612 Virginia Avenue 1990 National Register Information
Address: 612 Virginia Avenue
Date: 1895
Category: Contributing
Block: 35
Lot: 18
Description: 2-1/2 story; masonry ground floor, wood frame at the piano nobile and above; brick foundation; central hall, irregular plan; cedar shingle hip-and-gable roof pierced by central gable dormer with Palladianstyle window; windows are 1/1 and 2/2 wood double-hung; entry seems to have been altered; fishscale shingles in gable; pedimented portico projects from main facade; front lawn slopes dramatically close to street with brick stepsset into terrace; wood lap siding.
Significance: Junius (June) Clark Harris, a prominent attorney in Nacogdoches, built this structure in 1895. It was designed by local architect Dietrich Rulfs and it housed the Harris family until 1923. Tom Davison, the only child of June and Margaret Harris, resided at the residence until 1960. Davison was a banker having organized and acted as chief operating officer of First Federal Savings and Loan Association. Tom Davison, Jr. currently resides at 612 Virginia Avenue.
612 Virginia Avenue 1986 Survey Information
Address: 612 Virginia
Name: June Harris House
Block: 35
Lot: 18
Condition: Good; some alterations
Description: 2-1/2 story; masonry ground floor, wood frame at the piano nobile and above; brick foundation; central hall, irregular plan; cedar shingle hip-and-gable roof pierced by central gable donner with Palladian-style window; windows are 1/1 and 2/2 wood double-hung; entry seems to have been altered; fishscale shingles in gable; pedimented portico projects from main facade; front lawn slopes dramatically close to street with brick steps set into terrace; wood lap siding.
