Wood-Jackson House

Tobias “T.R.” Wood purchased lots at a sheriff’s auction in 1910 and built this Queen Anne style house. T.R. worked on his father’s cattle ranch located on San Jose Island. When T.R. moved to Victoria to practice law, his brother, Will W. Wood and wife Alpha Kennedy Wood, resided in the home. In 1923, the house was purchased by Stephen Ford Jackson and wife Irene, owners of the Jackson Seafood Company. Their sons, James and Norvell Jackson, started a boat building company called Jackson Marine Service and a third business, Jackson Channel and Dock. Features include front, rear and side-facing gables, a semi-wraparound covered porch supported by columns and spindlework ornamentation.

Wood-Jackson House is a historical marker in Rockport, Aransas County, dedicated in 2012. It is one of 49 historical markers documented in Aransas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 55 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 28.0294, -97.0516 near Rockport. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rockport School (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Joe A. and Bertha Harper House, First Presbyterian Church of Rockport, and Smith-Brundrett House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017218. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.