{"nrhp_refnum":"83003086","name":"Tenney, Levi, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Pace Park Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salado","county":"Bell County","state":"TX","lat":30.947057487000052,"lon":-97.53586692899995,"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 one-story limestone house on a raised cellar at Pace Park Drive in Salado, Bell County, Texas, built about 1859-60 by its original owner, Levi Tenney. It sits close to Salado Creek, northeast of the community center.","why_significant":"The house was built as the home of the first president of Salado College. It is also considered a good example of a modest Greek Revival residence with quality stonemasonry. Tenney was a well-educated New Yorker and published author who lived in Salado until 1865.","narrative":"Built around 1859-60 on Pace Park Drive in Salado, this one-story limestone house rests on a raised cellar and has a rectangular plan. A gable roof with interior end chimneys covers it, and the central entrance has a single door with a transom and sidelights. Flat keystone arches top all the openings, and quoins mark the corners. Levi Tenney, the original owner, built it, and it served as the home of the first president of Salado College. Tenney came from New York state, was well educated, published books, and lived in Salado until 1865. The house is regarded as a good example of a modest Greek Revival residence with quality stonemasonry. The windows, roof and porch are not original, and mid-20th-century frame additions at the rear and east side are excavated into the hillside and not visible from the street. The house stands near Salado Creek and remains in residential use in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Levi Tenney, orig. owner","architectural_style":"Stone vernacular, Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition is listed as good; the house is still used as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.451453-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/9682/40968277/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003086.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968277","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001577"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bell-county/tenney-levi-house-83003086/"}