Hiller House

Built around 1870 at 3003 N. Vine in Victoria, Texas, this wood-frame farmhouse rises one and a half stories under a double-pitched gable roof of corrugated tin. It follows a center-passage plan with a rear ell. The symmetrical, three-bay east elevation has a centered paneled door with a tripartite transom and sidelights, set beneath an inset five-bay porch. The front roof slope flattens in pitch over the porch, and the porch posts have molded caps that give a Classical touch. Windows are wood-sash double-hung units with six-over-six lights, with small windows in the east second story. A small frame shed, barns and pens remain on the property. The house sits in a semi-rural area north of the old city cemetery. It was recorded as an outstanding unaltered example of the center-passage farmhouse, a plan once common in Texas. At the time of the survey it stood vacant, in fair to poor condition, and was owned by the City of Victoria.