{"nrhp_refnum":"92000981","name":"Kouns-Jackson House","other_names":["Stamps Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1118 S. Harrison St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amarillo","county":"Potter County","state":"TX","lat":35.20202359900003,"lon":-101.84092409799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-08-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story frame dwelling at 1118 South Harrison Street in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, built about 1908 for Charles Kouns, general manager of the East Railway of New Mexico System.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a fine local example of Prairie School design applied to the American Four Square form. It is described as an early adaptation reflecting the shift to 20th century residential design. It also links to the railroad network that drove Amarillo's growth, since many railroad employees lived in the Plemons Addition.","narrative":"Built around 1908 for Charles Kouns, a railway general manager, this 2 1/2-story frame house at 1118 South Harrison Street in Amarillo combines a Four Square plan with Prairie School styling. It has a center passage layout, a low hipped roof with broad eaves, a long one-story porch with squared supports, and slender Ionic columns, tripartite dormer windows and ornate brackets that nod to classical design. The house sits in the Plemons Addition, an early neighborhood where many railroad employees lived, and it reflects the transportation network that fueled the city's growth after 1887. Later occupants included a street railway officer, a furniture company owner, a leather goods salesman and an interior decoration business. Surrounding houses have been demolished and the lawn is now parking, yet the building shows little alteration from its construction-era photograph. It was listed for its architecture as an early, locally notable blend of Prairie School and Four Square forms.","period_of_significance":"c.1908","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Prairie School; Other: American Four Square","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"In good condition with a high degree of integrity; the first floor rooms have been converted to office space and the building is used as an attorney's office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.361553-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/9731/40973190/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000981.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000981/6f1f457e2a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000981/6f1f457e2a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"BriceWi999","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kouns-Jackson_House_1118_S._Harrison_St._Amarillo_20140916.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">BriceWi999</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:Kouns-Jackson_House_1118_S._Harrison_St._Amarillo_20140916.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973190","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107320576"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/potter-county/kouns-jackson-house-92000981/"}