{"nrhp_refnum":"75001992","name":"Potton-Hayden House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW corner Gregg and 2nd Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Big Spring","county":"Howard County","state":"TX","lat":32.25026440800008,"lon":-101.47872865199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-04-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story red sandstone Queen Anne residence at the southwest corner of Gregg and 2nd Streets in Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, begun in 1901 by Joseph Potton, the Texas and Pacific Railroad master mechanic.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a good example of Queen Anne style applied to a simple one-story residence, with an irregular plan, many flared gables, and stamped tin detailing. It is also tied to Big Spring's railroad history, since builder Joseph Potton oversaw the Texas and Pacific shop there. The state rated its significance as local.","narrative":"Built in 1901 at the southwest corner of Gregg and 2nd Streets in Big Spring, this one-story house of native red sandstone shows how Queen Anne styling could be applied to a modest residence. Its picturesque roof has many flared gables finished with finials and lightning rods, a large hipped dormer, and three brick chimneys. The front gable holds a Palladian window, the construction date, and a galvanized tin barge-board stamped with the Star of Texas. A porch with cast iron columns on sandstone piers wraps around the house, and an iron fence with sandstone gateposts surrounds the lot. Joseph Potton, master mechanic for the Texas and Pacific Railroad's shop at Big Spring, began construction. He rented the house out at first, and his daughter and son-in-law, Henry R. Hayden, and their children later lived there. The property was recognized for its architecture and its link to the town's railroad era, and the city planned to turn it into a house museum.","period_of_significance":"1900-1999 (specific date 1901)","architect_builder":"Joseph Potton (builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition; the form describes it as unoccupied and says the city was negotiating to acquire it for a house museum. A later grant document describes adaptive re-use as a community center.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.224868-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/9726/40972622/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/75001992.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001992/ddf2027050-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001992/ddf2027050-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Potton_House_Big_Spring_Texas.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:Potton_House_Big_Spring_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972622","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potton%E2%80%93Hayden_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24260824"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/howard-county/potton-hayden-house-75001992/"}