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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1890/00/00 Katherine Anne Porter House is built with three rooms and a sleeping porch.
1892/03/20 Katherine Anne Porter Home After his wife's death on 20 March 1892, Harrison Porter moves his family, Callie and her siblings Gay, Paul and infant Mary Alice, to live with his mother, Catherine Anne Porter, in Kyle.
1901/00/00 Advance in age and frail in health, Catherine Anne Porter, known as Aunt Cat, cares for her grandchildren until her death in 1901.
1902/00/00 The Porter family sells the house for $10 to settle debts.

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Particulars for Katherine Anne Porter House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Other Description L-plan
Area of Significance Literature
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 20th August 2004

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Porter, Katherine Anne, House
Registry Address: 508 W. Center St.
Registry Number: 04000893
Resource Type: Building
Theme Group: Rural Properties of Hays County, Texas MPS
Owner: Private
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: L-plan
Contributing Buildings: 1
Non-Contributing Buildings: 2
Contributing Objects: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Literature, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Person, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1890, 1892, 1902
Associated People: Porter, Katherine Anne
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Social, Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Meeting hall

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