{"nrhp_refnum":"83003792","name":"Belvin Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"700, 800, 900 blocks of Belvin St., and 227 Mitchell St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Marcos","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":29.878856632000037,"lon":-97.95137905443724,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of 21 houses along the 700, 800 and 900 blocks of Belvin Street in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, plus one house facing Mitchell Street. Fifteen houses contribute; they were built between 1878 and 1910.","why_significant":"The district is a tree-shaded street of mostly frame Victorian houses showing Carpenter Gothic, Second Empire and Eastlake detail, with one grand Colonial Revival house. The street has long been tied to San Marcos' educational tradition through Coronal Institute and Southwest Texas Normal School. It also reflects early community planning through the Belvin Addition laid out by Robert Hixon Belvin.","narrative":"Belvin Street in San Marcos is a tree-shaded avenue of 21 houses across three blocks, with one more house facing Mitchell Street. Fifteen were built between 1878 and 1910 and are mostly frame Victorian homes with broad porches, hipped and gabled roofs, and jigsawn trim. Carpenter Gothic, Second Empire and Eastlake details appear, along with a grand Colonial Revival house. Two houses have mansard towers, the only ones in town. The street grew from the Belvin Addition, developed by Methodist minister Robert Hixon Belvin, a former president of Coronal Institute. Belvin Street has been linked with education since a school operated there around 1860. Farmers and stockmen moved to town to be near Coronal, and later residents included teachers and presidents of Southwest Texas Normal School. The John Francis McGehee House, with Eastlake gallery trim, is called the best house of the district. Six later or heavily altered houses do not contribute, but none are considered intrusions.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":"S.B. McBride, Charles W. Sinz, Northcraft, Donalson and Malone (builders); Fehr and Granger (architects, 1951 noncontributing house)","architectural_style":"Victorian (Carpenter Gothic, Second Empire, Eastlake) with Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition described as good but altered; all houses are private residences and all but one are owner-occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.126367-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/9695/40969553/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003792.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969553","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999802"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/belvin-street-historic-district-83003792/"}