{"nrhp_refnum":"82004496","name":"Newton, William Walter, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"401 N. Bolton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jacksonville","county":"Cherokee County","state":"TX","lat":31.967489502000035,"lon":-95.27690151899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and a half story wood frame Queen Anne style residence at 401 North Bolton Street, Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas, built in 1902 and designed by local architect W.W. Looney.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a valuable and uncommon example of vernacular Queen Anne architecture in Jacksonville, with Shingle Style influence in its shingled second floor. It is one of few remaining structures from the period in the city. It is also the oldest extant residence directly associated with the prominent Newton family, early settlers of Cherokee County.","narrative":"Built in 1902 at the corner of North Bolton and Kickapoo Streets in Jacksonville, this two and a half story wood frame house is an unusual local example of vernacular Queen Anne architecture. Local architect W.W. Looney designed it with a prominent three story corner turret, steep gables, and a mix of siding: clapboard on the first floor, shingles on the second, and recessed panels on the turret. The shingled second story suggests Shingle Style influence. Inside, beaded pine board lines the entrance hall and tower room, and a winding oak staircase leads to oddly shaped tower rooms. The house was built by W.A. Newton for his son W.W. Newton, part of a family that helped found Larissa in 1846 and later moved to Jacksonville after the railroad arrived. The Newton family occupied it until 1955, and it has been rented as housing since. It remains largely unaltered and is one of the few surviving buildings of its era in the city.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"W.W. Looney","architectural_style":"Queen Anne (vernacular), with Shingle Style influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition described as fair; occupied and rented for residential purposes since 1955, with plans to rehabilitate it for offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.593575-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/9715/40971504/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/82004496.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004496/eb58287096-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004496/eb58287096-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"ExqBoredinNac","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Walter_Newton_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">ExqBoredinNac</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:William_Walter_Newton_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971504","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107321159"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/cherokee-county/newton-william-walter-house-82004496/"}