{"nrhp_refnum":"84001576","name":"Partee, Hiram, House","other_names":["Wilen Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"605 Belknap Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Antonio","county":"Bexar County","state":"TX","lat":29.452119907000053,"lon":-98.49748959499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story stucco house with a red tile roof at 605 Belknap Place in the Monte Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas, built about 1920-21 for Hiram Partee and designed by architect Atlee B. Ayres. It has since been converted to medical offices.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as an excellent example of Atlee B. Ayres' domestic work, with a Mediterranean character suited to the Texas climate. Ayres was San Antonio's most prominent architect for much of the 20th century. The form also notes Hiram Partee's career as a businessman and his link to Kerrville rancher Charles Schreiner, and suggests Ayres' son Robert may have contributed to the plaster detailing.","narrative":"This two-story stucco house at 605 Belknap Place in San Antonio's Monte Vista neighborhood was built for Hiram Partee around 1920-21. Architect Atlee B. Ayres designed it in a Mediterranean villa manner, with a red Spanish tile roof, a symmetrical five-bay east facade, a Beaux Arts entrance portico with Doric columns, and decorative balconies and plaster reliefs. Ayres was San Antonio's most prominent architect for much of the 20th century and wrote on Spanish Colonial Revival design suited to the southern climate. His son Robert joined the firm in 1922, and the form suggests he may have influenced the plaster ornament. Partee came to Texas in 1890 to clerk for Charles Schreiner of Kerrville, married Schreiner's daughter, and later worked in San Antonio mercantile and banking. The house later became medical offices, yet most original fabric survives, including stair details, mantels, and a garage with servants' quarters.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1920)","architect_builder":"Atlee B. Ayres","architectural_style":"Mediterranean villa manner, with a Beaux Arts entrance portico","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as medical offices; the structure was recently renovated and the form lists its condition as excellent but altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.151916-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/9711/40971131/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/84001576.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001576/10eaf11da0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001576/10eaf11da0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"HDRDON","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HiramParteeHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">HDRDON</a>, <a href=\"https://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:HiramParteeHouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"98001421","name":"Monte Vista Residential Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/monte-vista-residential-historic-district-98001421/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971131","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000405"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bexar-county/partee-hiram-house-84001576/"}