{"nrhp_refnum":"90001185","name":"Covert, Frank M. and Annie G., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3912 Ave. G","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.302100068000072,"lon":-97.73032013099998,"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 two-story brick house at 3912 Avenue G in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Austin, Travis County, Texas, built about 1898 for a real estate and insurance agent. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The house is nominated for local architectural significance under Criterion C as a landmark example of Victorian-era design in Hyde Park, with eclectic Queen Anne detailing. It is one of the very few brick houses built in the neighborhood and the second brick example in the new development. It reflects the developer's strategy of encouraging grand houses in highly visible locations near the streetcar line.","narrative":"Built about 1898 at the corner of Avenue G and East 40th Street, this two-story house is among the earliest homes in Austin's Hyde Park neighborhood. Its load-bearing buff brick walls set it apart, since brick was not common in the area until the 1930s. The modified L-plan building has an asymmetrical form, a roofscape of hipped and gable shapes, and a two-story wraparound porch with paired Doric columns. A pedimented portico marks the entry, and the windows have stone sills and lintels. It was built for a real estate and insurance agent, Frank Covert, and his wife Annie, on land bought from the railroad and a developer's agent in 1897. Later owners rented it to a rancher, a doctor and a children's home. The house was listed for its architecture because it is a landmark example of Victorian-era design and reflects the developer's push for grand houses near the streetcar line. It has been restored, and a c.1980 garage apartment on the lot does not contribute to its historic character.","period_of_significance":"c.1898","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne; vernacular, modified L-plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as virtually unaltered and recently restored; still used as a single dwelling. A c.1980 frame garage/apartment on the property is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.081428-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/9702/40970285/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90001185.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001185/9af3aff280-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001185/9af3aff280-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dtobias","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Covert-house-austin.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dtobias</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:Covert-house-austin.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970285","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_M._and_Annie_G._Covert_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5488090"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/covert-frank-m-and-annie-g-house-90001185/"}