{"nrhp_refnum":"83003826","name":"Hamilton, William Benjamin, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1106 Brook Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wichita Falls","county":"Wichita County","state":"TX","lat":33.90059328700005,"lon":-98.50388975199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-10-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A monumental two-story masonry residence in the Classical Revival style at 1106 Brook Avenue, Wichita Falls, Texas, built in 1918 on a large corner site near downtown, with a two-story garage to the northwest.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its Classical Revival architecture, which is unusually elaborate and large for a north Texas residence, and for its Adam-influenced interiors. It is also tied to William B. Hamilton, an oilman, civic leader and mayor, and his wife Pearl Bess Hamilton, a local philanthropist.","narrative":"Built in 1918 at 1106 Brook Avenue in Wichita Falls, this two-story brick house in the Classical Revival style is far larger than the bungalows around it. A two-story entrance portico with fluted Doric columns marks the east front, while glazed sun porches and a porte-cochere flank the sides and a red tile hipped roof crowns the whole. Inside, the formal rooms carry a molded plaster frieze of swags and urns that was probably ordered from a 1915 Jacobsen and Company catalogue, along with Adamesque mantelpieces. It was built for Mr. and Mrs. T.P. Adams and sold in 1922 to William Benjamin Hamilton and his wife Pearl Bess, who lived there until 1981. Hamilton was an oilman, rancher, developer and mayor from 1944 to 1948, and Mrs. Hamilton supported local philanthropic causes. The architect is unknown. Later office conversions altered parts of the property, but the original detailing was largely retained.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1918)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in commercial use; the house was recently renovated for offices, with the porte-cochere converted to a conference room and the garage to lease office space.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.960716-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/9739/40973963/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003826.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003826/3c14b39038-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003826/3c14b39038-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Benjamin_Hamilton_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Benjamin_Hamilton_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973963","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107319903"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/wichita-county/hamilton-william-benjamin-house-83003826/"}