{"nrhp_refnum":"76002080","name":"Giddings-Stone Mansion","other_names":["See Also:Giddings-Stone Mansion"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"204 E. Stone St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brenham","county":"Washington County","state":"TX","lat":30.16574669000005,"lon":-96.41534455499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-06-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Transportation","Politics/Government","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick transitional Greek Revival mansion with a semi-detached service wing at 204 East Stone Street, Brenham, Washington County, Texas. Jabez Giddings began it in 1860 (the form also gives 1870 as the build date), and it was remodeled in 1894.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a unique architectural example of the transition from Greek Revival to Victorian motifs. It was also the home of Jabez Demming Giddings, a pioneer railroad builder and financier. His son-in-law Heber Stone, also a financier, enlarged and modernized it in 1894 with architect A. O. Watson.","narrative":"This brick mansion at 204 East Stone Street in Brenham, Texas, combines a Greek Revival plan with later Victorian-era additions. Jabez Giddings, a local financier, politician and railroad builder, laid its granite corner stone in 1860. The house has a central hall with two rooms on each side, walls of massive brick on an unusual dry-laid brick foundation, and a walnut staircase prefabricated in St. Louis. In 1894 his son-in-law, Heber Stone, remodeled it. He added plumbing, electrical wiring, a furnace, a two-story service ell, brick bay windows and double galleries with cement-coated columns shaped to look like Tuscan columns, all under architect A. O. Watson. The house is considered significant as an example of the transition between Greek Revival and Victorian styles and for its association with Giddings, a railroad pioneer. A descendant of the builder lived there until 1970. The Heritage Society of Washington County acquired it in 1975 to restore it as a community and arts center.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Jabez Demming Giddings (builder); A. O. Watson (architect for 1894 alterations)","architectural_style":"Transitional Greek Revival (modified), with Victorian-era additions","criteria":[],"status_note":"Last occupied in 1970 by a descendant of the builder; acquired in 1975 by the Heritage Society of Washington County, which was restoring it for use as a community and fine arts center. A 1960 hurricane caused extensive damage.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.50914-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/9739/40973926/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/76002080.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002080/b4ddba40ff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002080/b4ddba40ff-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GiddingsStoneHouse2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:GiddingsStoneHouse2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973926","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giddings%E2%80%93Stone_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22073202"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/washington-county/giddings-stone-mansion-76002080/"}