{"nrhp_refnum":"97001233","name":"Lucas, Joseph and Annie, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"812 W. Pine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orange","county":"Orange County","state":"TX","lat":30.09536591500006,"lon":-93.74021244799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-10-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Queen Anne style house at 812 West Pine Street in Orange, Orange County, Texas, built in 1908 for jeweler Joseph Lucas and his wife Annie, with a wrap-around verandah added in 1918.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent local example of a Queen Anne style residence, under Criterion C in the area of Architecture. Its 1918 verandah is a hybrid of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival/Beaux Arts elements. Many of Orange's Victorian-era houses have been demolished or altered, so the Lucas House stands out as a visible reminder of the city's early 20th-century prosperity.","narrative":"Built in 1908 on a quarter-block at Pine and 8th Streets in Orange, Texas, this two-story frame house was the longtime home of jeweler Joseph Lucas and his wife, Annie. The original design was a fairly simple, vernacular Queen Anne residence with a two-story bay window and a small entrance porch. In 1918, as the local economy grew with oil discoveries and wartime shipbuilding, Lucas added an elaborate wrap-around verandah with paired Corinthian columns and conical-roofed corner pavilions. The porch blends Colonial Revival and Beaux Arts vocabulary with a late Queen Anne layout. Inside, pocket doors, Colonial Revival mantels, a three-run staircase and varnished woodwork survive. A one-story room added to the east side in the late 1970s is the main exterior change. Because many of Orange's grander Victorian homes have been demolished or altered, the house is valued as a well-preserved local example of Queen Anne architecture and of the city's prosperity in the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"1908; 1918","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, retaining its 1918 appearance, with a 1978 east room addition and a modern noncontributing garage; 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 02:54:23.967767-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/9731/40973132/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/97001233.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001233/9be2b80b77-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001233/9be2b80b77-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_and_annie_lucas_house_2015.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_and_annie_lucas_house_2015.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973132","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001284"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/orange-county/lucas-joseph-and-annie-house-97001233/"}