{"nrhp_refnum":"86002549","name":"Crain, F. H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"307 N. Vine","address_restricted":false,"city":"Victoria","county":"Victoria County","state":"TX","lat":28.802978319000033,"lon":-97.00921639099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame bungalow at 307 N. Vine in Victoria, Texas, built in 1915 and designed by architects Praeger & Dixon for attorney F. H. Crain.","why_significant":"The house is considered significant for its architecture. It is described as one of the city's first and most significant bungalows, designed by local architects Charles Praeger and Sam Dixon. It has changed little since its completion.","narrative":"Built in 1915 at 307 N. Vine in Victoria, Texas, this two-story bungalow was designed by local architects Charles Praeger and Sam Dixon for attorney F. H. Crain, a partner in the law firm of Proctor, Vandenberge, Crain and Mitchell. Smith and Bisang served as contractor. The wood-frame house has weatherboard and wood shingle siding, a composition shingle gable roof with exposed decorative rafters, an interior stuccoed chimney, and double-hung wood windows with six-over-one lights. A single-bay gabled porch shelters the east entrance, which has a tripartite transom and sidelight. Stuccoed tapered box columns with brick banding, a niche with a brick arch set into a corner column, and shallow porch spandrels with miter arches are notable bungalow details. The house is recognized as one of the city's first and most significant bungalows and has changed little since completion, apart from additions at the rear. It sits in a residential area in the northwest quadrant of Victoria's original townsite and remains in residential use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: Praeger & Dixon (Charles Praeger and Sam Dixon); Contractor: Smith and Bisang","architectural_style":"Bungalow","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present condition listed as good, with additions to the rear; present use residential.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.84413-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/9703/40970384/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002549.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002549/3c6b20eaee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002549/3c6b20eaee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ProfReader","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F.H._Crain_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ProfReader</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:F.H._Crain_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970384","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002431"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/victoria-county/crain-f-h-house-86002549/"}