{"nrhp_refnum":"98001345","name":"Baker House","other_names":["Charles A. and Elizabeth C. Baker House","Nannie Ray Baker Hou"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"211 Pecan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yoakum","county":"Lavaca County","state":"TX","lat":29.28886226800006,"lon":-97.14045518499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-11-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story wood-frame Queen Anne style house at 211 Pecan Street in Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas, built in 1895 for Charles and Elizabeth Baker.","why_significant":"The house is considered one of the oldest surviving residences in Yoakum and a fine local example of late 19th century Queen Anne architecture. It was also the lifelong home of Nannie Ray Baker, a Yoakum teacher for 48 years and an active community leader.","narrative":"Built in 1895 at 211 Pecan Street in Yoakum, this one-story wood-frame house shows the Queen Anne style through its steeply pitched hipped roof with cross gables, a half-timbered sunburst gable, varied widths of wood siding, a bay window and a carved wood arch at the entry porch. Inside, details include bulls-eye molding, a built-in china cabinet and twelve-foot ceilings. A garage and laundry room were added about 1950, but the house keeps a high degree of integrity. It was built for Charles and Elizabeth Baker during Yoakum's early growth as a railroad town. Their daughter Nannie Ray Baker was born there in 1896 and lived in it nearly her whole life. She taught in the Yoakum schools for 48 years, from 1919 to 1967, sponsored student activities and took part in church and civic organizations. The house was listed for its architecture and for its link to her work in education and community life. The architect is unknown.","period_of_significance":"1896-1948","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as social/civic; a second porch that was enclosed in the 1930s was a work in progress to be restored to its 1895 appearance.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.842895-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/9728/40972823/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/98001345.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001345/675e70ec16-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001345/675e70ec16-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baker_House,_Yoakum,_Texas.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:Baker_House,_Yoakum,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972823","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001266"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lavaca-county/baker-house-98001345/"}