{"nrhp_refnum":"78002961","name":"Idle Hours","other_names":["Land Manor"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1608 Orange St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beaumont","county":"Jefferson County","state":"TX","lat":30.068851748000043,"lon":-94.09929971299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Idle Hours, also known as Land Manor, is a two-story Classical Revival house at 1608 Orange Street in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, built in 1903 by Frank Tipton Smith for Lemuel Putman Ogden and his wife, with original outbuildings on the site.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an excellent example of the Classical Revival style popularized in Beaumont by wealthy citizens whose profits grew after the Spindletop oil discovery. It is also considered important for the preservation of its outbuildings, which show the lifestyles of prominent local residents.","narrative":"Idle Hours, also called Land Manor, is a two-story Classical Revival house at 1608 Orange Street in Beaumont, Texas. Frank Tipton Smith built it in 1903 for Lemuel Putman Ogden and his wife, who used it as a country estate. The solid masonry house is finished in dark red brick. Four two-story Ionic columns frame the symmetrical front, which is topped by a pediment, and a second-floor gallery wraps the front and sides. Inside are two central hallways, a drawing room, a combined library and music room, and five bedrooms. The first-floor woodwork was replaced around 1915 with carved mahogany, and the roof pitch changed slightly when tile roofing was installed. Original frame outbuildings survive, including servants quarters, a cistern house, a carriage house and a children's playhouse. The house reflects the Classical Revival taste of Beaumont's affluent residents after the Spindletop oil boom, and the surviving outbuildings add to its value. Ownership passed through several families, including lumber and refinery figures, before the property became a halfway house in 1970.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1903)","architect_builder":"Frank Tipton Smith","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition. It ceased to be a private residence in 1970, when it became a halfway house for people returning to independent living from mental institutions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.987042-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/9726/40972678/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78002961.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002961/1d0d56da77-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002961/1d0d56da77-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Idle_hours_beaumont_tx_2014.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Idle_hours_beaumont_tx_2014.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972678","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle_Hours","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5989100"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/jefferson-county/idle-hours-78002961/"}