{"nrhp_refnum":"83003083","name":"Miller-Curtis House","other_names":["Curtis Mansion"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1004 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Belton","county":"Bell County","state":"TX","lat":31.065628536000077,"lon":-97.46048144699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story load-bearing red brick residence at 1004 North Main Street in Belton, Bell County, Texas, built in 1902 for cotton broker William Roy Miller and attributed to Galveston architect C.W. Bulgar.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as an extravagant symbol of Miller's short-lived cotton fortune and as an unusually ambitious design for Central Texas. Its detailing and massing set it apart from neighboring houses, and it shows the influence of urban architectural practice on small prospering Texas towns. It also retains elaborate ground-floor interiors kept by the Curtis family during their sixty-year occupancy.","narrative":"Built in 1902 at the corner of North Main and 10th Streets in Belton, this two-story red brick house was commissioned by cotton broker William Roy Miller, who reportedly spent $100,000 in cash on its construction. The design is attributed to Galveston architect C.W. Bulgar and resembles his 1899 Isaac Haffron House in Galveston. It combines a Queen Anne floor plan with flamboyant early Colonial Revival detail, including an L-shaped gallery, a circular second-floor gallery, a tile roof and a limestone base. Inside, the ground floor keeps its oak woodwork, stained and jewel glass, and a 1902 gas-powered refrigerator. Miller went bankrupt in 1905, and attorney A.L. Curtis bought the house in 1914. The Curtis family lived there for about sixty years. The house was listed as a rare, individual expression of turn-of-the-century prosperity, with detailing unusual for the region. Alterations are limited mainly to the rear facade and upper floors.","period_of_significance":"1902","architect_builder":"Attributed to C.W. Bulgar; contractor Harry Karnes","architectural_style":"Hybrid of Queen Anne plan with early Colonial Revival detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in good condition; the second floor and attic were converted to four apartments in 1974 and the rear galleries enclosed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.5828-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/9710/40971054/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003083.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003083/5367253448-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003083/5367253448-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miller_curtis_house_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:Miller_curtis_house_2008.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971054","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107317661"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bell-county/miller-curtis-house-83003083/"}