{"nrhp_refnum":"86002386","name":"Berry, J. S., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 E. University","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.39949825400004,"lon":-96.85408736999995,"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 dwelling at 201 East University in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, established around 1900 in a residential area northwest of the central business district and south of the old Trinity University campus. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine local example of conservative vernacular architecture, in which local builders kept traditional forms but added fashionable details. Its common regional plan type was updated with Neoclassical Revival porch details. It is also tied to early occupants, including a physician and a city fire chief.","narrative":"Located at 201 East University in Waxahachie, this two-story frame house dates to about 1900. It has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gables, wood double-hung windows, and a main entrance with a transom and sidelights. A three-bay porch on the east side carries Doric columns and squared wood balusters, and a steeply pitched roof extends to form the porch. The massing is rectangular and symmetrical, reinforced by paired pediments and a center dormer. Slender, classically influenced columns appear on both the first- and second-story porches. The house was listed as a fine local example of conservative vernacular building, where traditional forms were dressed in fashionable details, here Neoclassical Revival porch features. The earliest documented owner, Dr. J. S. Berry, a physician, lived there by 1907. Dr. C. C. Cooke bought it in 1920, and by the late 1930s William C. Evetts, the city fire chief, owned it. The house is recorded as moved and remains in residential use in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Local vernacular with Neoclassical Revival porch details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and in residential use; the form records it as moved from its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.679387-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/9689/40968908/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002386.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002386/c11f55b6cb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002386/c11f55b6cb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J._S._Berry_House.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:J._S._Berry_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968908","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000645"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/berry-j-s-house-86002386/"}