{"nrhp_refnum":"90001179","name":"Missouri, Kansas and Texas Land Co. House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3908 Ave. C","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.303581833000067,"lon":-97.73425263999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-08-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small 1 1/2-story L-plan vernacular dwelling at 3908 Avenue C in the Hyde Park area of Austin, Travis County, Texas, built about 1909 and apparently constructed by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Land Co.","why_significant":"The house is nominated for local architectural significance under Criterion C as a good example of vernacular architectural traditions with modest Victorian detailing. It shows the persistent popularity of the L-plan form and retains a high level of historic integrity. Deed records suggest the land company built it as part of its strategy to promote Hyde Park.","narrative":"Built around 1909 at 3908 Avenue C in Austin's Hyde Park neighborhood, this small 1 1/2-story house follows the L-plan vernacular form. Its decoration is concentrated on a three-bay porch with turned balusters, square posts and jigsawn brackets under a shed roof. Windows are double-hung wood sashes, and the roof combines hipped and gable forms, with a louvered lunette in the projecting gable. County deed records show the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Land and Town Co. owned the property until September 1909, when two lots with a dwelling worth about $900 were sold. This suggests the company built the house to help market Hyde Park. Later owners included a real estate dealer and shipping clerk, a widow who lived there until 1921, and a family that rented it out. The house is recognized for its local architectural value as a well-preserved example of vernacular building traditions and one of few largely unaltered historic homes on its block.","period_of_significance":"c.1909","architect_builder":"Missouri, Kansas and Texas Land Co. (?)","architectural_style":"Vernacular, L-plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling; described as virtually unaltered with a high level of historic integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.712975-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/9702/40970281/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90001179.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001179/d8962a7822-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001179/d8962a7822-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TexasLandCoHouse1.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:TexasLandCoHouse1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970281","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000850"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/missouri-kansas-and-texas-land-co-house-90001179/"}