McWhirter, George and Martha, House - Belton, TX - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"The McWhirter House is a 1 and 1/2-story limestone structure with a central front portico and a mansard roof in the Second Empire style. The house faces east on a large lot in a residential neighborhood a few blocks northwest of the courthouse square. The sloping lot is dotted with large deciduous trees and surrounded by a wooden picket fence.

The McWhirter House is constructed of rough ashlar limestone with more finely finished limestone lintels over the doors and windows. The house consists of a rectangular main block with a l-story wing on the rear making a T-plan. The front facade is dominated by a large wooden portico supported by plain rectangular columns with arched spandrels. The portico is capped by a plain balustrade. The mansard roof is clad in wood shingles and has three gabled dormer windows. The rear wing is covered with a standing seam metal roof. On the north and south ends of the main block the roof is pierced by corbeled limestone chimneys. Windows are 6/6 double-hung wooden sash with limestone sills. The lower windows are flanked by operable shutters. The structure is in very good condition with minimal exterior alterations."