{"nrhp_refnum":"83003135","name":"McIntosh, Roger D., House","other_names":["The Shack"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1518 Abrams Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.807170789000054,"lon":-96.75400506099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A studio-residence known as The Shack at 1518 Abrams Road, Dallas, Texas, begun in 1921-22 as a garage and servants' quarters and enlarged over decades by stained-glass artisan Roger D. McIntosh.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for art rather than architecture. It holds the most extensive collection of work by McIntosh, a leading stained-glass craftsman in the Southwest. He designed and built the entire structure himself, and its interior is presented as an example of individual craftsmanship representative of the craftsman movement.","narrative":"Tucked on a lot at 1518 Abrams Road in Dallas, The Shack served as both home and workshop for stained-glass artisan Roger D. McIntosh. It began in 1921-22 as a modest two-story garage and servants' quarters. McIntosh bought the property in 1922 and spent decades expanding it from the inside outward, with major additions in 1929-30 and decorative work continuing into the 1970s. The ell-shaped, eight-room house mixes asbestos siding and Hadite blocks, and its style is described as highly eclectic. Its windows, skylights, leaded bay and carved wood were nearly all made by McIntosh himself. He worked with leading Dallas architects and produced glass for the Adolphus Hotel, several Methodist churches and the Dallas Power and Light Building. The property was listed because it holds his most extensive body of work and shows his craftsmanship, rather than for conventional architecture. It remained a private residence after his death in 1977.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1929-30 et passim)","architect_builder":"Roger McIntosh","architectural_style":"Highly eclectic, with Spanish, Jacobethan Revival, Mediterranean and Art Deco touches","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition, altered, on its original site; used as a single-family residence and occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.030532-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/9717/40971705/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003135.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971705","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000397"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/mcintosh-roger-d-house-83003135/"}