{"nrhp_refnum":"03000610","name":"Spooner, Thomas Harrison and Mollie, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"207 St. Francis St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gonzales","county":"Gonzales County","state":"TX","lat":29.503132935000053,"lon":-97.45590091399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large 2-1/2 story frame house at 207 St. Francis Street in Gonzales, Texas, built in stages between about 1870 and 1905 and given its present form by a ca. 1905 renovation by Judge T.H. Spooner.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion C for architectural merit at the local level. It combines Queen Anne and Classical Revival elements in an eclectic hybrid that incorporates two earlier dwellings. It also retains a very high degree of integrity from its ca. 1905 construction.","narrative":"Set on a tree-shaded corner lot in Gonzales, this 2-1/2 story frame house grew in several stages between about 1870 and 1905. Its oldest part, a rear wing, was built about 1872 by Joseph O'Connor. Judge T.H. Spooner, a prominent local attorney and businessman, added a one-story center-passage house around 1875, then undertook a major renovation between 1902 and 1907. That work raised the house to two and a half stories and added a two-story front gallery, a projecting front bay, and a multi-gabled metal roof. Cypress siding, fishscale shingles, Doric columns and pedimented windows blend Queen Anne and Classical Revival details. The earlier buildings were folded into the larger design so well that the house looks like a single composition from the street. Little has changed since 1905, and most original doors, windows and trim survive. The house is listed for its architectural merit and its high integrity, and it reflects Gonzales during its period of railroad-driven prosperity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Judge T.H. Spooner (owner-builder of the ca. 1875 house and ca. 1905 renovation); Joseph O'Connor (built the earliest wing, ca. 1872)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Long vacant and in need of repair before 1996, when it was purchased and restored to its ca. 1905 condition. Current function is listed as multiple dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.549481-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/9721/40972139/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/03000610.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000610/45c1f8e102-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000610/45c1f8e102-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spooner_House,_Gonzales,_Texas.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">25or6to4</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spooner_House,_Gonzales,_Texas.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"96000935","name":"Gonzales Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/gonzales-commercial-historic-district-96000935/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972139","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002081"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/gonzales-county/spooner-thomas-harrison-and-mollie-house-03000610/"}