{"nrhp_refnum":"90001878","name":"House at 402 N. East St.","other_names":["#13"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"402 N. East St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Belton","county":"Bell County","state":"TX","lat":31.05906029500005,"lon":-97.46194952599996,"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 stuccoed brick L-plan house with Italianate detailing at 402 North East Street in Belton, Bell County, Texas, built in the 1870s by an unknown builder.","why_significant":"The house is an early Belton example of a small vernacular dwelling with high-style Italianate details such as paired scrolled brackets and a concave window hood. It is one of the older surviving houses in the city and uncommon for its brick construction, since brick was not widely used in Belton until about 1890. It is considered eligible for architecture despite alterations and poor condition.","narrative":"Built in the 1870s, this one-story L-plan house on North East Street in Belton is a small vernacular dwelling decorated with unusually refined Italianate details. Its load-bearing brick walls have since been plastered and painted, and the gable roof carries cornice returns and ornate scrolled double brackets. A single window in the front gable is topped by a bell-curved metal hood with fretwork brackets. The front gallery, with simple wood columns, appears to be a twentieth-century replacement. The builder and early owners are unknown. The house matters because such elegant detailing is rarely found on so modest a form, and because brick did not become common in Belton until around 1890. It is one of the city's older surviving houses and a rare local example of Italianate domestic architecture. Although it is in poor condition and has lost some original elements, it remains substantially intact. It was recognized for its architecture within the context of Belton's growth before the railroads arrived.","period_of_significance":"c. 1875","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in poor condition with significant alterations, including plastered brick and changed interior details; 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 02:54:20.950327-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/9682/40968235/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90001878.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968235","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000881"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bell-county/house-at-402-n-east-st-90001878/"}