{"nrhp_refnum":"88001929","name":"Wright, Edgar and Annie, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"857 Lamar","address_restricted":false,"city":"Paris","county":"Lamar County","state":"TX","lat":33.66285191600008,"lon":-101.49319579799999,"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 symmetrical 1½-story wood-frame house at 857 Lamar in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, built in 1906 for attorney Edgar Wright and his wife Annie Roberta Wright. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The house is considered an unusual variant of the Queen Anne/Colonial Revival style. Its twin bay windows begin at first-floor level with a reverse bay at the entrance, which ends in a semihexagonal roof, and its rounded porch ends are also called exceptional. It was built for a prominent Paris attorney and civic leader who was a grandson of city founder George W. Wright. It is locally significant for its architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1906 at 857 Lamar in Paris, Texas, this symmetrical 1½-story wood-frame house was constructed for Edgar Wright and his wife Annie Roberta Wright. Edgar Wright was a prominent local attorney and civic leader, and a grandson of city founder George W. Wright. The house has wood siding, a composition roof and one-over-one windows. A reverse bay at the front door continues upward as two-bay window dormers rising from the gabled roof, and the center door has an oval window. The front porch has rounded ends, one of them screened, and carries bungaloid trim. The house was recognized for its architecture, as an unusual blend of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival elements, with the twin bay windows and round porch ends singled out as exceptional. It sits in an older residential neighborhood with mature vegetation, remains a residence, is in good condition, and has no known alterations. Its architect or builder is unknown.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne/Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Physical condition good; present use residence; no alterations known.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.850253-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/9698/40969815/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001929.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001929/ad7e3e3296-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001929/ad7e3e3296-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dianna Markham","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar_and_Annie_Wright_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dianna Markham</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar_and_Annie_Wright_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969815","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001166"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lamar-county/wright-edgar-and-annie-house-88001929/"}