{"nrhp_refnum":"07000988","name":"Goodnight, Charles and Mary Ann (Molly), Ranch House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US287 and 5000 Blk. Cty Rd. 25","address_restricted":false,"city":"Goodnight","county":"Armstrong County","state":"TX","lat":35.031007653000046,"lon":-101.184318616686,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Commerce","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1888 wood-frame, 1-1/2-story ranch house with several outbuildings on 27.31 acres south of the town of Goodnight, Armstrong County, Texas, built by cattleman Charles Goodnight for himself and his wife Mary Ann \"Molly\" Dyer Goodnight.","why_significant":"The house was the home base for Charles Goodnight's ranching interests in the Texas Panhandle. Goodnight was a noted cattleman who helped establish the Goodnight-Loving Trail and co-founded the JA Ranch. The form also treats the house as a Queen Anne-style building that kept much of its historic character through additions made during the period of significance. The state certified it as significant at the statewide level.","narrative":"Built in 1888 south of the small town of Goodnight, Texas, this white, 1-1/2-story wood house served as the home base for cattleman Charles Goodnight and his wife Molly. Goodnight had come to Texas as a boy, partnered with Oliver Loving on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, and co-founded the JA Ranch in 1876. At Goodnight he kept buffalo, elk and antelope near his headquarters. The house faces north toward the railroad and has an asymmetrical plan, many porches, multiple rooflines and Queen Anne details such as bay windows and fish-scale shingles, which were later removed. Evidence suggests the kitchen wing was an older two-room structure that Goodnight built onto. Lumber, doors and windows were bought from distant sources. Outbuildings include a milk cooler, servants' quarters and the base of a water tower. Goodnight sold the ranch in 1920, and the house was donated to the Armstrong County Museum in 2005 with 27.31 acres.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Charles Goodnight (built the house)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne; No Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current function is domestic/single dwelling with secondary structures. The property was donated to the Armstrong County Museum in 2005. Some stucco is damaged and some first-level demolition has been done.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.061556-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/9710/40971007/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/07000988.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000988/56f0f7c4f7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000988/56f0f7c4f7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Pi3.124","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Goodnight_Ranch_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pi3.124</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Goodnight_Ranch_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971007","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_and_Mary_Ann_(Molly)_Goodnight_Ranch_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54871552"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/armstrong-county/goodnight-charles-and-mary-ann-molly-ranch-house-07000988/"}