{"nrhp_refnum":"86000973","name":"Irvine, George, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"409 E. University","address_restricted":false,"city":"Georgetown","county":"Williamson County","state":"TX","lat":30.633572453000056,"lon":-97.67342903399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-04-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame house at 409 East University in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, built in 1886 by lumberman George Irvine as his own residence.","why_significant":"The nomination cites architecture and association with a prominent individual. It is described as a good example of a late nineteenth-century dwelling in Georgetown that retains much of its 1886 appearance. George Irvine, a Scottish immigrant, co-ran the Irvine Brothers Lumber Co., which operated the first planing mill in Georgetown.","narrative":"Built in 1886 at 409 East University in Georgetown, this two-story wood-frame house was constructed by lumberman George Irvine, a Scottish immigrant, as his own home. It has a T plan, weatherboard siding, and an intersecting gable roof. Decorative details include jigsawn bargeboards, carved and paired compound brackets, a broad frieze, molded window facings, and a three-sided one-story window bay on the east side. A one-bay shed-roofed porch with brick supports marks the south front. A one-story wing to the west is said by the owners to be the original, pre-1886 house. Irvine and his brother Tom ran the Irvine Brothers Lumber Co. in the early 1880s, home to the first planing mill in Georgetown. After Tom died in 1885, George continued the business until 1892, when he sold it to Moses Harell and Charles S. Belford; it later became Belford Lumber Co. The house was recognized for its architecture and for its link to Irvine.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"George Irvine","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair, with rear and side additions; the lot is described as overgrown. Present use is residential.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.150859-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/9708/40970867/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86000973.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000973/5b02f465c8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000973/5b02f465c8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_irvine_house_2011.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_irvine_house_2011.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970867","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002592"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/williamson-county/irvine-george-house-86000973/"}