{"nrhp_refnum":"86002566","name":"Sigmund House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"508 E. Santa Rosa","address_restricted":false,"city":"Victoria","county":"Victoria County","state":"TX","lat":28.79690964100007,"lon":-97.00154670999996,"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 1 1/2-story Victorian wood-frame dwelling at 508 E. Santa Rosa in Victoria, Texas, built in 1902 by carpenter and contractor John C. Sigmund as his own residence.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as significant for its architecture. It is a modified L-plan residence with notable Victorian millwork, especially jig-sawn brackets and bargeboards and turned posts and balusters.","narrative":"Built in 1902 at 508 E. Santa Rosa in Victoria, Texas, this 1 1/2-story wood-frame house was the home of its builder, carpenter and contractor John C. Sigmund. It has a modified L-plan, an asymmetrical layout, a hip roof with gables, and weatherboard siding under composition shingles. A multi-bay porch wraps around the south and east sides, with turned posts, jig-sawn brackets, turned balusters and a spindle frieze. Projecting bays with angled corners, imbricated shingles in the gable ends and on the dormers, and crown molding on the window facings add to the Victorian character. Wood double-hung windows with two-over-two lights remain. The house sits on a rectangular lot in a residential neighborhood between the old depot and the central business district. It was recognized for its architecture, with the jig-sawn brackets and bargeboards and the turned porch details singled out as especially noteworthy. It remains in residential use and is in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Sigmund (carpenter and contractor John C. Sigmund)","architectural_style":"Victorian","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 02:54:21.029332-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/9704/40970490/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002566.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002566/7a8f49a19f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002566/7a8f49a19f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ProfReader","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sigmund_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:Sigmund_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970490","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107318317"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/victoria-county/sigmund-house-86002566/"}