{"nrhp_refnum":"92000202","name":"Williamson, E. D., House","other_names":["5227"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"641 Chestnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Abilene","county":"Taylor County","state":"TX","lat":32.44250974500005,"lon":-99.73396630299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame vernacular house at 641 Chestnut Street in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, built about 1898, with a small contributing shed at the southeast corner of the lot.","why_significant":"It is presented as Abilene's best and least altered example of a 2-room vernacular house, the least common of the city's vernacular house forms. It represents pre-World War I building traditions that are often overlooked because 1920s buildings dominate historic Abilene. It is also tied to the context of the railroad and Abilene's growth as a wholesale and distribution center.","narrative":"This one-story frame house at 641 Chestnut Street in Abilene was built about 1898. It has weatherboard siding, a side gable roof of standing seam sheet metal (originally wood shingle), an offset interior brick chimney, and a front porch with Tuscan columns and a hipped metal roof. Decorative shutters flank the double-hung windows, and a small early 20th-century shed stands at the southeast corner of the lot. The house is recognized as Abilene's best preserved example of a 2-room vernacular dwelling, the least common of the city's vernacular house forms. It sits in the southeast part of the original town plan, which holds the city's largest concentration of late 19th and early 20th century houses. Its survival highlights building traditions from before World War I that are easily overshadowed by the city's many 1920s buildings. City directories list a series of occupants over the decades, and the property is in good condition with its historic character largely intact.","period_of_significance":"c. 1898","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: vernacular: 2-room plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and retaining its integrity; the porch railing is the most altered feature. Historically and currently 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 02:54:21.494134-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/9700/40970072/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000202.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000202/925cd7dd9f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000202/925cd7dd9f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"MLL","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ED_Williamson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">MLL</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:ED_Williamson_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970072","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320239"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/taylor-county/williamson-e-d-house-92000202/"}