{"nrhp_refnum":"91000486","name":"Traweek House","other_names":["Traweek,Dr. Albert Carroll Sr.,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"927 Lariat St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Matador","county":"Motley County","state":"TX","lat":34.01141688900003,"lon":-100.82512018799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-05-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Health/Medicine"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story masonry house with a partial basement at 927 Lariat Street in Matador, Motley County, Texas, built in 1916 by contractor Charles Stephens Oates for physician Dr. Albert Carroll Traweek Sr. The property also has a contributing garage and well house.","why_significant":"The nomination finds the house significant under Criterion B for its link to Dr. Traweek, a prominent local physician who worked to improve health conditions in the region. It also meets Criterion C as a well-crafted dwelling combining Classical Revival and Prairie School influences. The house is described as retaining its integrity to a remarkable degree.","narrative":"Built in 1916 at 927 Lariat Street in Matador, Texas, this two-story stucco-covered brick house was designed and built by contractor Charles Stephens Oates for Dr. Albert Carroll Traweek Sr. It replaced the family's frame home, which burned in November 1915. The house blends Classical Revival details, such as Ionic porch columns and balanced window patterns, with Prairie School features, including a low hipped roof, wide eaves, brackets and a strong horizontal emphasis. Inside, oak woodwork, art glass and tiled fireplaces survive. Traweek was a rural \"saddle bag doctor\" who became Motley County's first health officer in the 1920s, campaigned for sanitation and vaccination, helped lay out country roads, and paid for a modern hospital in Matador in 1929. The property also includes a matching two-story garage and a round well house. The house received a state historical medallion in 1964 and is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.","period_of_significance":"1916-1934","architect_builder":"Oates, Charles Stephens and Company","architectural_style":"Classical Revival; Prairie School","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and still used as a single dwelling; the exterior has had no alterations or additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.714208-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/9730/40973066/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/91000486.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000486/4f783ab5ee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000486/4f783ab5ee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TraweekHouse_(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:TraweekHouse_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973066","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001130"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/motley-county/traweek-house-91000486/"}