House at 604 East Santa Rosa - Victoria, Texas - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Like other homes in Victoria built during the mid-19th century by working-class American immigrants from the deep South, this is a small, simple 1½-story wood-frame structure. The house has a central passageway flanked by two rooms (in some homes the central passageway was flanked by four rooms). Greek Revival was the preferred building style at the time.

Although most Greek Revivals in the South were characterized by an attached temple-like porch roof (entablature) supported by Greek columns, those homes built in Victoria typically featured Greek columns supporting inset porches. The doors of Greek Revival homes built in Victoria were also simpler than those in other parts of the South – most lack the narrow vertical panes of glass to either side of the door, as well as the narrow horizontal transom above the door.

References:

• Historic and Architectural Resources of Victoria, Texas Historical Commission, 1986

Street address: 604 East Santa Rosa Victoria, TX USA County / Borough / Parish: Victoria County Year listed: 1986 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1850-1874 Historic function: Residence Current function: Residence Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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