{"nrhp_refnum":"92000218","name":"Castle, David S., House","other_names":["733"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1742 N. Second St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Abilene","county":"Taylor County","state":"TX","lat":32.45364643800008,"lon":-99.74235539399996,"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 two-story frame bungalow at 1742 North Second Street in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, built in 1916 by architect David S. Castle as his own residence.","why_significant":"It is significant for its association with David S. Castle, whose firm designed virtually every major building in Abilene from the late 1910s through the 1950s and many across West Texas. It is also a representative example of bungalow design with Arts and Crafts-style detailing. The Keeper added Criterion B to the original Criterion C.","narrative":"This two-story frame bungalow at 1742 North Second Street in Abilene was built in 1916 for David S. Castle, who lived there until his death in 1956. It has a modified rectangular plan, a low-pitched complex hipped and gable roof with curved eaves, drop weatherboard siding, and a porch with tripartite box columns on brick piers. Castle, born in Michigan and trained in Chicago, moved to Texas in 1910 and opened an Abilene office in 1913 for Fort Worth architect M.L. Waller. In 1914 he founded his own firm, which designed nearly every major building in Abilene from the late 1910s to the 1950s, including most school buildings from 1920 to 1935, McMurry College's campus, and the Hilton and Wooten hotels. His firm also worked across West Texas. The house was listed for its link to this prolific architect and for its bungalow design.","period_of_significance":"1916-1939","architect_builder":"Castle, David S.","architectural_style":"Bungalow","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Current use is a single dwelling; the form describes it as relatively unaltered, though condition is given as both fair and good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.439514-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/22/9700/40970022/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000218.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000218/6bd0a6694b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000218/6bd0a6694b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"MLL","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_S._Castle_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:David_S._Castle_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970022","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320218"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/taylor-county/castle-david-s-house-92000218/"}