{"nrhp_refnum":"83003157","name":"Sidbury,Charlotte,House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1609 N. Chaparral St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Corpus Christi","county":"Nueces County","state":"TX","lat":27.80671806400005,"lon":-97.39561027399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-03-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-frame Eastlake-style house built about 1893 by Charlotte Scott Sidbury in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. It was moved about 1929 and again within the same block in the 1970s, and now stands at 1609 N. Chaparral Street.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the largest and best-preserved example of High Victorian domestic architecture in Corpus Christi, with an Eastlake double gallery and decorative gables. It is also tied to Charlotte Sidbury, a pioneer, rancher, civic leader and businesswoman, and to cattleman Patrick Dunn, who rented it until 1906. It is one of three surviving houses in the Old Irishtown neighborhood.","narrative":"Built about 1893 as one of two similar rent houses, this two-story wood-frame residence in Corpus Christi shows the Eastlake style in its double front gallery, spindle friezes, fanciful brackets and decorated gable ends. Its builder, Charlotte Scott Sidbury, was a rancher, lumberyard manager and civic leader who was the first woman to serve as a director of the Corpus Christi National Bank. She put up the rental houses during the Ropes Boom of the early 1890s, partly to use surplus lumber. Patrick Dunn, a Padre Island cattleman, was its most prominent tenant, living there until 1906. The house was moved about 1929 and divided into apartments, then deteriorated. After the city acquired the site, the Junior League restored it with architect James G. Rome, reconstructing lost gables and the ridgeline from historic photographs. It is regarded as the most substantial surviving Eastlake house in the city and a key remnant of the Old Irishtown neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date ca. 1893)","architect_builder":"Charlotte Cook Sidbury","architectural_style":"Eastlake (High Victorian), with Queen Anne massing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored by the Junior League of Corpus Christi, which leases it from the city; condition described as excellent, with the first floor open for public tours and the second floor used as offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.013354-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/10/9731/40973110/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003157.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003157/bc24f55237-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003157/bc24f55237-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CharlotteSidburyHouseCorpus.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:CharlotteSidburyHouseCorpus.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973110","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001280"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/nueces-county/sidbury-charlotte-house-83003157/"}