{"nrhp_refnum":"73001977","name":"Hancock, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1306 Colorado St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.27533193900007,"lon":-97.74282778399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-story Greek Revival house at 1306 Colorado Street in Austin, Texas, a few blocks from the Texas State Capitol, built in 1854 by architect Abner Cook for lawyer John Hancock.","why_significant":"The house is one of the oldest buildings remaining in Austin and one of the few surviving examples of mid-nineteenth century Greek Revival vernacular architecture there. It was designed by Abner Cook, architect of the Texas Governor's Mansion. It was also the home of John Hancock, a district judge and later a member of Congress.","narrative":"Built in 1854 at 1306 Colorado Street in Austin, this small one-story cottage is one of the few surviving mid-nineteenth century Greek Revival vernacular houses in the city. Architect Abner Cook, who also designed the Texas Governor's Mansion, built it for John Hancock, a lawyer, planter and stock raiser. The stuccoed masonry house has three bays, a two-room plan with a central hall, a pedimented portico on two slender square columns, a panelled double door with transom, and six-over-six sash windows under a low-pitched tin roof. Hancock later served as a district judge, a delegate to the 1866 Constitutional Convention and a member of Congress. He lived here until 1858, and later owners included Capitol Hotel operator John Eisenbach and the Goodman family, who held it until 1937. A 1940 rear brick addition enlarged the plan without changing the character of the main block. The house remains a reminder of the residences that once clustered near the Capitol.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Abner Cook","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (vernacular)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and occupied by a long-established Austin photography business. A 1940 brick rear addition is the only major alteration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.492474-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/9736/40973638/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/73001977.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973638","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002312"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/hancock-john-house-73001977/"}