{"nrhp_refnum":"87001615","name":"English-Dansby House","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"204 W. Twenty-eighth","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.67228146900004,"lon":-96.37481857099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame house at 204 W. 28th Street in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, with a modified L-plan, dated to about 1905 (the form also says it was apparently built in 1907 for J.W. English). It is one of two nearly identical houses, the other at 206 W. 28th.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an excellent local example of a modified L-plan dwelling from the early 1900s. It is paired with a nearly identical neighboring house. Its later ownership includes R.M. Dansby, who operated the American Steam Laundry and served as city commissioner in the late 1930s.","narrative":"Located at 204 W. 28th Street in Bryan, Texas, this one-story frame house follows a modified L-plan. It has drop siding, a hip roof with gables covered in composition shingles, and wood double-hung windows with one-over-one lights. A five-bay L-shaped porch with a shed roof and turned-wood posts wraps part of the exterior. Other details include an offset chimney with a corbeled cap, louvered gable vents, classical window surrounds and an integral rear ell. The house is dated to about 1905, though it was apparently built for J.W. English in 1907 along with a nearly identical house at 206 W. 28th. M.J. Dansby bought both in 1920 and passed this one to R.M. Dansby in 1921. R.M. Dansby operated the American Steam Laundry and was a city commissioner in the late 1930s. It was recognized as an excellent local expression of an early twentieth-century modified L-plan dwelling, and it remains in residential use in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Modified L-plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good, and the present use is residential.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.931148-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/9684/40968461/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001615.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968461","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001717"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/english-dansby-house-87001615/"}