits about 9 miles north of Brenham, with a view over the Yegua Valley.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an unusual late Greek Revival house with a second story treated as a piano nobile, reached by a full flight of stairs to a raised porch. Its proportions are described as handsomely related and individualistic. It is also tied to Colonel George Clark Red, a physician and educator, and his wife Rebecca Stuart Red, a teacher who founded Stuart Seminary in Austin.","narrative":"Built in 1852 on a rise in the rolling farmland near Gay Hill, Texas, this two-story frame house overlooks the Yegua Valley. It is a late Greek Revival design with board-and-batten siding, an off-center chimney and a gable roof. The main entrance is on the second floor, treated as a piano nobile, and is reached by a full flight of stairs rising to a raised porch on brick piers. Inside are four large rooms, each with a big fireplace, and a one-room outbuilding stands behind. Dr. George Clark Red, a physician and educator, built the house after buying a tract next to the Live Oak Seminary campus. He and his wife Rebecca, also a teacher, lived there until 1876, when they moved to Austin and she opened the Stuart Seminary. A descendant bought and restored the homestead in 1955, and it became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1965. The house was listed for its architecture and its educational associations.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (1852)","architect_builder":"Colonel George Clark Red (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, unaltered and on its original site. Restored by a descendant after 1955, with preservation work noted in progress at nomination. Designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1965.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.792945-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/9739/40973928/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/71000972.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973928","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002517"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/washington-county/red-house-71000972/"}