{"nrhp_refnum":"86002447","name":"Moore, W. B., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"912 E. Marvin","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.38776489800006,"lon":-96.83246933199996,"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 U-plan house at 912 E. Marvin in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, dated to 1895. It was built as a residence and is still used as one.","why_significant":"The house is one of only two unaltered U-plan structures in Waxahachie; the other stands nearby at 712 E. Marvin. Reviewers called it a rare, locally significant example of a vernacular U-plan type that retains a high degree of integrity. It was nominated under the architecture criterion.","narrative":"Built around 1895 at 912 E. Marvin in Waxahachie, this one-story frame house follows a U-plan, a vernacular form that is now uncommon in the city. It has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gables, wood double-hung windows, and a five-bay porch on the north side with turned posts, turned balusters, brackets and a spindlework frieze. Pent roofs and imbricated shingles decorate the gable ends, and the window surrounds show classical detailing alongside Eastlake-inspired porch work. The massing is symmetrical. The house is one of only two unaltered U-plan buildings in Waxahachie, the other being nearby at 712 E. Marvin. W. B. Moore, who ran a grocery store at 211 N. College, owned it as his residence from the early 1900s to the 1940s. It was listed for its architecture, as a rare local example of a vernacular type that keeps a high degree of integrity. The house remains in residential use and is in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"U-plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good; 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 02:54:21.134093-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/9690/40969090/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002447.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002447/b6f6e56b22-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002447/b6f6e56b22-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W.B._Moore_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:W.B._Moore_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969090","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001980"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/moore-w-b-house-86002447/"}