{"nrhp_refnum":"85000712","name":"Hawkes, Z. T. (Tip), House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"132 N. Potter St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cedar Hill","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.59136263000005,"lon":-96.95946676299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-framed \"I\" house at 132 North Potter Street in Cedar Hill, Dallas County, Texas, built in 1899, with a rear T wing and a small one-car garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of only two remaining \"I\" houses in Dallas County that has kept its architectural integrity. It is one of five \"I\" houses still standing in the county and the only one with a T wing. It typifies middle-class housing in the Southern tradition.","narrative":"Built in 1899 at 132 North Potter Street in Cedar Hill, this two-story, wood-framed house follows the \"I\" house form: two rooms wide, lap-sided, with a full front porch and a one-story T wing centered on the rear. The gabled roof, chamfered porch columns, Victorian-era front door and simplified bargeboard on the gable ends make up its limited exterior decoration. A small shiplap garage stands to the south. The porch on the north side of the T wing was enclosed in a 1982 renovation to make a bathroom. The house is considered important because few of its kind survive. Only five \"I\" houses remain in Dallas County, and this is one of two that have kept their architectural integrity. It is the only one with a T wing, the most common way to expand the basic I unit. The type derives from English folk houses and was once common in Texas, where settlers from southern and midwestern states built familiar forms.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"\"I\" house","criteria":[],"status_note":"A 1982 renovation enclosed the north porch of the T wing to create a bathroom. The form does not state whether the property is still in use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.267627-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/9686/40968640/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/85000712.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000712/b5b18e95d9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000712/b5b18e95d9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Z._T._(Tip)_Hawkes_House_Cedar_Hill_Wiki_(1_of_1).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:Z._T._(Tip)_Hawkes_House_Cedar_Hill_Wiki_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968640","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001827"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/hawkes-z-t-tip-house-85000712/"}