{"nrhp_refnum":"12000999","name":"Cunningham, Captain James & Susannah, Homestead","other_names":["Mountain Creek Ranch"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"19601 TX 16 S.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Comanche","county":"Comanche County","state":"TX","lat":31.744787099000064,"lon":-98.52259823999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-12-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story dogtrot-plan frontier house built in 1855 with a limestone kitchen added in 1873, on Mountain Creek Ranch about 12 miles south of Comanche, Comanche County, Texas. It was built by Captain James and Susannah Cunningham.","why_significant":"The house is a well-preserved example of a pre-railroad double-pen dogtrot with Greek Revival touches, and it was restored in 1986 to its Cunningham-era appearance. It is also tied to the Cunninghams, early Comanche County settlers who prospered, served the community, and founded a family that still holds annual reunions. The document gives the period of significance for the well as 1855-1873.","narrative":"Set in a valley along Mountain Creek about twelve miles south of Comanche, Texas, this homestead consists of a one-story dogtrot house built in 1855 and a limestone kitchen added in 1873. The house has two pens flanking a central breezeway, oak framing, cedar rafters, pine clapboard siding, and limestone chimneys. The kitchen's boxed eaves and gable returns give it a Greek Revival look. Captain James and Susannah Cunningham built the home and lived there until their deaths in 1894 and 1899. During their years here, the house served as a school in 1862 and 1863 and as a refuge for neighbors during Native American attacks. The couple's landholdings grew to 9,000 acres, yet they stayed in the modest house. Later owners added siding, a metal roof and other changes, but a 1986 rehabilitation by a Cunningham descendant removed much of that work and restored the earlier look. The property is still used as a home and includes a historic hand-dug well.","period_of_significance":"1855-1873","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Pre-Railroad: Double-pen Dogtrot (or Center Passage), Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling; rehabilitated in 1986 to return it to its Cunningham-era appearance, with modern conveniences added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.136943-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/9715/40971569/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/12000999.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971569","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002774"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/comanche-county/cunningham-captain-james-and-susannah-homestead-12000999/"}