{"nrhp_refnum":"92000213","name":"Stith, William and Evla, House","other_names":["1324"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"346 Mulberry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Abilene","county":"Taylor County","state":"TX","lat":32.45275567300007,"lon":-99.74043300999995,"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 1 1/2-story brick-veneered Tudor Revival house at 346 Mulberry Street in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, built about 1925 and designed by architect David S. Castle, with a contributing brick garage at the rear.","why_significant":"The house is considered one of Abilene's premier examples of Tudor Revival architecture and is notable for its wood shingle roof that gives a thatched appearance. It reflects the 1920s housing boom, when Abilene's population doubled. Few alterations detract from its integrity.","narrative":"This 1 1/2-story Tudor Revival house at 346 Mulberry Street in Abilene was built about 1925 and designed by local architect David S. Castle. It has an asymmetrical plan, brick veneer walls, and a clipped gable roof covered in wood shingles laid to look like thatch. A two-bay inset porch with an arched entrance, half timbering in the front gable ends, eave brackets, and 12/1 wood windows add detail. Projecting header bricks form a relief pattern along the porch rail. A brick garage at the back of the lot echoes the house's features and is counted as a contributing building. William and Evla Stith acquired the lot in 1921. William Stith, a local businessman, lived there until his death in 1930, and his widow stayed until about 1956. The house was listed for its architecture, as one of the city's best examples of Tudor Revival style during the 1920s, when rapid population growth created a housing shortage and many new homes were built.","period_of_significance":"c. 1925","architect_builder":"Castle, David S.","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current use is a single dwelling, the same as its historic use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.669289-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/9700/40970068/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000213.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000213/9c1a3b0171-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000213/9c1a3b0171-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Crewmom","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:346_Mulberry.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Crewmom</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:346_Mulberry.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970068","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320217"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/taylor-county/stith-william-and-evla-house-92000213/"}