Hewitt, M. S., House
Also known as: Site No. 672
Why it's listed
Built around 1880, this two-story wood frame house at 1019 S. College in Georgetown, Texas, is a center-hall I-house with a gable roof of asphalt shingles. It has 4/4 wooden sash windows, a wooden front door with sidelights, a one-story hipped-roof porch on square wooden columns, and an exterior limestone chimney on the north side. The porch replaced an earlier shed-roof porch with turned columns around 1920, and the slatted shutters are replacements for original louvered ones. The I-house is one room deep and two stories tall, so it looks like a capital I from the side. The form was first noted in the Midwest and is rare in Georgetown. The house was recognized as the most intact local example, showing how traditional building forms moved west in the late 19th century. The Hewitt family lived there from about 1890 to 1946; M. S. Hewitt worked as a blacksmith and carriage painter. Despite the alterations, the house retains a high degree of integrity.
Significance in brief: The nomination calls it the most intact and best local example of the I-house form, which is uncommon in Georgetown. It illustrates the westward spread of this traditional building form from the Midwest in the late 19th century. It was listed under Criterion C 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 96000071, listed February 16, 1996. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 1019 S. College, Georgetown |
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| County | Williamson County |
| Listed | February 16, 1996 |
| Reference number | 96000071 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1880 |
| Architectural style | Vernacular I-house |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 30.63376, -97.67364 (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 96000071.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q110002607
- This listing as JSON
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