{"nrhp_refnum":"87001616","name":"English-Poindexter House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"206 W. Twenty-eighth","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.672289903000035,"lon":-96.37523570799999,"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 1 1/2-story frame house at 206 W. 28th Street in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, built around 1905 (the form also cites 1907) with a modified L-plan. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The inventory form calls it an excellent local expression of a modified L-plan dwelling from the early 1900s. It is paired with a near-alike house at 204 W. 28th, and both were apparently built by J.W. English in 1907. Later owners included M.J. Dansby (1920) and William Poindexter (1922), who supervised the WPA surplus commission in the late 1930s.","narrative":"Built around 1905, this 1 1/2-story frame house at 206 W. 28th Street in Bryan has a modified L-plan. It has weatherboard siding, a hip roof with composition shingles, and wood-sash double-hung windows with one-over-one lights. A six-bay, L-shaped porch with a shed roof wraps the south and west elevations, supported by turned-wood posts with squared-wood balusters and jig-sawn brackets. Classical detailing frames the door and windows, and a slightly projecting bay with a cross gable marks the east elevation. The house was recorded as an excellent local example of an early-1900s modified L-plan dwelling. A near-alike house stands next door at 204 W. 28th, and both were apparently built by J.W. English in 1907. M.J. Dansby bought them in 1920. William Poindexter, who supervised the WPA surplus commission in the late 1930s, took ownership of this house in 1922. It remains in residential use and in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown (apparently built by J.W. English)","architectural_style":"Modified L-plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is described as good; 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 02:54:21.904629-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/9684/40968463/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001616.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001616/1ea053c0f0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001616/1ea053c0f0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ENGLISH-POINDEXTER_HOUSE,_BRYAN,_BRAZOS_COUNTY,_TX.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ENGLISH-POINDEXTER_HOUSE,_BRYAN,_BRAZOS_COUNTY,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968463","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001716"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/english-poindexter-house-87001616/"}