{"nrhp_refnum":"86002397","name":"House at 106 East Denton","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"106 E. Denton","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ennis","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.332689680000044,"lon":-96.62856505999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, L-plan frame house at 106 East Denton in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, built about 1895 by an unknown architect or builder, in a residential area northwest of the central business district.","why_significant":"The form treats it as a fine example of a modest L-plan dwelling, a house type used often in Ennis from the 1880s to the early 1910s. It keeps most of its original fabric and is one of the few such houses to survive with its turned porch posts and porch embellishment intact.","narrative":"Built around 1895 at 106 East Denton in Ennis, Texas, this one-story frame house follows an L-plan, a modest house type that was common in the town from the 1880s into the early 1910s. It has weatherboard siding, a gable roof with box eaves, and double-hung wood windows with two-over-two lights. A two-bay porch with a hip roof sits within the front-projecting wing, supported by turned wood posts with jigsawn brackets and a simple frieze. Imbricated shingles decorate the gable end. The house was listed because it is a fine example of its type and retains most of its original fabric. Few L-plan houses in Ennis still have their distinguishing turned posts and porch decoration intact. The architect and builder are unknown. It has served as a residence from the start, and its condition was recorded as fair during a 1985 survey. It was part of a multiple-resource nomination covering historic resources in Ennis.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"L-plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated fair; present use residential.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.987301-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/9689/40968984/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002397.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968984","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001912"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/house-at-106-east-denton-86002397/"}