{"nrhp_refnum":"83003166","name":"Jernigan, A. J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"602 Harthan","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.27376048800005,"lon":-97.75781768099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house at 602 Harthan in Austin, Travis County, Texas, built in 1875 for Albert Jefferson Jernigan, a local educator, businessman and county treasurer. It is a transitional Greek Revival-Italianate dwelling.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a substantial example of the shift from Greek Revival to Italianate architecture in Austin homes, with exceptional shouldered door and window architraves. Abner Cook, builder of the Governor's Mansion, appears to have been the builder, although there is no documentary evidence. It is also one of about six remaining suburban mansions overlooking old Pecan (6th) Street, and it reflects the prosperity and political return of the prewar establishment after Reconstruction.","narrative":"Built in 1875 for Albert Jefferson Jernigan, this two-story brick house at 602 Harthan in Austin blends Greek Revival and Italianate styles. It measures 52 by 44 feet, has nine rooms, and sits on a limestone foundation under a hipped roof with a bracketed cornice. Its deep porches and gallery, the latter added in 1912, give it a Victorian character, while the plan recalls antebellum central-hall houses. Inside, shouldered door and window architraves are unusual among surviving Greek Revival homes in central Texas, and a yellow pine staircase anchors the entry hall. Jernigan was a Confederate veteran who lost an arm at Missionary Ridge, taught school, served as Travis County treasurer, and co-owned a marble works. Abner Cook, who built the Governor's Mansion, is believed to have been the builder, based on family tradition and an oral interview, though no documents confirm it. The house is one of a few mansions that once overlooked Pecan Street.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Abner Cook","architectural_style":"Transitional Greek Revival-Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; condition described as excellent and very good, with modernized systems and early twentieth-century additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.68184-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/9737/40973763/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003166.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003166/af7dc801e6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003166/af7dc801e6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Las_ventanas_2007.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:Las_ventanas_2007.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05001166","name":"West Line Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/west-line-historic-district-05001166/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973763","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Jernigan_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4647927"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/jernigan-a-j-house-83003166/"}