{"nrhp_refnum":"86002503","name":"Weatherford House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"501 N. Preston","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ennis","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.329175993000035,"lon":-96.63354249099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story load-bearing brick house at 501 N. Preston in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, with an estimated construction date of 1917. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The house is an unusual example of Neoclassical Revival design built in brick, since few houses in that style in Texas were constructed of brick. It is also one of the few load-bearing masonry residences in Ennis. It was the home of Will Weatherford in the 1920s and 1930s.","narrative":"Located on a corner lot in a residential area northwest of Ennis's central business district, this two-story house at 501 N. Preston dates to an estimated 1917. It has load-bearing brick walls, a hip roof with gables covered in composition shingles, and wood double-hung windows. The main entrance is a single door with sidelights, sheltered by a one-bay gabled porch on brick piers with squared wood balusters. Other features include exterior brick chimneys and a porte cochere with a sleeping porch above. Portico piers rising the full two stories, symmetrical rectangular massing and moderately overhanging eaves with modillions mark the Neoclassical Revival style. The house was listed for its architecture. Although that style was widely used in Texas, few examples were built in brick, and load-bearing masonry houses are uncommon in Ennis. The house was also the home of Will Weatherford during the 1920s and 1930s. The architect and builder are not recorded, and the house remains in residential use in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Neoclassical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"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 02:54:21.573954-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/9689/40968916/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002503.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968916","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001934"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/weatherford-house-86002503/"}