{"nrhp_refnum":"71000918","name":"Mathis, T. H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"612 Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rockport","county":"Aransas County","state":"TX","lat":28.021765300000027,"lon":-97.06110158899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame Greek Revival residence on a raised brick basement at 612 Church Street, Rockport, Aransas County, Texas, sitting on a 1.5-acre lot. The form gives 1867 as its specific date.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house as a very refined late Greek Revival residence with classically balanced massing and a Palladian sense of scale. It is also tied to Thomas H. Mathis, a successful rancher, banker and businessman who helped develop South Texas. The form checks architecture and commerce as areas of significance.","narrative":"Built in 1867 at 612 Church Street in Rockport, this one-story frame house is described as a very refined late Greek Revival residence. It rests on a brick arcaded basement about seven feet above grade, and a flared staircase leads to a central entrance portico with two pairs of square fluted wooden columns. Bracketed, panelled cornices, pilasters, and a doorway with sidelights and a transom add classical detail. The main block has a low hip roof, and the interior follows a central-hall plan with two rooms on each side of the hall and a rear service ell. The house was built for Thomas H. Mathis, a Tennessee-born educator and Confederate veteran who settled at the site of Rockport after the Civil War. He became a rancher, a partner in a large pasture company, a road and bridge builder, and president of the National Bank of Rockport. The house has remained unaltered in the same family and is well maintained.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1867","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site, in use as a private residence and kept in pristine repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.041272-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/9709/40970999/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/71000918.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000918/0e7753b916-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000918/0e7753b916-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Homer Lansberry","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mathis_House_Rockport_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Homer Lansberry</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mathis_House_Rockport_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970999","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._H._Mathis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54871503"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/aransas-county/mathis-t-h-house-71000918/"}