{"nrhp_refnum":"87001637","name":"McDougal-Jones House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"600 E. Twenty-seventh","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.67249842700005,"lon":-96.36771748499996,"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 Dutch Colonial Revival house at 600 E. 27th Street in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, built about 1915 by builder Jake Watson.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding local example of early 20th-century revival architecture, showing many traits that popular publications of the era promoted as Dutch Colonial. Its significance is recorded under architecture. Tax records suggest Mrs. M.E. McDougal had it built, and bank president C. Edgar Jones later owned it.","narrative":"This 1 1/2-story frame house at 600 E. 27th Street in Bryan was built around 1915 by builder Jake Watson. It has an asymmetrical plan, a gambrel roof with composition shingles, and wood double-hung windows. An L-shaped porch with a shed roof wraps the south and east sides, supported by Ionic columns on brick piers. A pedimented central bay and two pedimented dormers break through the roofline, and classical detailing surrounds the door and windows, with applique garlands on the facade. Two interior brick chimneys and a garage complete the property. It was listed as an outstanding local example of early 20th-century revival architecture, reflecting what popular publications of the period promoted as Dutch Colonial. Tax valuation rose substantially in 1917, which suggests Mrs. M.E. McDougal had the house built. C. Edgar Jones, president of the First Bank & Trust, owned it from 1925 until about 1940. It remains a residence in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Watson, Jake, builder","architectural_style":"Dutch Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Recorded in good condition and in residential use, the same as its original use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.888158-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/9684/40968453/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001637.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001637/836ef69df7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001637/836ef69df7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McDougal_jones_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:McDougal_jones_house_bryan_tx_2014.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968453","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001723"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/mcdougal-jones-house-87001637/"}