{"nrhp_refnum":"78002923","name":"Black, E. B., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"508 W. 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hereford","county":"Deaf Smith County","state":"TX","lat":34.81453796200003,"lon":-102.40444565499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-07-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Education","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story late Victorian frame house with Colonial Revival influence at 508 West Third Street (corner of Third and Bennett Streets) in Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, built in 1909 by Emmett Vanderburgh for E. B. Black.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a good example of late Victorian architecture with Colonial Revival influence as interpreted in the Texas Panhandle. It was the home of E. B. Black, an early civic and commercial leader of Hereford who served as mayor and helped create the school district. The house was also one of the few large homes in town and was used for church and community gatherings.","narrative":"Built in 1909 at the corner of Third and Bennett Streets in Hereford, Texas, this 1½-story frame house combines late Victorian form with Colonial Revival details. Features include a wrap-around gallery, a central second-story balcony, a dentilled cornice, fan lights and bar-traceried windows. Inside are ten-foot ceilings, yellow pine wainscoting, pocket doors and oak mantels with beveled mirrors. Stucco now covers the original siding, and several original elements, including the gallery columns, chimneys and roof finials, have been removed or replaced. The house was built for E. B. Black, who moved to Hereford in 1901 and ran a furniture and undertaking business. He led the Commercial Club, served as mayor from 1932 to 1934, supported the creation of the school district and sponsored the first high school. The home hosted church and community gatherings. The family kept it until 1976, when it passed to the county for use with the Deaf Smith County Museum.","period_of_significance":"1909","architect_builder":"Emmett Vanderburgh","architectural_style":"Late Victorian with Colonial Revival influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Deeded to the Deaf Smith County Commissioners Court in 1976 for management by the county historical society; restoration was planned, with use as an adjunct to the Deaf Smith County Museum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.254777-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/9717/40971793/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78002923.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002923/b57f6d8622-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002923/b57f6d8622-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_house_(Hereford_TX)_from_SE_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_house_(Hereford_TX)_from_SE_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971793","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5245785"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/deaf-smith-county/black-e-b-house-78002923/"}