{"nrhp_refnum":"78002922","name":"Strain, W. A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"400 E. Pecan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lancaster","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.58795990600004,"lon":-96.74974219999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story late-Victorian frame house at 400 E. Pecan in Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas, built in 1896 on a hill at the southeast edge of the city, with a surviving smoke house and outhouse.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as an excellent example of late Victorian architecture, designed by the Dallas firm J. E. Flanders & Moad and built by Joe Lyon. It also notes the 374-acre family farm, farmed by the same family for over 130 years and named in the Texas Family Land Heritage Program. The house has been kept with few alterations and much of its original furnishings, and has hosted Baptist groups and local historical society meetings.","narrative":"Built in 1896 on a hill at the southeast corner of Lancaster, Texas, this two-and-a-half story frame house shows late-Victorian design at a large scale. Dallas architects J. E. Flanders & Moad drew the plans and Joe Lyon built it for W. A. Strain and his wife Minnie White, with help from her mother. Its asymmetrical plan includes a three-story turret, wraparound gallery, imbricated shingle bands, stained-glass windows, pedimented gables with dentils and a corbeled brick chimney. Inside, four original Victorian mantels with beveled mirrors, pocket doors and an ornate front staircase remain. A smoke house with a windmill-fed cistern and an outhouse survive nearby. The house sits on land settled in 1846 by Minnie's grandparents, and the surrounding farm was recognized in the Texas Family Land Heritage Program after more than 130 years of farming by one family. The Strain descendants have kept the house with few alterations and much of its original furniture, and it has hosted Baptist groups and local historical society gatherings.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"J. E. Flanders & Moad, Arch.; Joe Lyon, builder","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (reviewers' notes describe it as Queen Anne style)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied by the Strain heirs, who recently replaced the wood shingle roof, repainted the house and refinished interior floors and woodwork; condition listed as good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.551911-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/9716/40971629/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78002922.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002922/a5ee301139-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002922/a5ee301139-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strainhouse1.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:Strainhouse1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971629","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._A._Strain_Farm%E2%80%93Strain_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900796"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/strain-w-a-house-78002922/"}