{"nrhp_refnum":"83003111","name":"Larson, Martin, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Clifton","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clifton","county":"Bosque County","state":"TX","lat":31.736393915000065,"lon":-97.76236406299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["European","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story wood-frame house about 11.5 miles southwest of Clifton, Bosque County, Texas, built in 1904 for Martin Larson on rolling land east of the Boggy Branch of Neils Creek.","why_significant":"The house was built in 1904 for Martin Larson and has remained virtually unchanged since then. It retains its historic integrity to a remarkable degree. It is part of the Norwegian Settlement of Bosque County thematic group.","narrative":"Set on gently rolling land just east of the Boggy Branch of Neils Creek, this one-and-a-half-story wood-frame house southwest of Clifton in Bosque County was built in 1904 for Martin Larson. Its asymmetrical T-shaped plan includes a cross-gabled roof covered in wooden shingles and two corbeled brick chimneys. The north-facing front has a one-story porch with turned wooden posts, jig-cut brackets and a frieze of turned spindles. A single doorway opens onto the porch, and the windows are double hung with two-over-two lights. A steeply pitched, dormer-like gable at the east end holds a single window. The only noted change is a small shed-roof addition made in the 1940s at the rear. The house is in good condition and still serves as a private residence. Its significance rests on its remarkable retention of original character since 1904 and its place among the Norwegian settlement resources of Bosque County.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; described as in good condition and virtually unaltered, with a small 1940s shed-roof rear addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.711133-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/9683/40968375/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003111.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968375","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000387"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bosque-county/larson-martin-house-83003111/"}