{"nrhp_refnum":"90001895","name":"Potts, Arthur, House","other_names":["#33"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"445 N. Wall","address_restricted":false,"city":"Belton","county":"Bell County","state":"TX","lat":31.05974686600007,"lon":-97.45900411799994,"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 1/2-story, H-plan brick house at 445 North Wall in Belton, Bell County, Texas, built in 1929 by local builder T. Hamp Birdwell for merchant Arthur Potts.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion C in the area of Architecture as an example of a 1920s patternbook historic revival house. It blends Tudor and Georgian Revival details in an unusual hybrid that the nomination describes as awkwardly composed. It also reflects the slow middle-class growth of Belton between the World Wars.","narrative":"Built in 1929 at 445 North Wall in Belton, this 1 1/2-story beige brick house has an H-plan, a steeply pitched hipped roof and two gabled wings across the front. The entry sits in the right gable beneath a Georgian frontispiece, while Tudor Rose medallions of cast stone mark the gable peaks. Local builder T. Hamp Birdwell constructed it for Arthur Potts, a well-known merchant who owned Potts Hardware Store on Avenue A. It replaced an earlier Potts house destroyed by fire. The house was listed for its architecture as an example of the 1920s revival movement, when patternbooks spread historic styles across the country. Rather than copying one style closely, it combines Tudor and Georgian elements in an unusual hybrid, which the nomination suggests came from the builder borrowing freely from patternbooks. It also reflects the gradual middle-class growth of Belton between the world wars. The house remains in good condition and is still a single-family home.","period_of_significance":"1929","architect_builder":"T. Hamp Birdwell (builder)","architectural_style":"Historic revival styles, notably Tudor Revival and Georgian Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition with its original architectural features intact; still used as a single dwelling. A rear garage 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 02:54:21.8169-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/9681/40968193/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90001895.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001895/c9d7be6e0a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001895/c9d7be6e0a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Potts_House_Belton_Texas_2021.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:Arthur_Potts_House_Belton_Texas_2021.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968193","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001555"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bell-county/potts-arthur-house-90001895/"}