{"nrhp_refnum":"86002568","name":"Barnes, W. C., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"106 W. Stayton","address_restricted":false,"city":"Victoria","county":"Victoria County","state":"TX","lat":28.803816879000067,"lon":-97.00489786399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Victorian wood-frame house at 106 W. Stayton in the north section of the original townsite of Victoria, Texas, built in 1893 by lumberman W. C. Barnes as a family home.","why_significant":"The house is considered significant for its architecture and for its builder. Its late nineteenth-century detailing is described as perhaps some of the finest in the city. It is also tied to W. C. Barnes, who ran a local lumber yard from 1895 to 1912. Reviewers cited it as a significant example of Victorian vernacular architecture and for association with important businesses.","narrative":"Built in 1893, this two-story wood-frame house at 106 W. Stayton in Victoria, Texas, was constructed by lumberman W. C. Barnes for his family. Barnes later operated the W. C. Barnes Lumber Yard on East Santa Rosa from 1895 to 1912, then ran a furniture store and managed a lumber yard in Inez. The house has an L-shaped plan, a hipped roof with gables, weatherboard and wood shingle siding, and a three-bay, two-story porch in the southeast ell. Its Victorian detailing includes turned posts with jigsawn brackets, turned balusters, a spindle frieze, crown molding on door and window facings, imbricated shingles on projecting bays, and carved doors. The detailing is described as perhaps some of the finest in the city from the late nineteenth century. Reviewers recognized it as a significant example of Victorian vernacular architecture and for its link to an important local business. It remains a residence in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"W. C. Barnes","architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":["C","D"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good, and the house is still used as a residence and remains in the Barnes family.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.759407-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/9705/40970515/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002568.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002568/60d8397609-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002568/60d8397609-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ProfReader","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W.C._Barnes_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:W.C._Barnes_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970515","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000658"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/victoria-county/barnes-w-c-house-86002568/"}