{"nrhp_refnum":"86000969","name":"Harper-Chesser House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1309 College","address_restricted":false,"city":"Georgetown","county":"Williamson County","state":"TX","lat":30.63192947500005,"lon":-97.67157334899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-04-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame and stone dwelling at 1309 College in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, with a rear stone section dated to about 1860 and a frame addition from about 1890.","why_significant":"The form cites architecture as the primary area of significance. The rear stone ell might be the oldest structure in the city and is described as a good example of an early pioneer stone dwelling with a late nineteenth-century addition. The stone part was probably built by Dr. D. George Harper, an early Georgetown physician, and the frame part probably by D. S. Chesser, a two-time county judge.","narrative":"Located at 1309 College in Georgetown, this two-story house combines two building campaigns. The older part is a rear one-story wing of limestone blocks with stone lintels and sills, a gable roof and a half basement, probably built by Dr. D. George Harper, an early Georgetown physician, around 1860. The form suggests this stone ell might be the oldest structure in the city. About 1890 a frame section, probably built by D. S. Chesser, a two-time county judge, was added. It has a hip roof, jigsawn brackets under the eaves, two-over-two double-hung windows, a five-sided window bay on the west front, and a one-story porch with Doric columns wrapping the south and west sides. Two small frame garages stand on the lot. The house sits in a residential neighborhood southwest of the central business district, among mostly late nineteenth-century dwellings. It was recognized chiefly for architecture, as an example of an early pioneer stone house with a later addition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is described as good; present use is residential. A third frame outbuilding was being razed at the time of the survey.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.932369-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/27/9708/40970827/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86000969.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000969/da5d889bf2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000969/da5d889bf2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HarperChesser1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:HarperChesser1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970827","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper%E2%80%93Chesser_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5663348"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/williamson-county/harper-chesser-house-86000969/"}