{"nrhp_refnum":"86002343","name":"Rockett, Paris Q., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"321 E. University","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.402000688000044,"lon":-96.85275249299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house at 321 East University in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, built in 1908 by contractor E. S. Boze for businessman Paris Q. Rockett. It stands in a residential area northwest of the central business district.","why_significant":"The inventory form calls it one of the city's earliest and best examples of popular architecture. It is a simply massed building that combines a four-square plan with bungalow detailing. Rockett, a businessman, owned it until the 1940s.","narrative":"Built in 1908 at 321 East University in Waxahachie, this two-story frame house was constructed by contractor E. S. Boze for Paris Q. Rockett, a businessman who owned it until the 1940s. It sits in a residential area northwest of the central business district and south of the old Trinity University campus. The house has a hipped roof with gables, wood double-hung windows, and a four-bay hip-roofed porch across the south side with turned box supports and squared wood balusters. A hipped dormer rises at the center bay, and a balcony opens at the second story above the entrance. The foundation is slightly battered. Its massing is rectangular and symmetrical, blending a four-square plan with bungalow-style detailing. Local surveyors described it as one of the city's earliest and best examples of popular architecture, which is the basis for its inclusion in the Waxahachie historic resources group. It remains in good condition and in residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"E. S. Boze (contractor)","architectural_style":"Four-square plan with bungalow type details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present condition is listed as good, and the 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 02:54:21.188591-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/9689/40968900/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002343.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002343/e8f9b733d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002343/e8f9b733d5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris_Rockett_House_1.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:Paris_Rockett_House_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968900","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000635"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/rockett-paris-q-house-86002343/"}