{"nrhp_refnum":"90000448","name":"Wood-Hughes House","other_names":["Jordan,Robert and Vicki,House","#161-a"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"614 S. Austin","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brenham","county":"Washington County","state":"TX","lat":30.162091085000043,"lon":-96.39924722399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-03-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story frame Victorian house at 614 South Austin in Brenham, Washington County, Texas, built about 1897 for lumberman W.A. Wood. It sits on a large corner lot in a residential neighborhood of South Brenham.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of two exceptional local interpretations of the Victorian Queen Anne style with Eastlake details, the other being the F.W. Schuerenberg House at 503 West Alamo. It remains largely intact and represents the growth and prosperity around Brenham in the late 19th century. It is listed under Criterion C for architecture at the local level.","narrative":"Built about 1897 at 614 South Austin in Brenham, this 2 1/2-story frame house was commissioned by lumberman W.A. Wood, who ran lumber businesses in Houston and Brenham and owned a large lumberyard near the railroad tracks. It combines Queen Anne features, including an octagonal turret, decorative gables and dormers, with Eastlake details such as spindle-and-ball balustrades, fan brackets and jigsawn fretwork on two-story wraparound galleries. Cypress siding is cut to resemble stone blocks, and three corbeled brick chimneys rise above the roof. Inside are pressed-metal ceilings, long pine floors, oak and burled pine paneling, pocket doors, stained glass and a carved stairway. The property was sold in 1913 to Henry W. Hughes, a farmer and rancher whose daughter became a noted local historian. It was listed for its architecture as one of Brenham's two finest Victorian houses, reflecting the town's late nineteenth-century growth. A gazebo and a carport at the rear are noncontributing.","period_of_significance":"1897","architect_builder":"Unknown; built by Brenham lumberman W.A. Wood","architectural_style":"Queen Anne-Eastlake / Victorian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and retaining most original architectural features; historically and currently a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.852293-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/9706/40970645/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90000448.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000448/3fd93569c4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000448/3fd93569c4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WoodsHughesHouse3.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:WoodsHughesHouse3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970645","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood%E2%80%93Hughes_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24971016"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/washington-county/wood-hughes-house-90000448/"}