{"nrhp_refnum":"80004153","name":"Gilfillan House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"603 W. 8th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.271319813000048,"lon":-97.74786872499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick residence at 603 W. 8th Street at Nueces in downtown Austin, Travis County, Texas, built in 1905 and designed by architect Charles H. Page, Jr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the sole remaining Austin example of an eclectic, large-scale blend of Mission Style, Prairie School and Chicago School (Sullivan-influenced) ornament popular in the early twentieth century. It is also the only surviving work of a group of similar residences by Page. It is tied to banker William L. Gilfillan and later to a Swedish-American family.","narrative":"Rising two stories above the old bank of the paved-over Little Shoal Creek, this brick house at 603 W. 8th Street in Austin was built in 1905 for banker William L. Gilfillan and designed by architect Charles H. Page, Jr. Its roseate-yellow brick walls, red Spanish tile roof, wide overhanging eaves, arched entry portico and white stone egg-and-dart molding combine Mission Style, Prairie School and Chicago School influences. The nomination describes it as the sole remaining example in Austin of this eclectic approach, since none of Page's similar residences survive. Gilfillan helped found the Austin National Bank in 1890. In 1932 the house passed to Julius G. Knape, a Swedish immigrant stone mason and contractor, whose family lived there until 1960. It was then divided into apartments and suffered damage before a 1978 purchase led to restoration and conversion to offices, with minimal interior changes.","period_of_significance":"1905","architect_builder":"Charles H. Page, Jr.","architectural_style":"Eclectic mix of Mission Style, Prairie School and Chicago School influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Deteriorated after being divided into six apartments in the 1960s; purchased in 1978 and being restored and converted to office use (planned law offices). The form lists it as unoccupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.165184-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/9736/40973622/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004153.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004153/568e164f84-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004153/568e164f84-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilfillan_2011.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:Gilfillan_2011.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100010021","name":"West Downtown Austin Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/west-downtown-austin-historic-district-100010021/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973622","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002311"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/gilfillan-house-80004153/"}