{"nrhp_refnum":"80004073","name":"Link House","other_names":["Link-Bunton House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"925 N. Link St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Palestine","county":"Anderson County","state":"TX","lat":31.763585570000032,"lon":-95.63869986399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fifteen-room, two-story wood-frame Queen Anne style house at 925 North Link Street in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas, built in 1897 for physician Edwin W. Link.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a well-preserved example of Queen Anne residential architecture popular with wealthy Texans in the 1890s. Its art glass windows, oak and cherry trim and mantels, and intricate parquet floors are singled out as exceptional. It was designed and built by a prolific regional carpenter-builder, and the original plans survive. It also reflects the standing of the Link family, long-time physicians and civic leaders in Palestine.","narrative":"Built in 1897 at 925 North Link Street in Palestine, Texas, this fifteen-room, two-story wood-frame house was constructed for Dr. Edwin W. Link on part of the Link family homestead, occupied since the early 1850s. Designed in the Queen Anne style, it has an asymmetrical plan, projecting bays, dormers, a turret, and a wraparound veranda with a semi-circular balcony under a mix of hipped, gabled and conical roofs. Inside, the main rooms are finished in oak, cherry and other hardwoods, with carved mantels, leaded art glass and elaborate parquet floors described as among the finest of their kind in the state. Theo. Miller, a regional carpenter-builder, designed and built the house, and his original plans survive. Edwin Link practiced medicine with his father and brother and was a civic leader, and the house reflects his family's success. The grounds keep a carriage house and a cast iron fence.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Theo. Miller","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition and altered, and used as a private residence; it stands on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.655404-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/9709/40970989/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004073.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004073/50b614f838-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004073/50b614f838-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LinkHouse1_(1_of_1).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:LinkHouse1_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970989","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107321094"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/anderson-county/link-house-80004073/"}