House at 715 Austin
Why it's listed
This one-story frame house at 715 Austin in San Angelo was built in 1906-07 in the Park Heights Addition. It has drop siding, an irregular plan, and a steeply pitched complex roof with a front-facing gable and a rambling offset porch. Slender Tuscan columns support the porch, which has no balustrade. The gable ends have clipped corners and half-circle lights set in fishscale shingles. Windows are one-over-one double-hung sashes with drip moulding, and the main entry has a transom above a partially glazed door. The style shows some Classical Revival influence. The house has seven rooms and cost $1,900 to build. It was listed as a good representative example of the smaller residences built in San Angelo after 1900, in an older residential neighborhood. It remains well maintained and sits on its original site, though the porch may have been remodeled early. The architect and builder are not known.
Significance in brief: The house is presented as a good representative example of the smaller residences built in San Angelo after 1900. It is a 7-room house that cost $1,900 to build in 1906-07 and has been well maintained in an older neighborhood. A reviewer recommended acceptance under Criterion C, while calling the justification of significance extremely marginal.
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 88002551, listed November 25, 1988. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 715 Austin, San Angelo |
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| County | Tom Green County |
| Listed | November 25, 1988 |
| Reference number | 88002551 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1906-07 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival influence |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Physical condition is listed as good; the house is described as well maintained, with possible early porch remodeling. The site is original. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 31.45384, -100.44494 (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 88002551.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q110000811
- This listing as JSON
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