{"nrhp_refnum":"92000236","name":"Higginbotham, J. G., House","other_names":["1150"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2102 Swenson","address_restricted":false,"city":"Abilene","county":"Taylor County","state":"TX","lat":32.473502609000036,"lon":-99.74060290899996,"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 brick-veneered Spanish Colonial Revival house at 2102 Swenson in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, built around 1920 and designed by David S. Castle, with a contributing two-car garage.","why_significant":"It is considered one of Abilene's best and most intact examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, a style few local buildings share. Its unusual octagonal tower and detailing set it apart from the Bungalow and Prairie School houses typical of the period. It was designed by David S. Castle, whose firm was Abilene's premier architectural practice for over 50 years.","narrative":"This two-story house at 2102 Swenson in Abilene was built around 1920 for J.G. Higginbotham, a rancher and vice president of the Abilene State Bank. Architect David S. Castle gave it a Spanish Colonial Revival design with an asymmetrical plan, brick veneer walls, ceramic tile roofs and both gable and octagonal rooflines. The most prominent feature is a two-and-a-half-story octagonal tower at the southeast corner, which anchors a three-bay porch with Tuscan columns, a jigsaw balustrade and a bracket course. Arcaded walls and terraces lead to the corner entrance, and patterned brick window surrounds and tile accents add detail. A matching one-story two-car garage stands at the southwest corner of the lot. Most Abilene houses of the era reflected Bungalow or Prairie School influence, so this one is unusual. When finished, it ranked among the city's finest homes and appeared in Chamber of Commerce promotional brochures. It remains a single-family residence and retains its integrity.","period_of_significance":"c. 1920","architect_builder":"Castle, David S.","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling; the form says the building retains its integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.108049-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/9700/40970066/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000236.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000236/c97e27510d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000236/c97e27510d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JGHigginbothamHouse1_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:JGHigginbothamHouse1_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970066","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320234"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/taylor-county/higginbotham-j-g-house-92000236/"}