{"nrhp_refnum":"83003130","name":"Manautou House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5 E. Elizabeth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brownsville","county":"Cameron County","state":"TX","lat":25.90920837400006,"lon":-97.50630672899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one- and two-story red brick house at 5 East Elizabeth Street, on the corner of Palm Boulevard in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. It was built in 1924-1925 for Enrique and Irene Manautou and designed by E. Guy Holliday.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare Texas derivative of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie style, reaching Brownsville in the mid-1920s through Holliday's El Paso connections. It was unique in Brownsville for its Prairie school massing and detail. It was also built for Enrique Manautou, a leading Brownsville merchant and the first Mexican-American president of the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce.","narrative":"Built in 1924-1925 on a prominent Brownsville corner, this red brick house at Elizabeth Street and Palm Boulevard carries a Prairie style design rare in Texas. A squarish two-story central block is flanked by one-story wings under hipped roofs of red terra cotta tile and broad, unbroken eaves. White cast concrete bands, stepped brick piers and planter boxes add contrast to the brick walls. Edward Guy Holliday, a builder and architect who had worked in El Paso, where Prairie style buildings appeared in the 1920s, designed and built it. He adapted a design from a booklet chosen by the owner and turned the entrance toward Elizabeth Street. Its plan resembles Frank Lloyd Wright's 1907 model fireproof house. The owner, Enrique Manautou, founded a department store and was among Brownsville's leading merchants for nearly fifty years. The house has changed little and remains a private residence, with a matching brick garage and servant's apartment on the property.","period_of_significance":"1924-1925","architect_builder":"E. Guy Holliday, builder/architect","architectural_style":"Prairie style, derived from Frank Lloyd Wright","criteria":[],"status_note":"Few alterations; still occupied as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.661349-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/9714/40971452/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003130.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003130/c8fe6cc75a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003130/c8fe6cc75a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manoutou_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">25or6to4</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manoutou_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971452","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107319047"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/cameron-county/manautou-house-83003130/"}