{"nrhp_refnum":"86002409","name":"House at 512 North Grand","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"512 N. Grand","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.40102741800007,"lon":-96.85915383299994,"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 L-plan house at 512 North Grand in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, dated to 1895 on the inventory form. Architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination cites architectural significance. It is a slightly modified version of the L-plan, the most common local house type, and is described as one of the city's finest examples. Jig-sawn and turned porch trim, cornice brackets and slender corner pilasters enhance the traditional form.","narrative":"Built about 1895 at 512 North Grand in Waxahachie, this one-story frame house follows the L-plan, the most common local house type. It has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gables covered in composition shingles, and wood double-hung windows with two-over-two lights. The single-door main entrance has a transom, and a two-bay hip-roofed porch runs across the west elevation with turned wood posts, squared balusters and jig-sawn brackets. Jig-sawn cornice brackets and slender corner pilasters add to the traditional form. The house is a slightly modified version of the basic L-plan. Reviewers described it as one of the city's finest examples of the type and valued it for fine detailing within the local context. L-plan residences spread throughout the city in the late nineteenth century. The inventory form records the house in good condition and still used as a residence. It is listed under architectural criteria.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"L-plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; present use residential. The form lists the relationship to site as moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.522732-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/9689/40968986/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002409.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002409/bf531be5df-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002409/bf531be5df-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_512_North_Grand_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_512_North_Grand_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968986","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000594"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/house-at-512-north-grand-86002409/"}