Temple, Henry G., House
Why it's listed
This 1-1/2 story wood-frame house at 501 Hines Road in Diboll was built in 1937 for Henry G. and Lucy Anderson Temple. Henry Temple was a superintendent of the Southern Pine Lumber Company, and the house was built by a carpenter crew from the Temple mill. Houston architect Ed Bodet, who designed houses for the Temple Lumber Company during the Depression, drew the plans with input from Mrs. Temple. The design features intersecting gable roofs, three dormers, and a five-bay screened gallery porch with boxed Doric columns. The form suggests Bodet may have drawn on early 19th-century Texas houses documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey. The grounds include a barn, greenhouse, garage, and caretaker's house, though only the house was counted as contributing. Around 1939 the mill's chief engineer designed an air conditioning system for the home. The house was listed for its Neoclassical architecture and its link to the Temple lumber enterprise.
Significance in brief: The house is considered a good example of Neoclassical design with classical detailing and ornate landscaping. It is also one of the few early structures associated with the Southern Pine Lumber Company, now Temple-Inland Corporation. The area of significance is 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 88002802, listed December 22, 1988. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 501 Hines Rd., Diboll |
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| County | Angelina County |
| Listed | December 22, 1988 |
| Reference number | 88002802 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | Ed Bodet, architect; built by a carpenter crew from the Temple mill |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Present condition listed as excellent; the house was re-sided with wood fiber board of similar texture and is still used as a residence. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 31.17800, -94.78787 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
Religious properties are listed for their architectural or historical significance, not their religious use. Listing is honorary and does not restrict the congregation's use of the building. The federal rehabilitation credit is generally unavailable unless part of the building is income-producing; some state programmes and preservation grants do cover religious buildings. Federal funding or permits trigger Section 106 review.
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 88002802.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q110001395
- This listing as JSON
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