{"nrhp_refnum":"79003151","name":"Rotan-Dossett House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1503 Columbus Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waco","county":"McLennan County","state":"TX","lat":31.55046242900005,"lon":-97.14340749399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-01-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick and wood residence at 1503 Columbus Avenue in Waco, McLennan County, Texas, built 1889-91 for banker Edward Rotan, who acted as his own contractor.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is built in a style unusual if not unique in the South and Southwest, showing Shingle, Stick and Queen Anne influences resembling work by Norman Shaw, Stanford White and H. H. Richardson. It was also the home of two prominent Waco businessmen, Edward Rotan and Andrew J. Dossett, and was long used for community entertaining.","narrative":"Completed in 1891 at 1503 Columbus Avenue in Waco, this three-story house of locally made orange-red brick and wood is roughly cube-shaped, with six chimneys, a gabled cypress roof, a veranda, a porte-cochère and rounded bays. Inside, wide central halls, a front staircase, oak panelling, imitation leather wallpaper, stained glass and thirteen fireplaces stand out. The architect is unknown, and Edward Rotan served as his own contractor. Its design blends Shingle, Stick and Queen Anne influences, an unusual choice in a region where Greek Revival and Victorian houses were more common. Rotan, a schoolteacher turned grocer who became president of the largest bank in Waco for thirty-five years, built it with money from a real estate deal. Andrew J. Dossett, a cotton compress warehouse owner, bought it in 1917. Both families used the house for frequent entertaining, which adds to its local importance.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Architect unknown; Edward Rotan acted as his own contractor","architectural_style":"Shingle, Stick and Queen Anne influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, occupied as a private residence by members of the Dossett family at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.537523-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/9730/40973001/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79003151.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003151/ae0e263000-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003151/ae0e263000-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rotan_dossett_house_2009.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:Rotan_dossett_house_2009.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973001","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107317681"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/mclennan-county/rotan-dossett-house-79003151/"}