{"nrhp_refnum":"90001896","name":"Birdwell, T. Hamp and Beulah, House","other_names":["#34"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"503 N. Wall","address_restricted":false,"city":"Belton","county":"Bell County","state":"TX","lat":31.06028555200004,"lon":-97.45878584199994,"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 frame bungalow at 503 North Wall in Belton, Bell County, Texas, built in 1913 by local builder T. Hamp Birdwell as a home for his family.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an excellent example of a Prairie School house adapted to a bungalow form, drawn from patternbook designs. It reflects residential growth in Belton during the later years of the cotton boom. It also shows the work of Birdwell, a prominent builder whose preference for foursquare-plan bungalows shaped the local housing stock.","narrative":"Built in 1913 at 503 North Wall in Belton, this 1 1/2-story frame bungalow was constructed by local builder T. Hamp Birdwell for his own family. It follows a foursquare plan with a pyramidal roof, a full-width front porch with boxed columns, and three wide hipped dormers with balconies on the front and sides. French doors and double-hung windows with decorative mullions show Prairie School influence, while Classical Revival detailing and Queen Anne sunburst motifs on the dormer sides show Birdwell's willingness to mix styles. Birdwell, who arrived in Belton from Louisiana in 1871, trained as a carpenter and built many houses in Belton and Central Texas until the 1930s. His reliance on patternbooks and his preference for the foursquare bungalow explain how common the type became in town. The house is considered locally significant for its architecture and for its link to Belton's residential growth during the late cotton boom. It remains in good condition and is still a single-family home.","period_of_significance":"1913","architect_builder":"T. Hamp Birdwell (builder); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Prairie School","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition with its original architectural features intact; 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 02:54:21.903552-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/9682/40968247/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90001896.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001896/b9f33665d0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001896/b9f33665d0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T_Hamp_and_Beulah_Birdwell_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:T_Hamp_and_Beulah_Birdwell_House_Belton_Texas_2021.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968247","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001556"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bell-county/birdwell-t-hamp-and-beulah-house-90001896/"}