{"nrhp_refnum":"83003089","name":"Vickrey House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salado","county":"Bell County","state":"TX","lat":30.95121630500006,"lon":-97.53664100299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, ell-plan wood frame Victorian house on Main Street in Salado, Bell County, Texas, built about 1886 by G.N. Vickrey, Sr. and his brothers.","why_significant":"The form describes it as an outstanding example of Victorian architecture showing the influence of the French Second Empire style, and the only example of high Victorian residential architecture in Salado. It is also tied to Vickrey, a prominent local merchant who ran a grocery store on Main Street.","narrative":"This one-story house on Main Street in Salado was built around 1886 by G.N. Vickrey, Sr. and his brothers. It has an ell plan, wood frame construction with clapboard siding, and a bell-cast Mansard roof covered in composition shingles. Windows are two-over-two with pediments. A lean-to ell has been infilled with a highly ornamented porch featuring round columns, a turned balustrade and bobbin trim, and the entrance is angled. A shed porch was added across the rear in the mid-20th century. The house sits on a large lot at the outer edge of the community and remains on its original site. It was listed as an outstanding example of Victorian architecture showing the influence of the French Second Empire style, and as the only high Victorian residence in Salado. Vickrey was a prominent local merchant who operated a grocery store on Main Street, and the house passed to his descendants. Its condition was recorded as fair, and it was still used as a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"G.N. Vickrey, Sr. & bros.","architectural_style":"Victorian, French Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in fair physical condition and in use as a residence; a shed porch was added across the rear in the mid-20th century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.730357-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/9682/40968283/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003089.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003089/a76e8d073a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003089/a76e8d073a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vickery_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:Vickery_house_2008.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968283","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001578"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bell-county/vickrey-house-83003089/"}