{"nrhp_refnum":"90000462","name":"Matchett, Edgar, House","other_names":["#560"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"502 W. Main","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brenham","county":"Washington County","state":"TX","lat":30.16613583800006,"lon":-96.40308548999997,"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 1 1/2-story frame bungalow with buff brick veneer at 502 West Main in Brenham, Washington County, Texas, built about 1910, with two rear frame outbuildings.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion C as a good example of a Bungalow in Brenham. Its broad overhanging eaves, gabled dormers, square brick porch piers and corbelled chimneys are typical of the style. Prairie School influence and terra-cotta Sullivanesque capitals on the porch piers set it apart from other Brenham houses. It retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Built around 1910 at 502 West Main in Brenham, this 1 1/2-story frame house is clad in buff brick veneer and rests on a brick-skirted pier-and-beam foundation. A pyramidal hipped roof with broad overhanging eaves, gabled dormers and two slender corbelled chimneys gives it the look of a typical Brenham bungalow. A full-width porch is carried on massive square brick piers topped with terra-cotta capitals in a stylized Sullivanesque pattern, a motif repeated on the main dormer. This mix of Prairie School detailing with bungalow forms is unusual and distinguishes the house from others in town. Two frame outbuildings at the rear, one used as a garage, contribute to the property's historic character. The house was recognized for its architecture as a good local example of the Bungalow style, and it retains a high degree of integrity. It remains a single-family residence, and its architect or builder is unknown.","period_of_significance":"c.1910","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Bungalow","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; one side porch bay has been screened in.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.923308-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/9706/40970615/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90000462.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000462/c8f17bcafa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000462/c8f17bcafa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar_matchett_house.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:Edgar_matchett_house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970615","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002487"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/washington-county/matchett-edgar-house-90000462/"}