{"nrhp_refnum":"76002033","name":"Davison, Frank B., House","other_names":["Davidson Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109 3rd Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Texas City","county":"Galveston County","state":"TX","lat":29.38706935400006,"lon":-94.89517299899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-06-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Victorian Gothic residence at 109 Third Avenue North in Texas City, Galveston County, Texas, completed in 1897 for Frank B. Davison and his family. A Mr. Langno is named as the builder.","why_significant":"The house is described as the best example of Victorian architecture on the Galveston County mainland and the oldest and most unusual of the few historic structures left in Texas City. It was the home of Frank and Florence Davison, early community leaders and business founders. It also survived the 1900 hurricane, the 1947 explosion and Hurricane Carla in 1961.","narrative":"Completed in 1897 at 109 Third Avenue North, this three-story Victorian Gothic house was built for Frank B. and Florence Davison, who came to Texas City in 1895 when Frank became resident manager of the Texas City Improvement Company. Its most prominent feature is an octagonal tower at the northeast corner, and the exterior and interior are richly trimmed with wood gingerbread detailing over cypress clapboard and cut shingles. The Davisons ran a general store from the home, where the town's first telephone was connected, and took part in early civic life as postmaster, bank director and school board member. The house withstood the 1900 hurricane, the 1947 port explosion and Hurricane Carla in 1961, changing little from its original form. It is described as the best Victorian example on the Galveston County mainland. The city now owns it, and a heritage association is restoring it for tours, meetings and a museum.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Builder: Mr. Langno (architect not recorded)","architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic / late Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition described as fair but rapidly deteriorating in the Gulf Coast climate; a caretaker lives in the house while the city and a heritage association restore it for use as a museum and meeting space.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.702962-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/9720/40972042/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/76002033.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002033/b9751c7d3d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002033/b9751c7d3d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_B._Davison_House_Texas_City.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Evans</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_B._Davison_House_Texas_City.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972042","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107329685"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/galveston-county/davison-frank-b-house-76002033/"}