{"nrhp_refnum":"96001626","name":"Wroe-Bustin House","other_names":["Wroe,W.T. and Bursheba,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"506 Baylor St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.274736159000042,"lon":-97.75603811599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-01-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, balloon-frame Queen Anne-influenced house at 506 Baylor Street in Austin, Travis County, Texas, built in 1893 for W.T. and Bursheba Wroe, opposite the Caldwell Treaty Oak.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a good, largely intact local example of Queen Anne residential architecture of the late 19th century, with a two-tiered wrap-around veranda. It also reflects the neighborhood's shift from large estates to a middle-class suburb to an older, no longer fashionable area.","narrative":"Built in 1893 west of downtown Austin, this two-story balloon-frame house at 506 Baylor Street faces the Caldwell Treaty Oak. It was built for saddlery merchant W.T. Wroe and his wife Bursheba from plans by architect William G. Eyers, with Sutor as builder. Four generations of the Bustin family lived there from 1918 to 1994. The house has Queen Anne details, including fishscale shingles and Eastlake-style gable ornament, and a wrap-around veranda on two levels. The classical columns were likely added later, and a pyramidal tower roof was removed in the 1940s. Much of the original interior fabric survives, including doors, trim, plaster and beaded board ceilings. A historic cistern and yard hydrant remain on the lot. The property was listed for architecture, as a local example of Queen Anne residential design that also records the neighborhood's change from estates to a middle-class suburb. It is being rehabilitated.","period_of_significance":"1893","architect_builder":"William G. Eyers, architect; William H. Sutor, builder","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Undergoing a sympathetic rehabilitation; current use listed as commerce/trade (business, warehouse).","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.605284-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/9736/40973667/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/96001626.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001626/af168b018e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001626/af168b018e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwhitman6","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Front_elevation_of_Wroe-Bustin_House,_north_POV.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mwhitman6</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:Front_elevation_of_Wroe-Bustin_House,_north_POV.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05001166","name":"West Line Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/west-line-historic-district-05001166/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973667","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002395"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/wroe-bustin-house-96001626/"}