{"nrhp_refnum":"71000961","name":"McGloin, James, Homestead","other_names":["See Also:McGloin, James, Homestead (Boundary Increase)"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 mi. NW of San Patricio on FM 666","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Patricio","county":"San Patricio County","state":"TX","lat":27.97309715700004,"lon":-97.79165743499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story vernacular late Greek Revival frame cottage on a nine-acre house lot overlooking Round Lake, one mile northwest of San Patricio, Texas, built in 1855 as the home of Irish empresario James McGloin.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant mainly as the only surviving home of a Texas empresario. James McGloin and John McMullen led an Irish colonization effort under a Mexican grant. The house also represents a vernacular Greek Revival cottage type that is rapidly disappearing, though it is not called an outstanding example of Texas domestic architecture.","narrative":"This one-and-a-half-story frame cottage stands on a nine-acre lot, part of a 315.77-acre farm overlooking Round Lake, about a mile northwest of San Patricio, Texas. Built in 1855, it was the home of James McGloin, a native of County Sligo, Ireland, who with John McMullen received a Mexican contract in 1828 to bring two hundred Irish families to Texas. McGloin kept the colony together during the Texas Revolution, and the land grants he issued were honored under the Republic. He died at the homestead in 1856. The house is a vernacular late Greek Revival raised cottage with a five-bay front, an inset gallery, two dormers, six-over-six windows and an exterior rubble stone fireplace. It is described as the only surviving home of a Texas empresario. In recent years the house was lowered and its porch columns and balustrade removed. It stands unoccupied and was badly damaged by a 1970 storm. The McGloin family has always owned it and hopes to restore it.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1855)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular late Greek Revival raised cottage","criteria":[],"status_note":"Unoccupied and listed in deteriorated condition. It was lowered in recent years, its porch columns and balustrade were removed, and a coastal storm damaged it severely in fall 1970. The family hopes to restore it.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.277306-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/9733/40973320/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/71000961.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973320","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107318787"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/san-patricio-county/mcgloin-james-homestead-71000961/"}