{"nrhp_refnum":"86002443","name":"Alderdice, J. M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1500 W. Main","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.39804171500003,"lon":-96.86390156899995,"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 1500 W. Main in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, built about 1895 in a modified L-plan form. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The house is considered one of the city's best examples of a two-story modified L-plan dwelling with Queen Anne style details. The modified L-plan is a Victorian elaboration of the traditional two-room, center-passage plan, and it was built locally in significant numbers and variety. The house was built for J. M. Alderdice, a county schools superintendent in the 1890s and later a state legislator. Reviewers noted its fine detailing and high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Built around 1895 at 1500 W. Main in Waxahachie, this two-story frame house follows a modified L-plan, a Victorian elaboration of the older two-room, center-passage layout. It has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gables, double-hung wood windows, and a ten-bay porch that wraps around the facade with turned posts, balusters and a spindlework frieze. The recessed second-story porch repeats those details, and the projecting bay carries elaborate corner brackets. The house was built for J. M. Alderdice, who served as superintendent of county schools during the 1890s and later as a state legislator in the early 1900s. He sold it in 1925. It is regarded as one of the city's best examples of a two-story modified L-plan dwelling with Queen Anne detailing, a house type built locally in significant numbers and variety. Its good condition and high degree of integrity supported its listing for local architectural significance. The house is still used as a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Modified L-plan with Queen Anne style details","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, with residential present use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.936551-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/9690/40969020/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002443.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002443/6a81d5cfd1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002443/6a81d5cfd1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J.M._Alderdice_House_(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:J.M._Alderdice_House_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969020","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000622"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/alderdice-j-m-house-86002443/"}