{"nrhp_refnum":"88001927","name":"Jenkins, Edwin and Mary, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"549 5th, NW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Paris","county":"Lamar County","state":"TX","lat":33.66787847400008,"lon":-101.48536148899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story Pyramid house at 549 5th N.W. in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, built in 1912-13 for stonemason and sculptor Edwin Jenkins and his wife Mary Ellen. Local carpenters built it for about $5,000.","why_significant":"The house is a good local example of a Pyramid House, a one-story Texas counterpart of the American Foursquare style marked by a large pyramidal roof. It also contains examples of the fine masonry of Edwin Jenkins, who was responsible for much of the notable stonework in Paris. The reviewer described it as locally significant and representative of its type.","narrative":"This 1½-story house at 549 5th N.W. in Paris, Texas, was built in 1912-13 for Edwin Jenkins, a prominent local stonemason and sculptor, and his English wife, Mary Ellen. Local carpenters, identified as Jim and Joe Fite, built it at a cost of about $5,000. A stone porch runs the full length of the front, with corner piers and paired square posts at the central entry. Above it, a pyramidal roof is broken by a large hipped dormer with paired one-over-one windows. The walls are wood siding with a composition shingle roof. Jenkins was responsible for much of the fine stonework in the city and had a hand in the Confederate monument on the Courthouse lawn, the Culberson Fountain and many monuments in Evergreen Cemetery. His home shows examples of his masonry. It was listed as a good local example of a Pyramid House, a one-story Texas counterpart of the American Foursquare, and it remains a residence in an older neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Jim and Joe Fite (local carpenters)","architectural_style":"Pyramid house (Texas counterpart of American Foursquare)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Physical condition good; still used as a residence; two kitchen windows have been closed up.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:20.872397-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/9698/40969807/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001927.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001927/24f749928b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001927/24f749928b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jenkins_House,_Paris,_TX.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">25or6to4</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:Jenkins_House,_Paris,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969807","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001161"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lamar-county/jenkins-edwin-and-mary-house-88001927/"}