{"nrhp_refnum":"80004146","name":"Van Pelt House","other_names":["Van Pelt - Campbell House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"209 10th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ballinger","county":"Runnels County","state":"TX","lat":31.73875332500006,"lon":-99.95258047299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Queen Anne style house at 209 Tenth Street in Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas, built in 1901 by contractor J.W. Whitt for hardware merchant A.H. Van Pelt.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it perhaps the oldest surviving substantial residence in Ballinger and a town landmark since it was built. It is described as a good West Texas example of the Queen Anne style, built for one of the town's first settlers and a prominent businessman and civic leader. It is also noted as a pilot restoration project after years of neglect.","narrative":"Built in 1901 at 209 Tenth Street in Ballinger, this two-story frame house was constructed by J.W. Whitt for Alvin H. Van Pelt, a hardware merchant who arrived when the town was founded in 1886. Its exterior is a West Texas version of the Queen Anne style, with a corner tower, novelty siding, bay windows and decorative lintels. A classical veranda with fluted Corinthian columns was added in 1911. The house later served as a rooming house, funeral home, apartments and nursing home, and was abandoned by the late 1960s. Its ground floor was heavily altered, though the second floor kept much of its original detail. After a 1974 purchase, the owners began rehabilitating it as a single-family home, rebuilding interior walls and removing unsympathetic additions. It is regarded as perhaps the oldest surviving substantial residence in Ballinger and a local landmark.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"J.W. Whitt","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; undergoing gradual restoration after years of alterations, vandalism and abandonment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.20972-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/80/9732/40973280/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004146.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004146/db3bddf6b6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004146/db3bddf6b6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renegomezphotography","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Pelt_House_Ballinger.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renegomezphotography</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:Van_Pelt_House_Ballinger.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973280","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320295"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/runnels-county/van-pelt-house-80004146/"}