{"nrhp_refnum":"86002446","name":"Alderman, G. H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"317 E. Marvin","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":31.94321308600007,"lon":-96.85799341599994,"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, modified L-plan frame dwelling at 317 E. Marvin in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, dated to about 1890 and described as moved to a residential area north of the central business district.","why_significant":"The house keeps most of its late nineteenth-century detailing and massing, making it one of the best local examples of the L-plan house type. The L-plan was favored by Victorian builders and was the most common regional plan type from about 1880 to 1910. The evaluation notes a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Built around 1890 at 317 E. Marvin in Waxahachie, this modified L-plan house is a one-story frame dwelling with weatherboard siding. A hip roof with gables covers the main block, and a seven-bay porch on the south elevation has turned wood posts, jig-sawn brackets and a spindle frieze. Windows are double-hung with one-over-one lights, and many hold small panes of colored glass in the upper sash. The facade gable end is decorated, and a brick chimney rises from the roof. The house was listed for its architecture. It keeps most of its late nineteenth-century detailing and massing, which makes it one of the best local examples of the L-plan type. Victorian builders favored that plan, and it was the most common regional plan from roughly 1880 to 1910. The house was probably built for insurance agent G. H. Alderman, who owned it until 1919. It is recorded as having been moved to its present residential area north of the central business district, and it remains in good condition and in residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"L-plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present condition is listed as good, and the present use is residential.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.936238-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/9689/40968992/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002446.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002446/a0ddefb9f9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002446/a0ddefb9f9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G.H._Alderman_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:G.H._Alderman_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968992","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002000"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/alderman-g-h-house-86002446/"}