316 N. Church

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2011 Summer Survey Form

Address: 316 N. Church
Date: 1892/1912
Category: Contributing
Block: 3
Lot: 6
Description: 2-1/2 story; wood frame construction with bull-nosed siding; brick foundation; L-plan; intersecting hip roofs with composition shingles, hipped dormer, plain entablature; asymmetrical wraparound porch with Tuscan wood columns and spindle railing, wood floor; windows 1/1 wood double-hung, window in dormer fixed with diamond and prism-shaped muntins; entry door wood paneled with upper glass light and transom light; interior brick chimneys on north and south, north chimney with barrel vault cap; projecting bays on north and south side, north bay chamfered, south bay with one chamfered side at first porch; raised sidewalk with concrete curb on Church Street side.
Significance: The first story of this house was erected in 1892 by Lee Hardeman, a prominent merchant, shortly after his arrival to Nacogdoches from Melrose. As the Hardeman family grew, the noted architect Dietrich Rulfs was commissioned to enlarge the house, and added the second story, a new gallery, and changed the siding in 1912. The Hardeman family was one of the earliest families to arrive in Texas. Bailey Hardeman signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Burnet, and his brother, Thomas Jones Hardeman, was a member of the Second Republic of the Congress of Texas.

Address: 316 N. Church
Name: Lee Hardeman House Antiques
Block: 3
Lot: 6
Condition: Excellent; altered in 1912
Description: 2-1/2 story; wood frame construction with bull-nosed siding; brick foundation; ell plan; intersecting hip roofs with composition shingles, hipped dormer, plain entablature; asymmetrical wraparound porch with Tuscan wood columns and spindle railing, wood floor; windows 1/1 wood double-hung, window in dormer fixed with diamond and prism-shaped muntins; entry door wood paneled with upper glass light and transom light; interior brick chimneys on north and south, north chimney with barrel vault cap; projecting bays on north and south sides, north bay chamfered, south bay with one chamfered side at first floor porch; raised sidewalk with concrete curb on Church Street side.
Significance: Was residence of Miss Gladys Hardeman.