{"nrhp_refnum":"97000259","name":"Hodge-Taylor House","other_names":["Taylor, T.J., Jr., House","Hodge Plantation"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Approximately 1 mi. SW of jct. of US 59 and TX 49, W.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jefferson","county":"Marion County","state":"TX","lat":32.76515646100006,"lon":-94.37248074199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-03-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Greek Revival center-passage frame house built about 1852 on 1.3 acres along Highway 49 West, roughly 2.5 miles west of Jefferson, Marion County, Texas, originally built for Berry Hodge.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a rare, well-preserved example of Greek Revival domestic architecture in a rural setting in Marion County, with elegant proportions and fine detailing. Its door trim and interior woodwork closely match those of the \"Manse\" in Jefferson, suggesting the same builder. It is listed under Criterion C in architecture at the local level.","narrative":"Set back from the old Daingerfield Road west of Jefferson, Texas, this one-story Greek Revival house dates to about 1852 and was built for Berry Hodge, a landowner, farmer and surveyor. Its frame is hand-hewn, notched and pegged timber covered in cypress weatherboard, resting on brick piers. The five-bay front is marked by a pedimented portico with Doric columns, and a wide central passage divides the rooms, with ceilings nearly fourteen feet high. Changes made in 1950 and later left the front appearance largely intact. Door trim and woodwork closely resemble those of the \"Manse\" in Jefferson, and the builder is thought to be the same, though no builder is named. Later owners included the Taylor family, who bought it in 1870, and T.J. Taylor, Jr., brother of Lady Bird Johnson. The property was listed for its architecture, as a rare surviving rural Greek Revival dwelling in Marion County, and for its location on a historic trade route to the river port.","period_of_significance":"c. 1852","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Mid 19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; modified slightly, including 1950 changes such as removed fireplaces, added baths and closets, and a kitchen ceiling lowered after a 1970 fire.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.695291-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/9729/40972908/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/97000259.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000259/c8d147502f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000259/c8d147502f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mitchel23","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hodge_Plantation.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mitchel23</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:Hodge_Plantation.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972908","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002264"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/marion-county/hodge-taylor-house-97000259/"}