{"nrhp_refnum":"90001873","name":"James House","other_names":["#7"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"805 N. Beal St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Belton","county":"Bell County","state":"TX","lat":31.063502619000076,"lon":-97.45621873899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-12-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, L-plan wood frame house with Queen Anne-Eastlake detailing at 805 North Beal in Belton, Bell County, Texas, built in the 1890s by a local contractor named Schmidt. A wagon barn (carriage house) on the lot also contributes.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact example of a late-Victorian cottage showing Queen Anne-Eastlake influence. It illustrates how nationally popular house styles reached Belton through pattern books and milled trim during the cotton boom years around 1900. Few small Eastlake-influenced houses of this kind survive in such pristine condition.","narrative":"Built in the 1890s, this one-story wood frame house at 805 North Beal in Belton has an L-plan layout, a complex hip-and-gable roof, and a front gallery with turned posts and ornate jigsawn trim in the Eastlake style. It sits on a pier and beam foundation and is clad in horizontal V-groove siding, with decorative shingles in the gables, a small front dormer, metal roof cresting, and one-over-one windows with corbeled hood molds. A local contractor named Schmidt built it for the James family, who lived there for a time and later rented it out. The design was probably borrowed largely from pattern books, and its milled trim reflects what was locally available. The house was recognized for its architecture because it shows how national styles influenced local building in Belton during the cotton boom years around 1900. Few comparable cottages survive in such pristine condition, and the original wagon barn with clipped gables also remains.","period_of_significance":"c. 1895","architect_builder":"Schmidt, Builder","architectural_style":"Queen Anne-Eastlake","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as a single dwelling; the form describes the house and its carriage house as intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.256935-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/57/9682/40968257/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90001873.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968257","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000884"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bell-county/james-house-90001873/"}