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One of 57 National Register listings published here for Hays County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Cock House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 402 E. Hopkins St., San Marcos, 78666
- When was it listed? April 1973
- Category. building
- Census division. San Marcos
- Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 73001966 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
18 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Cock House between 1999 and 2018, burning about 1,359 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center | BAILER |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POST ROAD |
| 22 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COW TRAIL FIRE |
| 20 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 230 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 May 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 80 @ WOLF CREEK |
| 3 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLIARD RD |
| 29 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 16 April 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 621/CR266 |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cock House: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Cummings | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Thompson Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
59 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Marcos, the town this property stands in, in 59 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 28 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2004 | Flash Flood | San Marcos | 1 killed | The Blanco River rose to above bankfull stage late on the evening of November 14, but remained below flood stage. Two people attempted to drive through a low water crossing on Post Oak Road where the Blanco River crosses just south of Kyle. The car was swept into the river and washed downstream. The man was rescued after catching on to a tree. The woman also caught on to a tree but lost her grip and was swept away and drowned. |
| April 2006 | Hail | San Marcos | 1 hurt, $100,000,000 | The team began the survey along IH-35 near Center Point Road. They noted widespread damage to trees and vegetation beginning near that point and continuing northward to the San Marcos Tanger Outlet Mall and Prime Time Outlet Mall. The damage was caused by a combination of large hail and winds gusting 40 to 50 mph. NWS NEXRAD Radar late Thursday afternoon had indicated severe thunderstorms in that area moving toward the northeast.At the south end of the Malls, the parking lot surface was covered with dents and impressions produced by the wind and hail. Hundreds of vehicles had been damaged in this event but only a few remained in the area. Most of these had all of the window glass broken out with hundreds of hail dents in the car bodies. At this part of the Malls, damage to store signs was seen only on the north and west sides of buildings. There was no damage to signs on the south and east sides. Therefore, the storm winds had propelled the hail toward the southeast. In addition to the sign damage, hundreds of roof tiles had been broken and cracked, and many of these had fallen into the parking lot during the storm.As the team drove northward through the Mall areas, the same type of damage to building signs and roofs as well as parking surfaces was seen. However, at the north end of the Malls, damage to the store signs was confined to the south and west walls of the buildings. In this part of the Malls, the damaging winds had propelled the hail toward the northeast. Thus, the pattern of damage was fan-shaped, with the winds generally blowing the hail toward the west, but with a southeast component of motion on the south end of the Malls and a northeast component of motion on the north end of the Malls. This type of damage is clearly indicative of straight-line winds, also referred to as "downburst winds." One of the NWS staff members was at the Malls during the storm. Dents in his vehicle were 4.25 inches in diameter, indicating that at some of the hail stones were as large as grapefruits. He had estimated windspeeds to be between 60 and 70 mph.The team drove roads in all directions from the Mall areas and concluded that the severe wind and hail had caused the worst damage in an area enclosed by Wonder World Drive, Posey Road, Hunter Road, and FM266 which is also known as Old Bastrop Highway. Other areas of large hail and damaging winds were reported to the NWS, but the level of damage was generally more isolated and less severe.Damages from this storm were estimated at $100M with up to 10,000 vehicles damaged and another 7000 vehicles in homes in the area. Losses to businesses as a result of closing the following day were estimated at $500,000. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $7,000,000 | A line of thunderstorms formed along a cold front in central Texas and moved quickly southward. As the storms moved through Hays County, they produced a downburst that struck the town of San Marcos and spread southeastward into Caldwell County. An NWS Storm Survey Team reported numerous large tree limbs of diameter from 6 to 12 inches broken or blown over in San Marcos and along the I-35 corridor. Blown over trees and limbs were generally pointed toward a southeast direction. Many business signs and awnings were damaged along with roof damage to several businesses. Metal or tin roof in some businesses was peeled off on the side of the incoming high winds. Based on the damage and its pattern, it appeared that damage was the result of straight line winds indicative of a strong downburst estimated at 60 knots or greater. The strong winds also toppled over a semi truck. At Dudley Johnson Park the winds knocked over portable toilets and blew down numerous trees across the roads. Total damage in the town was estimated at $7 million. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $5,000,000 | Thunderstorms produced widespread large hail, accompanied by damaging winds that knocked down tree limbs, stripped leaves from trees and knocked out power and telephone communications to San Marcos for several hours. The hailstones broke windows in homes and school as well as Southwest State University. |
| March 2000 | Hail | San Marcos | $600,000 | The extremely large hail caused widespread damage to roofs and windows of homes as well as the glass and bodies of vehicles just to the north of thecity of San Marcos. |
| April 1994 | Hail | San Marcos | $500,000 | Thunderstorms produced widespread large hail, accompanied by damaging winds that knocked down tree limbs, stripped leaves from trees and knocked out power and telephone communications to San Marcos for several hours. The hailstones broke windows in homes and school as well as Southwest State University. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $500,000 | Extensive reports were received of wind damage that toppled trees and power lines. |
| January 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $100,000 | A severe thunderstorm struck just south of the San Marcos Police Headquarters Building near 7:00 am and produced winds estimated at 70 to 80 mph northward along IH-35. At the beginning of the damage path, tin metal roofs were torn off several buildings and tossed several hundred feet. Damage was noted to roofs and eaves as well as walls of some buildings. Typically, all the damage was blown toward the north. These severe winds continued from the initial damage location for approximately one mile to a residential area. All along this path the team saw sections of tin ripped from roofs, with pieces tossed several hundred feet. At one location a large wooden deck was torn from a one-story building. Again, all the debris in this mile-long path was blown in the same direction - toward the north. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $50,000 | The San Marcos police department reported power lines down in the city. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $50,000 | The bow-shaped line along the Comal-Bexar-Wilson line moved into Hays and Guadalupe Counties near midnight, continuing to produce widespread wind gusts of 40 to 50 knots, with spotty higher gusts near 70 knots. Most of the damage consisted of knocked-over trees in southern Hays County. |
| January 2007 | Tornado (F1) | San Marcos | $50,000 | Much more severe damage was seen near the center of this path at Police Headquarters. Just south of the building, metal roofs had been torn off a structure and tossed toward the north. In the south parking lot adjacent to the building, three telephone poles were blown down...one toward the westone toward the northand one toward the south. An officer was in his vehicle at 7:08 am CST as the storm struckparked next to a large metal building which partly protected it. The officer reported that very high winds and heavy rain began blowing from north to souththen abruptly changed direction and began blowing from south to northaccompanied by penny-sized hail. His carin spite of being somewhat shelteredwas badly damaged by the blowing debris. In allthirty-five vehicles at the Police Building sustained damagewith numerous dents and large gashes in car bodiesas well as windows and windshields fractured. A large area of brick was ejected from an upper portion of the Buildings north wall. The conclusion of the survey team was that this damage at the Police Headquarters was due to a small and short-lived tornado that occurred just behind the 70 to 80 mph thunderstorm winds. Damage was also found about 200 yards north of the Police Building at a business that manufactures lighting fixtures. This was thought to be a second touchdown of the small tornado. Here a large dumpster was spun almost 360 degrees and several trailers were slammed into each other. A single-wide trailer was tipped over on its side. Windows and doors at the building were broken, with some blown inward and some blown outward. Based on the type and level of damage, the tornado was rated an F1 on the Fujita Scale, and an EF1 on the new Enhanced Fujita Scale. The tornado path was estimated to be 100 yards wide and a three-tenths of a mile long. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down power lines around the San Marcos, causing power outages for several hours. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $30,000 | Numerous trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $30,000 | Widespread damage was reported to trees and signs in and around San Marcos. Winds were estimated in excess of 60 kts by observers. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $25,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that snapped 12 inch diameter tree limbs which fell on a house near Texas State University along Hillcrest Dr. in San Marcos. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down a Chinese Elm tree onto the roof of a building northwest of San Marcos. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down fences, bent over a stop sign, broke trees, and moved a light metal shed into a field. All of the damage was in the Blanco Vista neighborhood near Five Mile Dam north of San Marcos. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 1994 | Hail | San Marcos | $3,000 | Hail up to 0.75 inch reported by sheriff's office with winds estimated at over 60 mph. |
| April 2013 | Hail | San Marcos | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail that dented a car. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 65 mph by a private weather station in San Marcos. |
| May 2024 | Hail | San Marcos | - | A thunderstorm produced chicken egg size hail in San Marcos. |
| April 2024 | Hail | San Marcos | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in San Marcos. The Texas State University Emergency Manager passed a picture of the hail to the National Weather Service. |
| March 2023 | Hail | San Marcos | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of quarters in San Marcos. The ground was covered with mostly pea to nickel size hail. |
| March 2023 | Hail | San Marcos | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in northeastern San Marcos. |
| October 2023 | Flash Flood | San Marcos | - | Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing streets in San Marcos near the Blanco River. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that toppled a double decker billboard on Hwy 80 east of San Marcos near the Caldwell County line. |
| May 2021 | Hail | San Marcos | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in San Marcos. |
| March 2021 | Hail | San Marcos | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Texas State University in San Marcos. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | San Marcos | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The San Marcos Police Department closed the Hwy 80 bridge over the Blanco River to rescue some people in the river. |
| April 2019 | Hail | San Marcos | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in San Marcos. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | San Marcos | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Aquarena Springs Dr. at Sessom Dr. near the San Marcos River in San Marcos. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | San Marcos | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing more than a dozen low water crossings across the county. |
| April 2015 | Hail | San Marcos | - | Penny size hail was reported by the public on the Texas State University campus in San Marcos. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | San Marcos | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding in San Marcos. At 22:45 local time a foot of water covered the southbound access road of I-35 near Aquarena Springs Dr. and high water was also reported on the northbound access road heading toward River Rd. At 23:35 local time water had entered an apartment near I-35 north of Aquarena Springs Rd. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | San Marcos | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. The emergency manager reported that most low water crossings around San Marcos were closed due to flooding. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | San Marcos | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing many low water crossings in eastern Hays County. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | San Marcos | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hermine produced flash flooding which closed Post Road near San Marcos. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | - | Winds from severe thunderstorms blew over trees and blew down power lines between San Marcos and Kyle. Power was knocked out to 5,000 customers for several hours. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F0) | San Marcos | - | A small tornado was spotted by a member of the Austin Police Department 3 miles east of San Marcos. The tornado was on the ground around five minutes as it moved northeastward to near the Caldwell County lin e before dissipating. No damage was reported. |
| May 1993 | Hail | San Marcos | - | A TV-Weather Watcher reported dime-size hail in Buda. The San Marcos Police Department reported golf ball-size hail in the Deerwood subdivision. |
| April 2017 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | San Marcos | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Moore Grocery Company | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Green and Faris Buildings | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Hardy-Williams Building | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Hays County Courthouse | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
| Hays County Courthouse Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1992 | |
 | Simon Building | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73001966 in Record Group 79. |
| Hays County | All 57 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.