{"nrhp_refnum":"86002479","name":"Chapman, Oscar H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 Overhill","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.40404086600006,"lon":-96.84547522499997,"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 brick-veneer frame house at 201 Overhill in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, built in 1929 to a design by W. B. Fowler of Coburn & Fowler, with Burt Building Co. as contractor.","why_significant":"The house is described as one of the city's finest examples of Georgian Revival architecture, a style uncommon in the area. Few changes have been made to Fowler's original 1929 design. It was built for Oscar H. Chapman, a prominent Waxahachie attorney who lived there until 1958.","narrative":"Oscar H. Chapman House, at 201 Overhill in Waxahachie, is a two-story frame dwelling with brick veneer, completed in 1929. W. B. Fowler of Coburn & Fowler designed it, and Burt Building Co. served as contractor. The house has a hip roof with composition shingles and box eaves, wood double-hung windows, and a pedimented entry portico with a Tuscan entablature. The main entrance on the south elevation has a transom and sidelights. Pedimented dormers echo the portico design, and a denticulated cornice with frieze runs along the roofline. Lateral additions serve as a porte cochere and an open sun porch, both topped with squared wood balusters. A two-story garage and apartment building stands to the southwest. The house sits on a large corner lot northwest of the central business district, in a neighborhood that is mostly 1950s construction. It was listed for its architecture: a fine, little-altered example of Georgian Revival, a style uncommon locally. Chapman, a prominent attorney, lived there until 1958.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"W. B. Fowler of Coburn & Fowler (architect); Burt Building Co. (contractor)","architectural_style":"Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and still in residential use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.356625-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/9689/40968956/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002479.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002479/78639fe07e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002479/78639fe07e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oscarchapman1.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:Oscarchapman1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968956","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000619"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/chapman-oscar-h-house-86002479/"}