{"nrhp_refnum":"86002527","name":"House at 320 East Marvin","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"320 E. Marvin","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.39060798600008,"lon":-96.84047961999994,"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 house at 320 East Marvin in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, dated to about 1895, built in a modified L-plan. It has been moved and now sits in a residential area northeast of the central business district.","why_significant":"The nomination cites architectural significance. The modified L-plan house is described as a Victorian elaboration of the two-room, center-passage plan, the most common local plan type from the 1880s until 1910. This house is called a well executed and intact example of that plan type.","narrative":"This one-story frame house at 320 East Marvin in Waxahachie dates to about 1895 and follows a modified L-plan. It has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with gables and composition shingles, and wood double-hung windows with one-over-one lights. The single-door main entrance has a transom. A five-bay hip-roofed porch on the east elevation has turned wood posts and squared wood balusters, with a pedimented entry bay. A gabled dormer, a curvilinear porch and an interior brick chimney complete the house. The building has been moved and now stands in a residential area northeast of the central business district. It was listed for its architecture. The modified L-plan is described as a Victorian elaboration of the two-room, center-passage plan and was the most common local plan type from the 1880s to 1910. The house is considered a well executed, intact example of that plan, with features typical of this common regional house form. It remains in residential use and is in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Modified L-plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and in residential use; the house has been moved from its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.767102-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/9690/40969036/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002527.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002527/ead2f90e94-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002527/ead2f90e94-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_320_East_Marvin.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:House_at_320_East_Marvin.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969036","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000596"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/house-at-320-east-marvin-86002527/"}