{"nrhp_refnum":"86002558","name":"Hill-Howard House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"802 W. Power","address_restricted":false,"city":"Victoria","county":"Victoria County","state":"TX","lat":28.805182544000047,"lon":-97.01183799899997,"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 brick, modified L-plan dwelling at 802 W. Power in Victoria, Texas, built about 1898-99 by developer and builder John W. Henderson for attorney Joe Hill.","why_significant":"The nomination cites architecture as the basis for significance. Brick is a rare construction material for a dwelling of this type and age in Victoria, and the house is described as unusual. Later owners Mary O'Connor and her son Joseph O'Connor are also noted.","narrative":"Brick houses of this kind are uncommon in Victoria, and this one at 802 W. Power is an example. Built around 1898-99, the two-story dwelling follows a modified L-plan and rises from a basement under a hip roof with gables. Developer and builder John W. Henderson erected it for attorney Joe Hill. It later passed to Mary O'Connor and then to her son, Joseph O'Connor. The structural brick walls, wood-frame roof elements and wood shingle roof are combined with Victorian details, including box columns with jigsawn brackets, turned balusters, imbricated shingles in the gable ends, and a roof deck atop the truncated hip roof. Two-story window bays project from the south and east elevations, and L-shaped porches wrap the south and east sides. Windows are segmentally arched wood sash with shutters. Its listing rests on architecture: the use of brick for a dwelling of this type and vintage is rare locally. The house remains residential and in good condition, in the northwest part of the original townsite.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Contractor John W. Henderson (architect N/A)","architectural_style":"Vernacular dwelling with Victorian details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present condition listed as good; 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 02:54:20.960321-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/9704/40970448/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002558.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002558/6232f50758-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002558/6232f50758-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ProfReader","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hill-Howard_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:Hill-Howard_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970448","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002398"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/victoria-county/hill-howard-house-86002558/"}