{"nrhp_refnum":"79002972","name":"Starr House","other_names":["Maplecroft"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"407 W. Travis St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marshall","county":"Harrison County","state":"TX","lat":32.54203025600003,"lon":-94.37056929499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival residence at 407 W. Travis Street in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, built in 1870-71 by shipwrights for James F. and Clara Starr, with several outbuildings on the site.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an excellent example of a late Greek Revival residence in Marshall and one of the most significant homes in Harrison County. It was built on land given by Dr. James Harper Starr, a prominent figure in Republic of Texas politics. The house is also tied to the Starr family's land business and to Marshall's first bank, founded in 1872.","narrative":"Maplecroft, the James F. Starr House at 407 W. Travis Street in Marshall, is a two-story frame residence built in 1870-71. Its U-shaped plan grew from an original rectangular block with a central hall and two rooms on each side. Details include a five-bay front, a one-story porch, a gabled dormer, bracketed cornices typical of late Greek Revival work in Texas, and four corbel-capped chimneys. Inside, the house retains mahogany newel woodwork, heart pine floors, marbleized iron mantels and original interior shutters. Shipwrights brought from New Orleans built it on land given to James F. Starr by his father, Dr. James Harper Starr, a physician, land commissioner and Treasurer of the Republic of Texas. The two men later founded Marshall's first bank in 1872. Outbuildings include a former residence of a freed slave named Tempe, later used as a school and laundry, and one surviving room of the earlier Rosemont house. The property passed to the State of Texas in 1976.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by shipwrights (imported from New Orleans) for James F. and Clara Starr","architectural_style":"Late Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and well cared for, with alterations limited to plumbing, wallpapering and refurbishing. Deeded in 1976 to the State of Texas for Parks and Wildlife Department use, with a life estate retained by the then owners.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.547121-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/9725/40972515/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79002972.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002972/78537419ae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002972/78537419ae-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Michael Barera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marshall_October_2016_17_(Starr_Family_Home).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Barera</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:Marshall_October_2016_17_(Starr_Family_Home).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972515","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107321529"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harrison-county/starr-house-79002972/"}