{"nrhp_refnum":"90002180","name":"Blount, Stephen William and Mary Price, House","other_names":["Cason--Monk Funeral Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"310 N. Mound St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nacogdoches","county":"Nacogdoches County","state":"TX","lat":31.605448056000057,"lon":-94.65075295299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story wood frame Queen Anne/Eastlake house at 310 North Mound in the Washington Square neighborhood of Nacogdoches, Texas, built in 1897 and later used as a funeral home, with a one-story masonry chapel added in 1957-1959.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion B for its association with Stephen William Blount, Jr., a prominent East Texas attorney and state legislator, in the area of politics and government. It is also significant under Criterion C as a fine example of Queen Anne Eastlake architecture designed by local architect Dietrich Rulfs, with Palladian motifs showing Colonial Revival influence. Significance is local.","narrative":"Built in 1897 in the Washington Square neighborhood of Nacogdoches, this two-and-a-half-story wood frame house shows the Queen Anne style with Eastlake detailing. Its most striking feature is a two-story west gallery with turned columns, spindle friezes, brackets and Palladian-motif entries. Stained glass, decorative shingles and bargeboards add to the ornament. Local architect Dietrich Rulfs designed it, and the lumber is said to have come from the Hayward mill in town. It was the home of Stephen William Blount, Jr., an East Texas attorney who served in the Texas Legislature in 1885, and his wife Mary Price Blount. After her death in 1943 the property became a funeral home, and a masonry chapel was added in 1957-1959, along with changes to the galleries and interior. The house is recognized for its architecture and for its link to Blount's career in law and government.","period_of_significance":"1897-1928 (corrected from 1897-1939 in the form)","architect_builder":"Dietrich Rulfs","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne/Eastlake","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Listed under current function as vacant; the house has a 1957-1959 masonry chapel addition, an enclosed south gallery and a removed north gallery.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.882454-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/9730/40973076/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/90002180.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002180/627537808c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002180/627537808c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"ExqBoredinNac","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_Stephen_Blount_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">ExqBoredinNac</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_Stephen_Blount_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"92000019","name":"Washington Square Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/washington-square-historic-district-92000019/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973076","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001093"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/nacogdoches-county/blount-stephen-william-and-mary-price-house-90002180/"}