612 Virginia Avenue

Posted by on Feb 13, 2015 in 16th-19th Century Styles, 1890-1899, Diedrich Rulfs, Good, Residential, Uncategorized

612 Virginia Avenue 2011 Summer Survey

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612 Virginia Avenue 1990 National Register Information

  • Address: 612 Virginia Avenue
  • Date: 1895
  • Category: Contributing
  • Block: 35
  • Lot: 18
  • Description: 2-1/2 story; masonry ground floor, wood frame at the piano nobile and above; brick foundation; central hall, irregular plan; cedar shingle hip-and-gable roof pierced by central gable dormer with Palladianstyle window; windows are 1/1 and 2/2 wood double-hung; entry seems to have been altered; fishscale shingles in gable; pedimented portico projects from main facade; front lawn slopes dramatically close to street with brick stepsset into terrace; wood lap siding.
  • Significance: Junius (June) Clark Harris, a prominent attorney in Nacogdoches, built this structure in 1895. It was designed by local architect Dietrich Rulfs and it housed the Harris family until 1923. Tom Davison, the only child of June and Margaret Harris, resided at the residence until 1960. Davison was a banker having organized and acted as chief operating officer of First Federal Savings and Loan Association. Tom Davison, Jr. currently resides at 612 Virginia Avenue.

612 Virginia Avenue 1986 Survey Information

  • Address: 612 Virginia
  • Name: June Harris House
  • Block: 35
  • Lot: 18
  • Condition: Good; some alterations
  • Description: 2-1/2 story; masonry ground floor, wood frame at the piano nobile and above; brick foundation; central hall, irregular plan; cedar shingle hip-and-gable roof pierced by central gable donner with Palladian-style window; windows are 1/1 and 2/2 wood double-hung; entry seems to have been altered; fishscale shingles in gable; pedimented portico projects from main facade; front lawn slopes dramatically close to street with brick steps set into terrace; wood lap siding