{"nrhp_refnum":"78002950","name":"Fry-Barry House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"314 W. Austin","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marshall","county":"Harrison County","state":"TX","lat":32.54564398000008,"lon":-94.37003843699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick and frame Greek Revival residence on a full brick basement at 314 West Austin in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, built between 1853 and 1860.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as one of Marshall's oldest homes and an eloquent example of Greek Revival architecture, designed by planter and merchant W.R.D. Ward. It is also tied for over a century to the Fry and Barry families, whose banking, industrial and civic work shaped the community. E.J. Fry helped bring the city its first electric plant, opera house and water system.","narrative":"Built between 1853 and 1860 at 314 West Austin in Marshall, Texas, this five-bay, one-story Greek Revival house combines brick and frame construction over a full brick basement. Its roof mixes hipped and gable forms, and a center hall divides four large square rooms. The basement held a dining room, a root cellar and utility rooms, while servants lived in a separate outbuilding. Bricks were handmade on a nearby lot, and the lumber came from native trees. W.R.D. Ward, a planter and merchant, designed it, and he also designed a similar house now known as Magnolia Hall. E.J. Fry bought the property in 1872. He became a Marshall banker, helped found local industries and helped bring the city its first electric plant, opera house and water system. His daughter Pamela and her husband, banker Walter L. Barry, inherited the home in 1927. Later alterations enclosed the rear porch and added a kitchen wing. The house is listed for its architecture and its family associations.","period_of_significance":"1853/1860","architect_builder":"W.R.D. Ward","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; the form describes it as unoccupied and says two cousins plan to restore the property. The most extensive alterations came after 1872.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.414033-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/9725/40972509/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78002950.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002950/a88cdf656f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002950/a88cdf656f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FryBarryHouse1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:FryBarryHouse1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972509","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fry-Barry_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29641829"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harrison-county/fry-barry-house-78002950/"}