{"nrhp_refnum":"93000111","name":"Davidson, Dr. Green, House","other_names":["Site No. 178"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"404 Bolton","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wharton","county":"Wharton County","state":"TX","lat":29.31545217200005,"lon":-96.10153619999994,"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 dating to about 1900, now at 404 Bolton Street in Wharton, Texas. It was originally at 117 North Richmond Road and was moved about half a block in 1950.","why_significant":"It is nominated for architecture as an excellent example of the vernacular L-plan form. Its configuration of two connected L-plans is unusual, and it is the only house of this extended form in Wharton. It was also the home of Dr. Green Davidson, a leading local physician who co-founded Wharton's first hospital. The house retains a high degree of integrity despite the move.","narrative":"Built around 1900 as the home of Dr. Green Davidson, this one-story weatherboard house at 404 Bolton Street in Wharton, Texas, follows an L-plan, but with a rear ell and a gable front wing that make it look like two L-plan houses joined at a right angle. An open L-shaped porch with turned columns and a hipped metal roof ties the two parts together, and the windows are wooden two-over-two double-hung sashes. It rests on concrete piers. Davidson trained in Alabama, arrived in Wharton in 1895, and in 1913 co-founded the Caney Valley Hospital, the town's first. He also served on the city council and is believed to have owned the first automobile in the county. In 1950 the house was moved about half a block and turned to face Bolton Street because road widening threatened it. It is the only example of this extended L-plan form in Wharton and retains high integrity despite the move.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1900","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"OTHER: L-plan House","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single-family dwelling; a modern garage on the property is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.819753-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/9707/40970732/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/93000111.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000111/9f5ded0b96-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000111/9f5ded0b96-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Green_Davidson_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:Dr._Green_Davidson_House,_Wharton,_TX.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970732","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002529"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/wharton-county/davidson-dr-green-house-93000111/"}