{"nrhp_refnum":"82004504","name":"Rosemont House","other_names":["Moffett-Cox-Beers Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"701 S. Rogers","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.37893346200008,"lon":-96.85393594899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Rosemont is a three-story Queen Anne style residence with Moorish detailing at 701 South Rogers in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, built in 1894 on a hilltop with a tower, greenhouse, carriage house and other outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare Texas example of a Queen Anne residence with Moorish influence, shown in its onion dome and horseshoe-arched two-tiered veranda. It is attributed to architect J. Riely Gordon and resembles his demolished Lowry House in San Antonio. It also survives as a nearly complete Victorian estate with few alterations and only three owning families.","narrative":"Rosemont is a three-story Queen Anne house on a hill overlooking Waxahachie, Texas, completed after construction began in 1894. Built of cypress with a brick foundation and basement, it is distinguished by an onion dome and horseshoe-arched bays on a two-tiered veranda, Moorish touches rare in surviving Texas homes of the period. Contractor J.C. Griggs built it for mill owner Burt Ringo Moffett, and it is attributed to architect J. Riely Gordon, who was in town designing the Ellis County Courthouse. The interior keeps a central hall, Golden Oak woodwork and an imported carved staircase. The grounds retain a power tower, brick greenhouse, carriage house and privy, forming a nearly complete Victorian estate. Only the Moffett, Cox and Beers families have owned it. After the house was nearly moved to Dallas in 1979, the Beers family bought and restored it.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"J. Riely Gordon (attributed); J.C. Griggs, local contractor","architectural_style":"Queen Anne with Moorish influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; restored by its owners after being nearly dismantled and moved to Old City Park in Dallas in 1979.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.48916-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/9690/40969058/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/82004504.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004504/0de086a25e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004504/0de086a25e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RosemontHouse1_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RosemontHouse1_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969058","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107321271"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/rosemont-house-82004504/"}