{"nrhp_refnum":"87001620","name":"Higgs, Walter J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"609 N. Tabor","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.682301306000056,"lon":-96.37079067499997,"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 center-passage dwelling at 609 N. Tabor in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, built about 1910 for Walter J. Higgs and his family. Architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The house is described as perhaps the best surviving example of several similar dwellings in Bryan with hipped roofs and porches across the primary elevation. It was built in a style popular at the time. The area of significance is architecture.","narrative":"This one-story frame house at 609 N. Tabor in Bryan, Texas, dates to about 1910, when Walter J. Higgs had it built for his family. It follows a center-passage plan and has weatherboard siding, a hipped roof with a hipped dormer centered over the facade, and wood double-hung windows. A five-bay shed-roofed porch with turned-wood posts and balusters runs across the west elevation. Other details include a raised foundation covered in pressed-tin sheathing in a stone pattern, classical detailing around the door and windows, and a projecting ell on the south side. The house was moved from across the railroad tracks at the east edge of downtown. It was recognized for its architecture, being perhaps the best of several similar local dwellings that kept hipped roofs and porches across the main elevation. Higgs worked as a bookkeeper for the Humpty Dumpty Store in the late 1930s. The house remains in residential use and is in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Center passage","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present condition is stated as good; present use is residential. The house was moved from across the railroad tracks at the east edge of downtown.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.123599-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/9684/40968441/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001620.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968441","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000735"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/higgs-walter-j-house-87001620/"}