{"nrhp_refnum":"90001889","name":"Ferguson, James E. and Miriam, House","other_names":["#27"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"604 N. Penelope St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Belton","county":"Bell County","state":"TX","lat":31.06156335000003,"lon":-97.46002286699996,"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 1-story, L-plan frame house at 604 North Penelope in Belton, Bell County, Texas, built in 1900 with Queen Anne and Classical Revival details. It was built for newlyweds James E. and Miriam Ferguson.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a good, representative example of a late Victorian vernacular L-plan dwelling from the turn of the century. It shows lingering Queen Anne details alongside a move toward classical forms. It also relates to Belton's growth during the cotton boom around 1900.","narrative":"Built in 1900 at 604 North Penelope in Belton, this one-story frame house follows an L-shaped plan and faces east on a large corner lot with several deciduous trees. It sits on brick piers and is covered in horizontal wood siding under a gabled composition-shingle roof. A screened front porch with boxed columns and a simple entablature fills the space between the wings. Queen Anne features include a projecting bay with chamfered corners and scroll brackets, fancy butt shingles in the gables, and art glass windows. The pedimented gable and classical porch columns point toward the shift to classical forms. The house was built for newlyweds James E. and Miriam Ferguson, who later both served as governors of Texas; they sold it in 1907. It is recognized locally for its architecture, as a modest builder-designed house of the cotton-boom era. A modern garage at the rear does not contribute to the property's historic character.","period_of_significance":"1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne; Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and still used as a single dwelling; alterations are limited to the screened porch and concrete steps.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.315641-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/9682/40968255/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90001889.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001889/2fd69acb91-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001889/2fd69acb91-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_and_miriam_ferguson_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:James_and_miriam_ferguson_house_2008.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968255","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000871"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bell-county/ferguson-james-e-and-miriam-house-90001889/"}