Mrs. J. V. Murphy House

The Mrs. J. V. Murphy House at 204 E. Santa Rosa in Victoria, Texas was built in 1899–1900. It was designed by architect Jules Leffland. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

Mrs. J. V. Murphy House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Murphy House in 2015
Mrs. J. V. Murphy House Mrs. J. V. Murphy House
Location	204 E. Santa Rosa, Victoria, Texas
Coordinates	28°47′52″N 97°0′54″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1900
Architect	Jules Leffland
Architectural style	Late Victorian
MPS	Victoria MRA
NRHP reference No.	86002554[1]
Added to NRHP	December 9, 1986

It is a large ​2 ¹⁄₂-story house with Queen Anne elements. It has a stair turret and a wrap-around porch. A tower top was never rebuilt after it was destroyed by a storm in the early 1900s.[2]

It was listed on the NRHP as part of a study which listed numerous historic resources in the Victoria area, including other "complex and inventive Queen Anne dwellings" created by Leffland and other architects in the 1890s.[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Victoria County, Texas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Daniel Hardy (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination / Historic Sites Inventory: Mrs. J. V. Murphy House". National Archives. Missing or empty |url= (help) (accessible by searching within National Archives Catalog)
3. Daniel Hardy, Marlene Heck, David Moore, Morgan Dunn O'Connor and John Ferguson (June 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Historic Resources of Victoria, Texas". Retrieved February 16, 2017.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)