{"nrhp_refnum":"87001633","name":"Jenkins, Edward J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"607 E. Twenty-seventh","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.67177306900004,"lon":-96.36752848599997,"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 2 1/2-story frame Queen Anne style house at 607 E. 27th Street in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, dated to about 1893-1895 and built by contractor Charles E. Jenkins.","why_significant":"The house is described as an outstanding example of Queen Anne architecture. It is also tied to Edward J. Jenkins, a pharmacist and former mayor of Bryan who ran the Jenkins Drug Store. The builder's craftsmanship is noted in the structure's solidity and its architectural ornament.","narrative":"Built in the 1890s at 607 E. 27th Street in Bryan, this two-and-a-half-story frame house is a fine local example of Queen Anne design. Contractor Charles Jenkins erected it for pharmacist Edward J. Jenkins, a former mayor of Bryan who owned and operated the Jenkins Drug Store on North Main Street. The house has an asymmetrical plan, weatherboard siding, and a hip roof with gables. A curved six-bay porch with Ionic columns and turned balusters wraps around the north and east sides. A round corner turret with bands of imbricated shingles rises to a bell roof and wooden finial. Other details include jigsawn brackets, a gabled dormer with kicked eaves, and a Palladian window in a gable end. The listing rests on its architecture: the solid construction and carefully applied ornament show the builder's craftsmanship. It was recorded in good condition and remained a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Jenkins, Charles E. (contractor/builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and still in residential use at the time of the 1986 survey.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.296637-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/9684/40968471/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001633.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001633/2c3e455ece-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001633/2c3e455ece-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_j_jenkins_house_bryan_tx_2014.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_j_jenkins_house_bryan_tx_2014.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968471","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107317629"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/jenkins-edward-j-house-87001633/"}