{"nrhp_refnum":"88002777","name":"Trout, Walter C.-White House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"444 Jefferson","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lufkin","county":"Angelina County","state":"TX","lat":31.33569880600004,"lon":-94.73451465999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame residence at 444 Jefferson Street in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas, built in 1913 for Walter C. Trout, with a detached garage and servants' quarters at the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a very fine, imposing American Four Square house, perhaps the best in Lufkin, with exceptional wide overhangs, 18/1 windows and an art glass front door unit. It is also tied to Walter C. Trout, a manager of Lufkin Foundry and Machine Co. Significance is claimed in architecture at the local level.","narrative":"Built in 1913 at 444 Jefferson Street in Lufkin, this two-story frame house was described by its surveyors as a very fine, imposing American Four Square, perhaps the best in the city. It has hip roofs with deep eaves and brackets, a brick foundation, an extended porch with square brick columns, and a wood-paneled entry door with leaded glass and side lights. Windows use 9/1, 12/1 and 18/1 sash, and a sunporch with casement windows sits on the east side. Inside, the vestibule holds the original elevator. A detached garage and a three-room servants' quarters stand at the rear. Walter C. Trout, who came from Milwaukee in 1905 to manage Lufkin Foundry and Machine Co., built the house for his wife and three sons after their first Lufkin home burned. He installed ducts for a central heating system meant to burn sawmill slabs, and opening Jefferson Street accompanied construction. The house is recognized for its architecture at the local level.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Bungalow (described in the text as an American Four Square house)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Present use is residence; condition is good, though altered by applied vinyl siding on the exterior.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.192691-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/4/9679/40967904/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88002777.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002777/fbdf2a162c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002777/fbdf2a162c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cherterich","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_C_Trout_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Cherterich</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:Walter_C_Trout_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40967904","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107321658"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/angelina-county/trout-walter-c-white-house-88002777/"}