{"nrhp_refnum":"96001014","name":"Trueheart, Henry M. and Annie V., House","other_names":["Las Rocas","Neill Museum","Trueheart-Fowlkes-Neill House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of 7th St. and Court Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Davis","county":"Jeff Davis County","state":"TX","lat":30.58911078600005,"lon":-103.90281281499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Queen Anne style adobe and stone house with outbuildings on a roughly two-acre lot at Seventh Street and Court Avenue in Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, Texas, built in 1898 by Henry M. and Annie V. Trueheart as a summer home.","why_significant":"The nomination argues for significance under Criterion C in architecture, as an example of a resort-type home in Fort Davis. It blends native adobe, stone and boulders with a turn-of-the-century Queen Anne plan and style brought from Galveston. The house and its original windmill, cistern/pumphouse, tank and porte cochere retain a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1898 at the western edge of Fort Davis, this Queen Anne house was a summer retreat for Galveston real estate broker Henry M. Trueheart and his wife Annie. It sits among large volcanic boulders, which gave it the early name Las Rocas. Thick adobe walls rest on a native stone foundation, while imported milled woodwork decorates the gables, a round porch turret and a drive-through porte cochere. Reputedly designed by the couple's daughter Sally, it reflects Galveston tastes adapted to the remote ranching country, using local materials and workers. Original features include a windmill, a stone cistern and pumphouse, and a stone tank built into the boulders. The family sold the estate in 1920, and the house was abandoned for some years in the 1940s. The Neill family bought it in 1949, rehabilitated it, and later opened it as a museum. It is listed for its architecture and the way its design joins a Victorian plan with the desert setting.","period_of_significance":"1898","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Now used as a museum and bed-and-breakfast; it declined and stood empty in the 1940s before being rehabilitated after 1949.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.433713-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/9726/40972670/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/96001014.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001014/d6ec7b3396-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001014/d6ec7b3396-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"National Park Service","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trueheart_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">National Park Service</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trueheart_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972670","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_M._and_Annie_V._Trueheart_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30589191"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/jeff-davis-county/trueheart-henry-m-and-annie-v-house-96001014/"}