Rooke House, La Rosa Ranch, U.S. Highway 77, West, Refugio, Refugio County, TX

1991 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention
Significance: Built at the turn of the century by descendants of Irish colonists who settled on the Gulf Coast of Texas. The ranch house of Frank Booth Rooke and Roberta Driscoll Rooke was the headquarters for the vast ranching empire known as La Rose near Refugio, Refugio County, Texas. The 7,500 square foot structure built in the Victorian Queen Anne style was attributed to architect Charles Lutenbacher. The house was remodeled circa 1912 at the height of the popular Neo Classical style of the Eclectic Movement...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-205
Survey number: HABS TX-3371
Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work