{"nrhp_refnum":"73002342","name":"Trevino-Uribe Rancho","other_names":["Jesus Trevino Fort, See also: San Ygnacio Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of Uribe and Trevino Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Ygnacio","county":"Zapata County","state":"TX","lat":27.04511353500004,"lon":-99.44369454599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-07-16","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1998-08-05","areas_of_significance":["Hispanic","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fortified sandstone ranch compound in San Ygnacio, Zapata County, Texas, begun around 1830 as a one-room ranching outpost for Jesús Treviño and expanded in building campaigns in 1851, 1854 and 1871.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an exceptional, perhaps unique, survivor of Mexican vernacular architecture and ranching traditions carried north of the Rio Grande. Its design, materials and details follow those of Guerrero (Revilla), Mexico. It retains most of its original exterior and interior fabric, and the 1871 work still followed Hispanic building methods, showing that Hispanic culture persisted on the borderlands after the region became part of Texas and the United States.","narrative":"Overlooking the Rio Grande in San Ygnacio, Texas, this sandstone ranch compound grew from a single room built around 1830 as an outpost for Jesús Treviño, who kept his main home in Guerrero, Mexico. It was the first building in what became the town. Later campaigns in 1851, 1854 and 1871 added a two-room wing, a long public room, a kitchen with an arched gate, and a parlor. Thick walls, gun ports, windowless facades and a gated courtyard show its fortified purpose. Builders used local sandstone, mesquite and cypress beams, and lime-and-gravel chipichil roofs, following methods common in Guerrero. Decorated roof beams record construction dates in 1851 and 1854. The compound keeps most of its original exterior and interior fabric, including hardware and doors. Its importance lies in showing how Hispanic building and ranching traditions continued along the borderlands decades after the area became part of Texas and the United States. A 1936 WPA/HABS plan documents its rooms.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current use is listed as vacant (dwelling/vacant in a later version of the form). The form notes that the property was designated a National Historic Landmark on August 5, 1998.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.178329-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/9709/40970973/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/73002342_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002342/8e9d9fd7a0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002342/8e9d9fd7a0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Billy Hathorn","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jesus_Trevino_Rancho_in_San_Ygnacio,_TX_IMG_3121.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Hathorn</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:Jesus_Trevino_Rancho_in_San_Ygnacio,_TX_IMG_3121.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"73001988","name":"San Ygnacio Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/san-ygnacio-historic-district-73001988/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970973","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevino%E2%80%93Uribe_Rancho","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7838999"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/zapata-county/trevino-uribe-rancho-73002342/"}