Lufkin Land-Long Bell-Buck House
Why it's listed
Built between about 1910 and 1920 at 1218 Lufkin Street, this 1-1/2 story Bungalow was constructed by the Lufkin Land and Lumber Company as housing for a company manager. It has wood frame construction with horizontal siding, a raised foundation, an irregular plan, and intersecting hip and gable roofs with deep eaves. Details include extended beam ends at the front gable, small windows in the gable end with applied curved wood trim, and a porch with paired Doric columns set on a low sided wall. The windows are one-over-one double-hung sash with a haystack muntin pattern. It was the most elaborate of a row of residences originally situated across the road from the company plant. The lumber company was organized by George A. Kelley, T.L.L. Temple and E. W. Frost, then sold to the Long Bell Lumber Company, which operated the mill until about 1929. The house is regarded as the best and least altered of the company's manager dwellings and remains a residence in good condition.
Significance in brief: The nomination calls it an unusual and notable bungalow design with an outstanding gable infill, and an unusually ornate example of lumber company housing in Texas. It is the most elaborate of a row of company residences and the best and least altered of the manager and foreman dwellings built by the company. Significance is in architecture at the local level.
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 88002783, listed December 22, 1988. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 1218 Lufkin St., Lufkin |
|---|---|
| County | Angelina County |
| Listed | December 22, 1988 |
| Reference number | 88002783 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | Lufkin Land and Lumber Co. (contractor) |
| Architectural style | Bungalow |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Listed as in good condition and still used as a residence; in private ownership. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 31.33630, -94.71666 (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.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 88002783.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q107321671
- This listing as JSON
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