Photograph of Andrew "Cap" and Emma Doughty Bratton House — Photograph by Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Bratton, Andrew "Cap" and Emma Doughty, House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

From the record

One of 128 National Register listings published here for Tarrant County · listed in 2003 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 310 E. Broad St., Mansfield, 76063
When was it listed? May 2003
Category. building
Also known as. Mansfield, Texas MPS
Census division. Arlington
Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
National Register reference number. 03000432 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

216 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Bratton, Andrew "Cap" and Emma Doughty, House between 2005 and 2012, burning about 713 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	139
Debris and open burning	33
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Arson/incendiarism	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Smoking	7
Recreation and ceremony	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	MANSFIELD FIRE
8 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	WALNUT CREEK FIRE
8 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	2951 HW 917
7 September 2012	Smoking	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	287 FIRE
7 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CALLENDER RD
4 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	TEXAN RV
4 September 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	HOLLAND RD
23 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	SPYGLASS FIRE

Every fire recorded in Tarrant County

Storms near this property

60 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mansfield, the town this property stands in, in 82 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 51 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 4 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2001	Tornado (F1)	Mansfield	2 hurt, $5,000,000	The tornado first touched down in southwest Mansfield near the Tarrant-Johnson County line on Sentry street. The tornado moved northeast across Mansfield, exiting the city near Laura Elizabeth Trail and continued moving northeast across the extreme southeast part of Arlington. The tornado moved into southwest Grand Prairie near highway 360 and New York Avenue and dissipated near the intersection of Lake Ridge Parkway and Lynn street. Two minor injuries were reported. In Mansfield 16 businesses were damaged. 113 homes were damaged, 27 with moderate to heavy damage. In Grand Prairie, 61 homes were damaged, 10 with moderate to heavy damage. The tornado tracked across undeveloped land in Arlington, so no damage occurred there.
September 1993	Tornado (F2)	Mansfield	$5,000,000	A tornado touched down 5 miles west of Mansfield and moved north-northeast into southwest Arlington before lifting. A large microwave tower was flattened. Additionally, 6 mobile homes, 20 houses, and 3 businesses were damaged.
June 2023	Hail	Mansfield	$1,000,000	Broadcast media shared a photo of a 5-inch diameter hail stone in Mansfield.
June 2023	Hail	Mansfield	$750,000	A social media photo indicated a 4-inch diameter hail stone in Mansfield.
June 2000	Flash Flood	Mansfield	$700,000	Fifty homes were damged by flooding. Five business were also damaged.
June 2023	Hail	Mansfield	$500,000	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Mansfield	$250,000	A social media photo indicated baseball sized hail 4 miles east of Mansfield.
January 2017	Tornado (EF0)	Mansfield	$75,000	A National Weather Service damage survey crew found evidence of a small tornado near the Johnson/Tarrant County line. The tornado began near Lone Star Road and US 287 in the far southern portion of the City of Mansfield. The tornado did minor damage to four businesses, damaging overhead doors on metal buildings. One manufactured home suffered roof damage in Johnson County, while one barn was destroyed as the tornado moved into far southern Tarrant County.
August 2001	Flash Flood	Mansfield	$50,000	Highway 287 was closed and all streets in town were flooded. The Silver Leaf Mobile Home Park was flooded. Mansfield reported 4 inches of rain in 3 hours.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	$40,000	Two construction trailers were rolled over and damage to roofs was reported in Mansfield. Trees were also blown down.
April 2008	Flash Flood	Mansfield	$30,000	Five houses were flooded in town.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	$30,000	Tractor-trailers and trucks were blown over on Justice Lane. Trees were also blown down across roads.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	$20,000	Arlington Emergency Management reported an 18 inch diameter tree fell onto a mobile home in Breezy Oaks mobile home park.
May 2014	Hail	Mansfield	$20,000	no account filed
April 2020	Hail	Mansfield	$15,000	Golf ball sized hail was reported near Country Club Drive and Matlock Rd in Mansfield.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	$15,000	A screening fence was blown over and damaged pumps and equipment at a water park. The fence was anchored to a wall and when it fell it pulled some of the wall down as well.
May 2024	Hail	Mansfield	$13,000	Public photo showed a 2.1 inch hail stone in Mansfield.
April 2009	Flash Flood	Mansfield	$10,000	A vehicle was washed off Country Club Road in Mansfield. Twenty-two employees at the country club had to be rescued due to rapidly rising water and the water was waist deep at the time of the rescue.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	$10,000	Multiple power lines were knocked down by falling tree limbs; also a neighborhood fence was destroyed by strong winds. City crews and tree service companies were dispatched to cut up and shred tree limbs.
September 2003	Flash Flood	Mansfield	$10,000	4.7 inches fell in three hours causing flooding in low lying areas and closing some streets.
March 2025	Hail	Mansfield	$7,000	Reported via mPING northeast of Mansfield.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	$5,000	Emergency management reported trees down throughout the city of Mansfield, TX.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	$5,000	A spotter measured a 63 mph wind gust in the Walnut Creek area in Mansfield.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	$2,000	Shingles off roof near 360 and North Holland Road.
March 2013	Hail	Mansfield	$2,000	Amateur radio operators reported hail to the size of a half dollar.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	$1,500	A large tree fell onto Jim's Cleaners on East Broad Street in Mansfield causing approximately $1,000 in damage to the roof.
January 2017	Hail	Mansfield	$1,000	Hail up to 1 inch was reported in Mansfield.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	$1,000	A report was received via social media of large tree branches being knocked down in Mansfield.
April 2005	Tornado (F0)	Mansfield	$1,000	Damage to tree limbs and antennas reported.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Mansfield	$500	Flooding was reported at Walnut Creek Country Club in Mansfield.
May 2024	Hail	Mansfield	-	Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
May 2024	Hail	Mansfield	-	Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.).
May 2024	Hail	Mansfield	-	Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
May 2024	Hail	Mansfield	-	Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	-	A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 62 mph in Mansfield.
May 2024	Hail	Mansfield	-	Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
May 2024	Hail	Mansfield	-	Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
May 2024	Hail	Mansfield	-	Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
May 2024	Hail	Mansfield	-	Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
May 2024	Hail	Mansfield	-	A trained spotter reported 1.5 inch hail in Mansfield.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	-	Photos on social media showed snapped trees in Mans Best Friend Dog Park in Mansfield.
March 2023	Hail	Mansfield	-	Reported via mPing.
April 2023	Hail	Mansfield	-	A public report indicated dime sized hail 2 miles northeast of Mansfield, TX.
April 2021	Hail	Mansfield	-	Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail was reported northeast of Mansfield.
April 2020	Hail	Mansfield	-	Hail report received via mPing.
October 2019	Hail	Mansfield	-	Hail slightly larger than quarter sized fell on the southeast side of Mansfield.
April 2018	Hail	Mansfield	-	Amateur radio reported penny-sized hail in the city of Mansfield, TX.
January 2017	Hail	Mansfield	-	A social media report indicated 1 inch diameter hail in the city of Mansfield, TX.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	-	Mansfield Office of Emergency Management measured a wind gust of 85 MPH.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	-	The Mansfield fire department reported wind gusts to near 60 mph in the city of Mansfield.
December 2015	Hail	Mansfield	-	Penny to nickel sized hail was reported in Mansfield.
May 2014	Hail	Mansfield	-	Half dollar sized hail was reported in Mansfield.
March 2013	Hail	Mansfield	-	Pea to nickel sized hail was reported in Mansfield. While the hail was small, it was covering the ground in many locations.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	-	A trained spotter measured a 61 mph wind gust in Mansfield.
October 2011	Hail	Mansfield	-	Dime to quarter sized hail was reported in north Mansfield.
July 2004	Flash Flood	Mansfield	-	Widespread flash flooding in Mansfield as 13.63 inches of rain fell in 12 hours. Virtually every street in the city was flooded, several high water rescues were needed, and some homes were evacuated.
June 2004	Flash Flood	Mansfield	-	Many roads were under water, and a high water rescue was in progress at 936 AM.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Mansfield	-	Trees were blown down by high winds.
July 2001	Flash Flood	Mansfield	-	A street in Mansfield was closed for one hour due to flash flooding.
May 1999	Hail	Mansfield	-	Hail fell near Joe Pool Lake.

Every storm recorded in Tarrant County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

5 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Buchanan-Hayter-Witherspoon House	under 500 feet	2003
Lester H. and Mabel Bryant Chorn House	under 500 feet	2003
Wallace-Hall House	0.2 miles	2003
Botts-Fowler House	0.5 miles	1999
Ralph Sandiford and Julia Boisseau Man House	0.6 miles	2003

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 03000432 in Record Group 79.
Tarrant County	All 128 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.