Everitt-Cox House
Approximate location: the National Park Service places this pin arbitrarily within the property, not at a surveyed point (stated accuracy ±12 m).
Why it's listed
Located at 418 Moore Street in Lufkin, this one-story wood-frame house was built around 1892-93 as a modest Victorian residence. In 1922 it was remodeled by East Texas architect Shirley Simons, who added Classical Revival details. The house has a central-hall H-plan, beveled wood siding, a pier foundation, and intersecting hip and gable roofs with cornice returns. An inset porch has a flat roof, a deep entablature, and paired boxed wood columns with lattice infill. The central entry has side lights and a transom, and the projecting bays hold windows arranged in a Palladian motif with a central arched sunburst. A detached board-and-batten garage stands on the lot. The property appears on the 1927 Sanborn maps. Its 1937 occupants were James A. and Elizabeth Glass Cox; he was a registered druggist who ran the Glass and Cox Drug Store downtown. It was listed for its local architectural significance as a Victorian house reworked in a Classical Revival manner, and it remains in good condition and in residential use.
Significance in brief: The house is considered architecturally significant as a modest Victorian design redone in a Classical Revival style by East Texas architect Shirley Simons. The area of significance is architecture at the local level. It was reviewed under Criterion C.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 88002789, listed December 22, 1988. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 418 Moore, Lufkin |
|---|---|
| County | Angelina County |
| Listed | December 22, 1988 |
| Reference number | 88002789 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | Remodel by Shirley Simons |
| Architectural style | Victorian with Classical Revival remodel |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Present condition is listed as good, and the present use is residence. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 31.33933, -94.73269 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 88002789.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5417270
- This listing as JSON
Last updated October 2026. Found an error? See the editorial policy for how to report it.