{"nrhp_refnum":"74002092","name":"Raymond-Morley House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"510 Baylor St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.271871333000036,"lon":-97.75556482699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Austin buff brick house at 510 Baylor in Austin, Travis County, Texas, built between 1874 and 1876 for John L. Raymond in what was then far west Austin.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant because its changes over nearly a century record shifting owners, tastes and eras. Its original simplified Italianate form was later altered with a Queen Anne bay, a curved wooden stair and several additions. Examining these changes reveals how its occupants lived.","narrative":"Built between 1874 and 1876 at 510 Baylor in Austin, this two-story house was constructed for John L. Raymond on a site then considered far west of the city. Its original form was symmetrical, with Austin buff brick walls on a limestone foundation, segmentally arched openings with limestone keystones, and a double gallery with turned columns and gingerbread brackets, all in simplified Italianate style. Later owners reshaped it. A U-curved wooden stair, probably built by cabinet maker John W. Mannings, replaced the small original stairway. About 1900 the Morley family added a gabled bay with a shingled gable and large windows in the Queen Anne manner, which allowed a double fireplace and split one room into two. Wooden additions, a connected kitchen and interior apartment alterations followed. The house is considered significant because these layers of change record the tastes and lives of successive occupants over nearly a century.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"John L. Raymond (original owner and builder of the house); stairs probably by John W. Mannings, Austin cabinet maker","architectural_style":"Simplified Italianate with later Queen Anne additions","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and marked as altered, on its original site; occupied and used as a private residence at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.561452-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/9736/40973652/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/74002092.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002092/513214666f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002092/513214666f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwhitman6","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raymond-Morley_House,_510_Baylor_St._Austin,_front_elevation.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mwhitman6</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raymond-Morley_House,_510_Baylor_St._Austin,_front_elevation.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973652","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002386"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/raymond-morley-house-74002092/"}