{"nrhp_refnum":"86002383","name":"Williams, Porter L., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 E. University","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.39930709500004,"lon":-96.85345407499995,"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 one-story frame bungalow at 200 East University in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, built around 1920 by an unknown architect or builder. It sits in a residential area northwest of the central business district and south of the old Trinity University campus.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a fine example of the late phase of bungalow building in Waxahachie, where bungalows were built in great numbers and variety from about 1910 to 1930. Forms and details are simplified, but the horizontal emphasis, porch details and urns remain. The reviewer rated it locally significant under Criterion C.","narrative":"This one-story frame bungalow at 200 East University in Waxahachie dates to about 1920. It has horizontal siding, a gable roof with exposed rafter ends, and wood double-hung windows with single-pane sashes. A four-bay shed-roofed porch wraps around the south and west sides on tapered box supports set on brick piers, with porch urns, and the house has both interior and exterior brick chimneys. A secondary entry opens at the rear of the porch. Bungalows were built in large numbers and many variations in Waxahachie between roughly 1910 and 1930, and this house is considered a fine example of the late phase of that building trend. Its forms and details have been simplified, yet the horizontal emphasis, porch details and urns survive. Porter L. Williams, a real estate agent, owned the house into the 1950s. It was moved to its present site in a residential area northwest of downtown and remains a residence in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Bungalow","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Recorded in good condition and still in residential use; the form also notes the house was moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.211187-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/9689/40968926/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002383.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002383/c8fa3a80b3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002383/c8fa3a80b3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PorterWilliams1.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:PorterWilliams1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968926","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000638"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/williams-porter-l-house-86002383/"}