703 Virginia Avenue 1990 National Register Information
Address: 703 Virginia Avenue
Date: 1904
Category: Contributing
Block: 35
Lot: 22
Description: 2-1/2 story wood frame with bull-nosed siding; brick foundation; T-plan; intersecting gable roofs with painted metal roof, pedimented gable ends with decorative shingle work, Palladian windows on south facade, plain entablature below eaves; one-story porch with cylindrical columns and pilasters, double- hung paneled entry doors; windows wood frame 1/1, some with hood mold, shutters on the front; carport on north with gable roof and cylindrical columns, over a low brick wall; interior brick chimney on north with corbeled cap; site slopes away from the street down the hill.
703 Virginia Avenue 1986 Survey Information
Address: 703 Virginia
Name: Baxter Home
Date: 1904
Block: 35
Lot: 22
Condition: Alterations- sunroom over 50 years with knotty pine panel, brick floor
Description: 2-1/2 story wood frame with bull-nosed siding; brick foundation; T-plan; intersecting gable roofs with painted metal roof, pedimented gable ends with decorative shingle work, Palladian windows on south facade, plain entablature below eaves; one-story porch with cylindrical columns and pilasters, double wood paneled entry doors; windows wood frame 1/1, some with hood mold, shutters on the front; carport on north with gable roof and cylindrical columns, over a low brick wall; interior brick chimney on north with corbeled cap; site slopes away from the street down the hill.
Significance: Baxters owned the Baxter Hotel, at site of post office; Baxter Duncan St. was named for them; original woodwork intact, 2 fireplaces; marble countertop from soda fountain in downtown Nacogdoches at the time the house was built; antique light fixtures converted from kerosene to electricity; owners: Baxters, Ray Driver, John Watt.
