{"nrhp_refnum":"83003167","name":"Shipe, Col. Monroe M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3816 Ave. G","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":32.10507008600007,"lon":-97.70675898899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-03-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house at 3816 Avenue G in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Austin, Travis County, Texas, built in 1892 by Col. Monroe M. Shipe as his own residence.","why_significant":"The house was among the first built in Hyde Park, Austin's first planned residential suburb, which Shipe founded. It is also an unusual blend of Eastlake, Stick and Swiss Chalet features, built partly with timbers and fencing reused from the old State Fairgrounds grandstand. Shipe's use of a concrete roof on a frame house was unusual for the period.","narrative":"Built in 1892 at 3816 Avenue G in Austin, this two-story frame house was the home of Col. Monroe Martin Shipe, the founder of Hyde Park, the city's first planned residential suburb. Shipe, a railroad agent who went on to create Austin's first electric streetcar system, built the house with timbers from the old State Fairgrounds grandstand and plank fencing used for room partitions. The result mixes Swiss Chalet, Eastlake and Stick features, including a nearly flat double-pitched roof, deep eaves on large brackets and an octagonal gazebo. Shipe also covered the roofs with concrete, an unusual choice for a frame dwelling. Later owners added porches and chimneys, and by 1900 the house had reached its finished form. Alterations between 1945 and 1981 included asbestos siding and subdivision into rented rooms. The house is now being restored to its turn-of-the-century appearance as part of a wider neighborhood preservation effort.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"M. M. Shipe (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian mix of Swiss Chalet, Eastlake and Stick styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence and undergoing restoration to its appearance around 1900; condition listed as fair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.672536-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/9737/40973717/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003167.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003167/9b4fb514c6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003167/9b4fb514c6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"David E Hollingsworth","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monroe_Shipe_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">David E Hollingsworth</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Monroe_Shipe_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973717","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col._Monroe_M._Shipe_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5141782"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/shipe-col-monroe-m-house-83003167/"}