{"nrhp_refnum":"86000175","name":"Hyer, Dr. Robert, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"904 Ash","address_restricted":false,"city":"Georgetown","county":"Williamson County","state":"TX","lat":30.63537670000005,"lon":-97.67340443399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story wood-frame vernacular dwelling at 904 Ash in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, built around 1880 with a central-hall plan. It sits in a residential neighborhood east of the central business district.","why_significant":"It is regarded as a good example of a late nineteenth-century vernacular dwelling with few alterations. It is also associated with Robert S. Hyer, a physics professor and later Regent of Southwestern University who helped establish Southern Methodist University in Dallas.","narrative":"Dr. Robert Hyer House is a one-story, wood-frame dwelling at 904 Ash in Georgetown, Texas, dating to about 1880. It follows a central-hall plan and has weatherboard siding, a gable roof covered in corrugated metal, and wood double-hung windows with two-over-two lights. A one-bay gable-roofed porch on the east front has chamfered wooden supports with molded capitals and stick brackets. Other features include a symmetrical five-bay facade, a rear ell addition and a semicircular vent opening in the gable end. The house is considered a good example of a late nineteenth-century vernacular dwelling and has seen few alterations. It is also tied to Robert S. Hyer, a physics professor at Southwestern University who later served as a Regent. Hyer helped lead the 1910 effort to move the school to Dallas, and when it stayed in Georgetown he moved to Dallas and helped establish Southern Methodist University. Local church historians credit him with designing Georgetown's First Methodist Church. The house remains in residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present condition is described as fair, with rear additions; present use is residential.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.896656-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/9708/40970875/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86000175.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970875","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002588"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/williamson-county/hyer-dr-robert-house-86000175/"}