{"nrhp_refnum":"04001175","name":"Eddingston Court","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3300 Proctor St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Port Arthur","county":"Jefferson County","state":"TX","lat":29.897354254500044,"lon":-93.91142731261624,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-10-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Landscape Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Eddingston Court is an apartment complex district at 3300 Proctor Street in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, built c. 1929 by Captain Ambrose T. Eddingston. It has four Tudor-style brick apartment buildings, four garages, a c.1925 house, and a sculpture garden and conch shell wall by Dionicio Rodriguez.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is a monumental work by noted sculptor Dionicio Rodriguez, significant in art and landscape architecture under Criterion C. It is also significant as an intact early 20th century residential development, described as the first four-building apartment complex of its type in Port Arthur, under Criterion A in community planning and development.","narrative":"Eddingston Court is an apartment complex on Proctor Street in Port Arthur, Texas, beside the Sabine-Neches Ship Channel. Tugboat captain Ambrose T. Eddingston built it around 1929 to meet the housing needs of a fast-growing oil-refining city. Two pairs of two-story Tudor-style brick buildings face each other across a central garden, with wood-frame garages behind. Eddingston hired sculptor Dionicio Rodriguez and a group of San Antonio artisans to decorate the grounds. They produced a 98-foot conch shell wall, a shell-covered Sound Cave, rock fountains, a fishpond, log-style seats, a table and a cement basket. The shells were brought from Grand Cayman, Eddingston's birthplace. The complex is considered significant as a major Rodriguez work and as an intact early residential development, said to be the first of its type in Port Arthur. Today the pond is dry, the garden is overgrown, and the property is listed as vacant.","period_of_significance":"1929","architect_builder":"Dionicio Rodriguez (sculpture); building architect unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Tudor, Classical Revival; faux bois sculpture","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function listed as vacant/not in use. The fountain and pond no longer operate, the grounds are overgrown, and the Sound Cave is in danger of tipping over.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.87257-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/15/9697/40969715/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/04001175.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001175/40a7a4e5e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001175/40a7a4e5e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eddingston_court_apts_port_arthur_tx_2014.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eddingston_court_apts_port_arthur_tx_2014.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969715","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107317927"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/jefferson-county/eddingston-court-04001175/"}