{"nrhp_refnum":"86002583","name":"House at 407 East Convent","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"407 E. Convent","address_restricted":false,"city":"Victoria","county":"Victoria County","state":"TX","lat":28.794239791000052,"lon":-97.00405605899994,"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 one-story wood-frame vernacular dwelling at 407 East Convent in Victoria, Texas, built about 1909 by contractor B.F. Williams, with a modified L-plan.","why_significant":"The survey form cites architecture as its significance, calling it one of the finest local examples of a modified L-plan house. Most of its original fabric remains intact, including turned porch columns, spindles, jig-sawn brackets and bargeboard.","narrative":"This one-story wood-frame house at 407 East Convent in Victoria, Texas, dates to about 1909 and was built by contractor B.F. Williams. It is a vernacular dwelling with a modified L-plan, a hip roof with gables, box eaves, and pent roofs in the gable ends. A four-bay shed-roof porch fills the northeast ell, supported by turned columns and trimmed with a spindle frieze. Jig-sawn brackets sit beneath the soffit, jig-sawn bargeboard and shingle imbrication decorate the gables, and a bay window on the north elevation holds beveled leaded glass. Windows are double-hung with two-over-two wood sash. The property was listed for its architecture: local survey work describes it as one of the finest local examples of a modified L-plan house, with most original fabric, including the porch columns, spindles, brackets and bargeboard, still in place. The house has been moved from its original site, remains in residential use, and its condition is recorded as fair.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Contractor B.F. Williams; architect N/A","architectural_style":"Vernacular dwelling, modified L-plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is residential; condition is listed as fair. 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 02:54:21.213775-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/9704/40970454/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002583.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002583/8bbf0a5634-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002583/8bbf0a5634-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ProfReader","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:407_E._Convent_Street.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:407_E._Convent_Street.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970454","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002439"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/victoria-county/house-at-407-east-convent-86002583/"}