{"nrhp_refnum":"96001565","name":"Douglas, John B. and Ketura (Kettie), House","other_names":["Douglas-Holland-Pollard House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"318 S. Fannin Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tyler","county":"Smith County","state":"TX","lat":32.34704719200005,"lon":-95.29815662099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A c. 1873 wood frame dwelling at 318 South Fannin Avenue in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, built for John B. and Ketura (Kettie) Douglas. It has one and two and three stories, with Italianate and Second Empire detailing and a 3-story mansard roof tower.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as the only identified example in Tyler of High Victorian residential design combining Italianate and Second Empire elements. It also ties the house to John Douglas, a merchant and civic leader in post-Civil War Tyler, and to Kettie Douglas, who managed the property and expanded the house until 1912. The exterior is described as retaining a very high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Built around 1873 on what was then the edge of Tyler, this wood frame house at 318 South Fannin Avenue was home to merchant John B. Douglas and his wife Ketura, known as Kettie. The dwelling rises one, two and three stories beneath a complex roof of intersecting gables and a three-story mansard tower. Its walls carry patterned shingles, carved and pierced brackets, friezes and porch posts. The Douglases enlarged and reconfigured the house in stages, reaching its present massing by about 1907. The nomination identifies it as Tyler's only known example of High Victorian residential design that combines Italianate and Second Empire features. It also records John Douglas's role in the city's business, church, civic and fraternal life before his death in 1893, and Kettie's management of the property until 1912. Later owners made modest changes and a long rehabilitation, while the exterior keeps a high degree of integrity. A small servant's dwelling and a capped well also contribute.","period_of_significance":"c. 1873-1912","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate/Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Function listings show current use as a single dwelling and secondary structure, along with a 'vacant/not in use' entry; the text describes ongoing owner rehabilitation since 1975.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.086002-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/43/9733/40973343/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/96001565.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001565/69c4b7af6b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001565/69c4b7af6b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DouglasHouse3.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:DouglasHouse3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973343","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107321039"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/smith-county/douglas-john-b-and-ketura-kettie-house-96001565/"}