{"nrhp_refnum":"90001879","name":"Hudson, Dr. Taylor, House","other_names":["#14"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"324 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Belton","county":"Bell County","state":"TX","lat":31.05907278600006,"lon":-97.46299730699997,"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 2 1/2-story painted brick residence at 324 North Main Street in Belton, Bell County, Texas, built in 1890 for physician Dr. Taylor Hudson on a small hill near downtown.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a fine example of the Queen Anne style with Eastlake and Romanesque detailing. It is described as one of the best surviving mansions of Belton's late 19th-century cotton boom, showing how high-style architecture was interpreted locally. It is also one of very few large Queen Anne residences in Belton built entirely of brick.","narrative":"Dr. Taylor Hudson, a prominent Belton physician, built this 2 1/2-story painted brick house at 324 North Main Street in 1890. Sitting on a small hill near the courthouse square, it combines Queen Anne massing with Eastlake and Romanesque detailing, an unusual mixture. The plan is asymmetrical, with projecting corner bays, varied roof forms, a hooded tower at the southeast corner and a one-story wraparound gallery with ball-and-spindle fretwork and a patterned pressed-metal roof. All windows are arched, and a continuous string course forms hood molds above them. The brick came from the local Beamer Brick Works. The house reflects the wealth that the cotton boom brought to Belton in the late 19th century and is regarded as one of the best surviving mansions of that era. Hudson, a University of Virginia graduate, helped found the Texas Medical Association and served as its president in 1902. The house remains in very good condition and is still a single-family dwelling.","period_of_significance":"1890","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Romanesque","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in very good condition with virtually all architectural details intact; historic and current function is 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 02:54:21.789516-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/9682/40968265/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90001879.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001879/9c88c5d906-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001879/9c88c5d906-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr_taylor_hudson_house_2008.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:Dr_taylor_hudson_house_2008.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968265","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001544"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bell-county/hudson-dr-taylor-house-90001879/"}