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Tarpon Inn

Built in 1886. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

“The Tarpon Inn is a historic hotel located in Port Aransas, Texas, United States that originally opened in 1886. The building was named after the tarpon sport fish that drew many anglers to the sea side city and Port Aransas was called Tarpon at the time.”

Wikipedia article Tarpon Inn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 16 National Register listings published here for Nueces County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1886.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 200 E. Cotter St, Port Aransas, 78373
  • When was it listed? September 1979
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Port Aransas
  • When was it built? 1886
  • National Register reference number. 79003002 - 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

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Tarpon Inn between 2008 and 2015, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNATIONAL SEA SHORE
2 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARBOR ISLAND
29 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHABOR ISLAND 2
27 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service705 AVE G
18 April 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAND CASTLE STREET PORT ARANSAS
18 October 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service6400 STATE HWY 361

Every fire recorded in Nueces County

Storms near this property

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Aransas, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 11 flash flood, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2007Tornado (EF0)Port Aransas$5,000A weak waterspout moved onshore at Port Aransas as a tornado. The weak tornado produced minor damage before dissipating. Minor damage was reported to a few roofs of residents. Patio furniture and debris was scattered across yards and streets.|
April 2023Thunderstorm WindPort Aransas-C-MAN Sentinel station near Port Aransas measured a gust to 61 mph.
May 2021Flash FloodPort Aransas-Street flooding occurred in Port Aransas from heavy rain, stranding at least one vehicle.
October 2021Flash FloodPort Aransas-RV park near Gulf Street and West Avenue A had flood waters up to car bumpers. Pictures were posted on social media.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPort Aransas-Port Aransas TCOON site measured a gust to 58 mph.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindPort Aransas-Port Aransas C-MAN station measured a gust to 62 mph.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPort Aransas-TCOON site at Port Aransas measured a gust to 58 mph.
June 2017Flash FloodPort Aransas-Roads were closed near Avenue J in Port Aransas due to high water.
May 2016Flash FloodPort Aransas-Portions of Eleventh Street in Port Aransas were impassable due to flood waters.
September 2015Flash FloodPort Aransas-KIII-TV received a social media report of flooding in Port Aransas.
May 2015Flash FloodPort Aransas-Public relayed pictures of flooding in Port Aransas.
May 2015Flash FloodPort Aransas-Numerous roads were flooded in Port Aransas.
April 2015Flash FloodPort Aransas-Significant amount of water flooded Cotter Avenue in Port Aransas.
July 2006Flash FloodPort Aransas-Heavy rainfall of 4 to 6 inches left many city streets flooded with one to two feet of water over them. City officials reported several cars stalled in the high water. The following are 24 rainfall totals:Port Aransas (COOP): 5.44 inches
July 2003Tornado (F0)Port Aransas-Tornado began as a Waterspout on the Gulf of Mexico side of Mustang Island. It crossed the island 11 miles Southwest of Port Aransas along Highway 361 as a tornado moving North. It then dissipated over the island. No damage was reported on land or water.
September 2003Thunderstorm WindPort Aransas-A small security building to a condominium complex received major damage. Minor roof damage also occurred at an apartment complex, several homes and a nightclub. Power lines were also blown down.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindPort Aransas-Police Department report of strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 1997Funnel CloudPort Aransas-Two funnel clouds reported near the Port Aransas jetties near San Jose Island and Cove Harbor.
April 1995HailPort Aransas-The Port Aransas police reported hail.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindPort Aransas-The Port Aransas Police reported a 1200 foot fully loaded tanker was pushed into the Port Aransas Jetties. The Corpus Christi Police reported a ten foot tall palm tree blown over and penny-size hail in the City.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindPort Aransas-no account filed
March 2000Flash FloodPort Aransas-no account filed
August 1997Funnel CloudPort Aransas-no account filed
August 1997Funnel CloudPort Aransas-no account filed
April 1997Flash FloodPort Aransas-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindPort Aransas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nueces County

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79003002 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Nueces CountyAll 16 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.
  • 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.