{"nrhp_refnum":"71000940","name":"Monroe-Crook House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"707 E. Houston St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Crockett","county":"Houston County","state":"TX","lat":31.319162912000024,"lon":-95.45445352299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-03-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story frame late Greek Revival town house at 707 East Houston Street in Crockett, Houston County, Texas, built in 1854 by Armistead Thompson Monroe.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house as an example of late Greek Revival architecture in Texas. It is also tied to Armistead Thompson Monroe, a leading Crockett merchant and relative of President James Monroe. A later owner's will provided for its use in the interest of the Houston County community.","narrative":"Built in 1854 at 707 East Houston Street in Crockett, this one-and-a-half story frame house is a late Greek Revival town residence. It follows a central hall plan with four twenty-foot-square rooms, each with a fireplace, and fourteen-foot ceilings on the first floor. A pedimented portico with wooden columns shelters the double-door entrance, and four dormers on the north front echo its design. Brick fills the spaces between the wall studs, and a three-window bay was added to the east side in the late nineteenth century. Armistead Thompson Monroe, a merchant who came to Texas in the early 1840s and became one of Crockett's leading businessmen, built the house. His father was a nephew of President James Monroe. Later occupants included the Aldrich family and, from 1911, George W. Crook and his descendants. Crook's daughter provided in her will that the house serve the Houston County community. It was listed for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (1854)","architect_builder":"Armistead Thompson Monroe (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"The form marks the property as occupied and in good condition, and notes it was a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1969. Later grant notes in the file mention exterior and interior restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.08511-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/9726/40972614/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/71000940.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000940/75594f99d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000940/75594f99d5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DownesHouse1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:DownesHouse1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972614","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107321607"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/houston-county/monroe-crook-house-71000940/"}