{"nrhp_refnum":"90000451","name":"Brockschmidt-Miller House","other_names":["Spires,Timothy,House","#359"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"806 S. Day","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brenham","county":"Washington County","state":"TX","lat":30.160488953000026,"lon":-96.40032729599994,"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 two-story frame house at 806 South Day in Brenham, Washington County, Texas, built in 1901 on a large corner lot. It is the second house on the site, after an 1885 house burned.","why_significant":"The nomination finds it eligible under Criterion C in architecture as an excellent example of transitional architecture and the early Classical Revival style. It is one of the few residences of this style in Brenham and retains a high degree of integrity. It reflects the turn-of-the-century shift from Victorian plans toward Classical themes.","narrative":"This two-story frame house at 806 South Day in Brenham was built in 1901 for August Brockschmidt, who bought the lot after an earlier house from 1885 burned. An architect from Austin, name unknown, is said to have designed it at a cost of $2,500. The house faces east on a large corner lot and rests on a brick pier-and-beam foundation under a hipped standing-seam metal roof, with narrow clapboard siding. It combines Victorian features, including asymmetry, a two-story bay and an irregular plan, with Classical elements such as paired Doric columns, a heavy denticulated cornice and a turned balustrade. A one-story wraparound porch marks the southeast corner. The roof and second-floor windows were altered in the 1920s, and a tornado shelter and a fireplace addition were added later. It was listed for its architecture as a rare Brenham example of the early Classical Revival style and the transition from Victorian design.","period_of_significance":"1901","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent (also good) condition with a high degree of integrity; still used as 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 02:54:21.915192-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/9706/40970621/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90000451.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000451/d57bf15073-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000451/d57bf15073-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brockschmidt_miller_house_2013.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:Brockschmidt_miller_house_2013.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970621","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000828"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/washington-county/brockschmidt-miller-house-90000451/"}