{"nrhp_refnum":"79002986","name":"Rose Hill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 Woodworth Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Port Arthur","county":"Jefferson County","state":"TX","lat":29.89012662150006,"lon":-93.91535105710715,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-10-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Rose Hill (Rose Hill Manor) is a 14-room, two-story wood house at 100 Woodworth Blvd. in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, built about 1905-6 by J. H. Baxter as the residence of R. H. and Mary Woodworth.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an outstanding, well-preserved example of Greek Classical Revival architecture in Texas and one of the oldest homes built after Port Arthur became a city in 1898. It is also tied to Rhome Woodworth, a land agent, bank president and the city's third mayor, and to its later use as a community center and park.","narrative":"Rose Hill is a 14-room, two-story wood house at 100 Woodworth Blvd. in Port Arthur, Texas, built around 1905-6 for Rhome H. and Mary Woodworth. J. H. Baxter, a lumber dealer who came from Missouri in 1896, served as architect and builder. The symmetrical design features Ionic columns, a pediment with an oval window, a fourteen-column ground-floor portico and a second-story gallery. Inside, rooms flank a central hall and stairway, and oak and mahogany were used for floors and doors. Woodworth acquired land for the Port Arthur Townsite Co., became a landowner, bank president and the city's third mayor. After Mary Woodworth's death in 1946, the estate passed to the city, as her will directed. The 11.91-acre grounds are now Rose Hill Park, with tennis courts, playground equipment and ball diamonds. Local clubs use the house for social, political and cultural functions, and civic groups work to restore its original appearance.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"J. H. Baxter","architectural_style":"Greek Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the City of Port Arthur; used as a community center and park, with preservation overseen by local civic organizations. The form checks both 'unoccupied' and a community-functions use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.984745-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/2/9727/40972702/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/79002986.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002986/84b859bbc8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002986/84b859bbc8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Reed","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rose_hill_by_Michael_Reed_fastturtles.org.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Reed</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:Rose_hill_by_Michael_Reed_fastturtles.org.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972702","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Hill_(Port_Arthur,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39074684"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/jefferson-county/rose-hill-79002986/"}