{"nrhp_refnum":"82004527","name":"Smoot, Richmond Kelley, House","other_names":["Pecan Place"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1316 W. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.274408764000043,"lon":-97.75957680999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate house at 1316 West Sixth Street in Austin, Travis County, Texas, built in 1877 with wings added in 1882 and 1884, on a 1.17-acre property that keeps much of its historic grounds and outbuildings.","why_significant":"It was the home of a single prominent Austin family: Dr. Richmond Kelley Smoot, a nationally known Presbyterian clergyman who helped found a forerunner of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary; Lawrence Smoot, Texas Supreme Court librarian and reporter; and Dr. Amelia Worthington Williams, a University of Texas history professor. It is also one of the few Victorian mansions with fine Italianate detailing left in Austin in its original setting, and it kept most of its original furnishings.","narrative":"Built in 1877 on what was then the western edge of Austin, this two-story brick house at 1316 West Sixth Street was constructed by contractors Loving and Maxwell for the Rev. Richmond Kelley Smoot and his wife. It is a substantial Italianate dwelling, with bay windows, bracketed cornices, and locally made brick. Wings were added in 1882 and 1884, and in 1925 Colonial Revival double galleries replaced the earlier Eastlake porch. The property still has its carriage drive, gardens, pecan and oak trees, and several outbuildings, giving it a nearly rural feel amid dense development. Its importance rests on its occupants. Smoot served as Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly and helped found a school of theology in the house's library. His son Lawrence spent decades with the Texas Supreme Court, and historian Amelia Worthington Williams lived there from 1925 to 1958. In 1887, the writer O. Henry married Athol Estes in the front parlor. The family gave the house to a preservation society in 1973.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"R.V. Loving & W.W. Maxwell","architectural_style":"Italianate, with Colonial Revival double galleries added in 1925","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent to good condition, owned by a preservation society, with the last family member holding a life tenancy at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.616173-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/25/9737/40973725/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/82004527.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004527/fe49ef4bab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004527/fe49ef4bab-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richmond_kelley_smoot_house.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:Richmond_kelley_smoot_house.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05001166","name":"West Line Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/west-line-historic-district-05001166/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973725","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000445"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/smoot-richmond-kelley-house-82004527/"}