{"nrhp_refnum":"86002477","name":"Ray, M. B., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"401 N. Monroe","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.38965709200005,"lon":-96.84815522099996,"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 L-plan frame dwelling at 401 N. Monroe in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, with an estimated construction date of 1890. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The inventory form describes it as one of the city's finest examples of an L-plan dwelling, the most common house type built in Waxahachie in the late nineteenth century. Its finely crafted chimney and ornate jigsawn and spindled-wood detailing distinguish it, and it is described as virtually unaltered.","narrative":"This one-story frame house at 401 N. Monroe in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, dates to an estimated 1890 and follows an L-plan layout. It has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gables, box eaves, and wood double-hung windows with one-over-one lights. A three-bay porch with a shed roof sits within the front-projecting wing and features turned wood posts, turned balusters and jig-sawn brackets. Other details include an interior brick chimney with a corbeled cap, jig-sawn bargeboards in the gable ends, a cross gable above the central porch bay, and paired windows. The survey describes it as one of the city's finest examples of an L-plan dwelling, the most common house type built in Waxahachie during the late nineteenth century. Its finely crafted chimney and ornate jigsawn and spindled woodwork set it apart, and the house is described as virtually unaltered. The architect and builder are unknown. It was recorded in good condition and remains residential, in a mostly residential area north of the central business district.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"L-plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition with residential present use; the form notes the house has been moved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.812902-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/9689/40968994/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002477.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002477/9d6702853b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002477/9d6702853b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M.B._Ray_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:M.B._Ray_House_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968994","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000634"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/ray-m-b-house-86002477/"}