{"nrhp_refnum":"77001474","name":"Garrett, William, Plantation House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 mi. W of San Augustine on TX 21","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Augustine","county":"San Augustine County","state":"TX","lat":31.535426073000053,"lon":-94.13994072799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-03-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story dogtrot-plan plantation house built in 1861 about one mile west of San Augustine, Texas, on State Highway 21, the former El Camino Real. The nominated 7.5 acres also include a family cemetery and a former servants' quarters.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a fine example of Texas frontier architecture with Greek Revival elements, typical of the San Augustine area. It is notable for its unusually large scale and its free-standing box columns separate from the balustrade. It is also tied to William Garrett, an early settler of the area.","narrative":"Built in 1861 about a mile west of San Augustine, this two-story dogtrot house was raised by enslaved workers for William Garrett, who came to Texas from Arkansas in 1830. Lumber came from Garrett's own land and sawmill, and the stone from a nearby quarry. Heart pine construction, square nails and pegged joinery were used throughout. The house combines Texas frontier symmetry with Greek Revival touches, including a 66-foot raised gallery with free-standing box columns, double front doors with sidelights, and floor-to-ceiling windows. Its scale is unusually large compared with other houses of the period. The house originally faced the old El Camino Real, now State Highway 21, and travelers and court visitors often stopped there. The property passed from the Garrett family to Sam Parker in 1904. Later changes were modest, mainly added closets and baths. The nominated acreage also holds the Garrett family cemetery and a former servants' quarters.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Built by slave labor for William Garrett; no architect named","architectural_style":"Texas frontier architecture with Greek Revival influences; dogtrot plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the nearby servants' quarters, unoccupied for many years, is used as a hay barn. Condition is marked good and unaltered at the original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.437259-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/9733/40973302/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/77001474.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001474/143fec78c4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001474/143fec78c4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"File:Historic American Buildings Survey, E.O. Taylor, Photographer March 1, 1934 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST (FRONT). - William Garrett Plantation House, Texas Route 21, San Augustine, San HABS TEX,203-SAUG.V,1-3.tif: work of a National Park Service employee derivative work: Jim Evans","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_American_Buildings_Survey,_E.O._Taylor,_Photographer_March_1,_1934_VIEW_FROM_SOUTHEAST_(FRONT)._-_William_Garrett_Plantation_House,_Texas_Route_21,_San_Augustine,_San_HABS_TEX,203-SAUG.V,1-3_(edit).tif\" rel=\"noopener\">File:Historic American Buildings Survey, E.O. Taylor, Photographer March 1, 1934 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST (FRONT). - William Garrett Plantation House, Texas Route 21, San Augustine, San HABS TEX,203-SAUG.V,1-3.tif: work of a National Park Service employee derivative work: Jim Evans</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_American_Buildings_Survey,_E.O._Taylor,_Photographer_March_1,_1934_VIEW_FROM_SOUTHEAST_(FRONT)._-_William_Garrett_Plantation_House,_Texas_Route_21,_San_Augustine,_San_HABS_TEX,203-SAUG.V,1-3_(edit).tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973302","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Garrett_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22073245"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/san-augustine-county/garrett-william-plantation-house-77001474/"}