{"nrhp_refnum":"83004508","name":"Rylander-Kyle House","other_names":["Kyle,Henry,Jr.,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"711 W. San Antonio St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Marcos","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":29.878552598000056,"lon":-97.94705549199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame residence at 711 West San Antonio Street in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, built in 1912-13 for Ignatius Bramwell Rylander, with Roy L. Thomas as architect and S.B. McBride as builder.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as one of the most important buildings in the locally designated San Antonio Street Historic District and a typical Texas example of Colonial Revival style. It is also tied to its first owner, I.B. Rylander, a distinguished agriculturalist who represented Texas at national agricultural conferences. Family members have lived in the house since it was built.","narrative":"Built in 1912-13 at 711 West San Antonio Street in San Marcos, this two-story frame house shows Colonial Revival design in a balanced, symmetrical form. A low pyramidal roof with gabled dormers covers the house, and a shallow pedimented portico opens onto a double-level porch carried by six large unfluted Ionic columns. Roy L. Thomas designed it and S.B. McBride built it. Most windows are original, and the interior retains brass light fixtures, stained-glass windows beside the fireplace and a pocket door between the living and dining rooms. Later changes include a modernized kitchen and a lowered porch floor with columns set on brick pedestals. The first owner, Ignatius Bramwell Rylander, was an Alabama-born agriculturalist and Confederate veteran who came to Texas in 1867. He worked in farm demonstration and represented Texas at national agricultural meetings. His descendants have lived in the house since its construction, and it is a key building in the local San Antonio Street Historic District.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Roy L. Thomas, architect; S.B. McBride, builder","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; condition described as good, with some alterations, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.37488-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/9695/40969533/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83004508.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004508/544f182a61-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004508/544f182a61-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rylander_kyle_house_2013.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:Rylander_kyle_house_2013.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969533","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000639"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/rylander-kyle-house-83004508/"}