{"nrhp_refnum":"84000028","name":"Duke, Holmes, House","other_names":["Duke House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"694 Forrest St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beaumont","county":"Jefferson County","state":"TX","lat":30.087753090000035,"lon":-94.10511220099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story frame residence at 694 Forrest Street in the Calder Addition, north of downtown Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. It was built around 1898-1900 for Holmes Duke.","why_significant":"The house is one of a small number of Beaumont residences that survive unaltered from the boom period that followed the Spindletop oil discovery. Its unusual architectural ornamentation distinguishes it from contemporary homes. It is also associated with Holmes Duke, a hotel and cafe operator who served on the city council and as mayor pro-tempore.","narrative":"Built around 1898 in Beaumont's Calder Addition, this one-and-a-half-story frame house combines Queen Anne and Colonial Revival details popular in the city at the turn of the century. Its west front has a full-width porch with spiral-fluted columns, two semicircular bays flanking the double front door, and an elaborate gabled portico with sunburst panels and a beveled-glass window. Inside, a central hall leads to a parlor, dining room and two bedrooms, and wainscoting and pocket doors remain. Holmes Duke, a Carthage, Texas native, bought the lot in 1898. He ran a cafe and later Duke's Hotel, then served four years on the city council and as mayor pro-tempore in 1910-1911. The house is regarded as one of the few Beaumont homes to survive almost unaltered from the Spindletop boom years, and its ornament sets it apart from neighboring houses of the period.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1898-1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne and Colonial Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as good condition and unaltered, on its original site. The form lists it as unoccupied and a private residence, and the owner proposed to rehabilitate it as professional office space.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.887576-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/82/9726/40972682/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84000028.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972682","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000956"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/jefferson-county/duke-holmes-house-84000028/"}