{"nrhp_refnum":"82001738","name":"Ramey House","other_names":["Grainger and Petterson Law Offices"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"605 S. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tyler","county":"Smith County","state":"TX","lat":32.34207013200006,"lon":-95.29909305099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-frame Colonial Revival residence at 605 S. Broadway Street in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, completed in 1903 and now used as law offices.","why_significant":"The house was the home of the Ramey family, prominent Tyler civic leaders, for over seventy-five years. Thomas Boyd Ramey helped found the Texas Rose Festival and held many education and civic posts. Architecturally, it shows two phases of Colonial Revival: an Edwardian-style 1903 exterior and a Williamsburg-style 1930s remodeling. It is one of the most substantial turn-of-the-century dwellings left in Tyler.","narrative":"Built in 1903 at 605 S. Broadway in Tyler, this two-story Colonial Revival house has clapboard siding, a truncated hip roof and a three-bay entry portico with fluted Ionic columns, a balustraded balcony and a Palladian window. It sits on raised ground near the southern edge of the central business district, where many prominent families built homes. The house was home to Thomas Brown Ramey, a jeweler and bank officer, and later his son Thomas Boyd Ramey, who served on the school board for decades, helped found the Tyler Industrial Foundation and the East Texas Hospital Foundation, and helped establish the Texas Rose Festival in 1933. Local architect Shirley Simons remodeled the interior about 1935 with Williamsburg-style detailing, contrasting with the looser Edwardian character of the original design. After years of neglect, the house was rehabilitated in 1981 and converted to law offices. It remains one of Tyler's most substantial turn-of-the-century dwellings.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Original - unknown; 1935 - Shirley Simons","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1981 and in excellent condition; occupied as a law office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.769453-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/9733/40973337/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/82001738.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001738/00af79f497-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001738/00af79f497-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mastersyfodiaz","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ramey_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mastersyfodiaz</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ramey_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99001023","name":"Charnwood Residential Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/charnwood-residential-historic-district-99001023/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973337","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramey_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7289482"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/smith-county/ramey-house-82001738/"}