{"nrhp_refnum":"78002964","name":"Sanders House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"479 Pine","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beaumont","county":"Jefferson County","state":"TX","lat":30.086457429000063,"lon":-94.09819739699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story late Victorian frame house at 479 Pine Street in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, built in 1895 for woodcarver Robert W. Sanders. James Wellman was the contractor.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a unique example of late Victorian style in Beaumont. The house reflects the pre-Spindletop oil boom era, when Beaumont was a lumber and agriculture center. Sanders did the elaborate interior finishing and wood carving himself, including mantels and a mahogany spiral stair.","narrative":"Built in 1895 at 479 Pine Street, this two-story frame house stands in Beaumont's first and oldest residential area. Woodcarver Robert W. Sanders commissioned it, and contractor James Wellman built it to his specifications. Sanders then completed the finishing himself, including much of the elaborate carving. The cypress house has a two-story circular tower, imbricated shingles, stained glass windows and transoms, and a gallery with turned columns and cut-out spandrels. Inside, a self-supporting mahogany spiral stair rises in the tower, and carved mantels of mahogany and white holly survive. Sanders came to Beaumont in 1878, built the town's first planing mill, and later worked as a cabinetmaker; examples of his work remain in the Tyrrell Public Library and First Methodist Church. The house was listed as a unique local example of late Victorian design that represents Beaumont's lumber and agriculture era before the Spindletop oil boom. Later uses included a rooming house.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"James Wellman, Contractor","architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in fair condition. It operated as a rooming house until summer 1978, when the present owner bought it. Some alterations are noted, including a replaced roof and removed second-story balconies.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.56543-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/9726/40972684/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78002964.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002964/16c916dbac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002964/16c916dbac-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanders_house_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:Sanders_house_beaumont_tx_2014.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972684","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001235"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/jefferson-county/sanders-house-78002964/"}