{"nrhp_refnum":"73001966","name":"Cock House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"402 E. Hopkins St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Marcos","county":"Hays County","state":"TX","lat":29.88327243300006,"lon":-97.93695092099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A vernacular late Greek Revival limestone house at 402 E. Hopkins Street in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, built in 1867 by Charles S. Cock.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the oldest remaining residential building in San Marcos and a typical example of Central Texas stone residential architecture of the decade after the Civil War. It is also an important local landmark and one of the last historic buildings in the city, located in the Veramendi Plaza urban renewal project.","narrative":"Built in 1867 by Charles S. Cock, this modest limestone house at 402 E. Hopkins Street is the oldest remaining residential building in San Marcos. It is a vernacular late Greek Revival design with two main rooms, a central hall, six-over-six windows and simple moldings. A pedimented portico once covered the central doorway, and small galleries with square posts and wooden brackets were added before 1886. Cock came to Texas from Mississippi in 1851, farmed, and served as mayor from 1881 to 1883. His family occupied the house until 1906, and the City of San Marcos bought it in 1970. The house is a typical example of Central Texas stone building from the years after the Civil War. It sits at a pivotal corner of Veramendi Plaza, between the downtown and a planned river greenbelt, and was slated for restoration as a house museum with period furnishings.","period_of_significance":"1867","architect_builder":"Charles S. Cock (builder/owner)","architectural_style":"Vernacular late Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the City of San Marcos and described as deteriorated and altered at nomination, with restoration planned for use as a house museum; later notes say it serves as a house museum and meeting place, with restoration begun.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.400634-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/9725/40972537/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/73001966.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001966/37bd9e352f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001966/37bd9e352f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cock_house_2013.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cock_house_2013.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972537","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002224"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hays-county/cock-house-73001966/"}