{"nrhp_refnum":"86002523","name":"Langsford, Samuel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1208 E. Marvin","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.38841289700002,"lon":-96.82820227899998,"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 frame house at 1208 E. Marvin in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, built in 1892 in a modified L-plan form. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The house is described as one of the city's best examples of a two-story, modified L-plan dwelling, one of the most common vernacular house types in Waxahachie in the late nineteenth century. It was built for insurance agent Samuel P. Langsford, who lived there until his death in 1911. Its significance is argued under architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1892 at 1208 E. Marvin in Waxahachie, this two-story frame house follows a modified L-plan, one of the most common vernacular house types in the city during the late nineteenth century. It was constructed for Samuel P. Langsford, an insurance agent who lived there until his death in 1911. The house has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gables, and wood double-hung windows with one-over-one lights. Two single-door entrances have transoms, and a five-bay shed-roofed porch wraps around the north and west sides, with squared wood balusters and box columns. Decorative details include jig-sawn bargeboard and imbricated shingles in the gable ends, and an interior brick chimney rises through the roof. Alterations were completed about 1913, and the house remains in good condition and residential use. It was recognized as one of the city's best examples of its type, and it is included in a group of Waxahachie properties.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Modified L-plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Recorded in good condition, with alterations completed about 1913; 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 02:54:21.279265-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/9689/40968970/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002523.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002523/278f0e2f8f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002523/278f0e2f8f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SamuelLangsford1.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:SamuelLangsford1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968970","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001979"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/langsford-samuel-house-86002523/"}