{"nrhp_refnum":"93000096","name":"Gifford, George C. and Annie, House","other_names":["Site No. 296"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"615 W. Caney","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wharton","county":"Wharton County","state":"TX","lat":29.31318914700006,"lon":-96.10531538099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-03-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame L-plan house at 615 West Caney Street in Wharton, Wharton County, Texas, built around 1900. It faces north, northwest of the central business district.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the best and most distinctive examples of the L-plan vernacular form in Wharton, with Victorian detail, and that it retains its integrity. It is also tied to the Gifford family, one of Wharton's oldest families, and relates to the context of community development in Wharton, 1875-1942.","narrative":"This one-story frame house at 615 West Caney Street in Wharton, Texas, dates to about 1900 and follows an L-plan. It faces north on a large lot with deciduous trees. A gable roof of asphalt shingles covers the house, which rests on brick piers, with brick chimneys at each end of the main block. The four-bay front has a door with transom and sidelights and a tripartite gable window. An open hipped-roof porch with turned columns and decorative brackets wraps around the eastern corner and is the main ornament. Windows are two-over-two wooden double-hung sashes. The house appears on the 1906 Sanborn map. Heirs of George C. and Annie Gifford owned it in 1937, and it stayed in the Gifford family, one of Wharton's oldest, until 1977. It was listed for architecture as one of the finest and most distinctive early L-plan houses in Wharton, with Victorian detail and good integrity despite its fair condition.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1900","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"OTHER: L-plan House","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as being in fair condition and still 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 02:54:21.443434-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/9707/40970726/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/93000096.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000096/d676e085d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000096/d676e085d4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Gifford_House,_Wharton,_TX.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">25or6to4</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:George_Gifford_House,_Wharton,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970726","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002541"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/wharton-county/gifford-george-c-and-annie-house-93000096/"}