{"nrhp_refnum":"74002090","name":"Brizendine House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"507 W. 11th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.27392327900003,"lon":-97.74648425399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small two-story vernacular limestone house at 507 West 11th Street in Austin, Travis County, Texas, built by John Brizendine and listed in the city directory by 1872.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its simplicity and modesty as a surviving example of the early 'workingman's homes' in Austin, in contrast to nearby large mansions. It represents a fast-disappearing type of unadorned mid-19th-century house once common near the capitol area. Its preservation also followed a 1973 citizen effort that stopped a county plan to demolish it.","narrative":"Built of natural, hand-cut limestone, this modest two-story house at 507 West 11th Street in Austin was constructed by John Brizendine, who worked as a miller, carpenter and machinist and appeared in the city's first directory in 1872. The house is one room deep, with a low hipped standing-seam tin roof, a stone chimney, bracketed eaves and six-over-six windows under segmental stone lintels. Two central entrance doors make it look like a double residence, though its plan shows it was always a single-family home. Later occupants included a furniture company owner and the Gordon family, who held it through 1972 and added a wooden art studio that has since been removed. Travis County bought the property and in 1973 planned to demolish it for parking. Citizens and the Travis County Historical Committee persuaded the commissioners to keep it. The house is valued as a rare surviving workingman's home, and after restoration it was leased for law offices.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"John Brizendine","architectural_style":"Vernacular limestone house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and altered; a later frame addition was removed. Restored for office use by the Travis County Bar Association under lease from the county.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.527813-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/9736/40973620/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/74002090.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002090/6f6257f5db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002090/6f6257f5db-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brizendine_house_2006.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brizendine_house_2006.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100010021","name":"West Downtown Austin Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/west-downtown-austin-historic-district-100010021/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973620","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brizendine_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4971745"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/brizendine-house-74002090/"}