{"nrhp_refnum":"83003081","name":"Fowler House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salado","county":"Bell County","state":"TX","lat":30.95740237600006,"lon":-97.53319676699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame Greek Revival house on Main Street at the northern edge of Salado, Bell County, Texas, built in 1872 by Captain Josiah Fowler.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a late Greek Revival structure of merit. It is also linked to Josiah Fowler, described as a Civil War hero who moved from Tennessee to Burnet, Texas, in 1851 and to Salado shortly after the war, where he taught at the college and wrote a textbook.","narrative":"Built in 1872 on Main Street at the northern edge of Salado, this two-story rectangular house is a late example of Greek Revival architecture. It has a wood frame with clapboard siding, a wood shake gable roof, end chimneys, and a one-story ell at the rear with its own interior chimney. The front facade has six-over-six double-hung windows with decorative entablatures and a one-story projecting portico with a low-pitched gable carried on large round columns. The portico appears to be later than the house, and the rear porch in the ell was enclosed at a later date. Captain Josiah Fowler built the house. He was a Civil War hero who moved from Tennessee to Burnet, Texas, in 1851, then to Salado shortly after the war. In Salado he taught at the college and wrote a textbook. The property was recognized for its architectural merit and local historical associations. It remains a residence in good condition, and the nominated area covers the house and a small apron of land.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Captain Josiah Fowler","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is described as good; the house is still used as a residence, as it was originally.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.571091-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/9682/40968223/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003081.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003081/93085dd914-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003081/93085dd914-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fowler_house_salado_2008.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:Fowler_house_salado_2008.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968223","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001570"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bell-county/fowler-house-83003081/"}