Rockport Houses & Housing Developments

This housing development failed because it was started about the time the bottom fell out of the housing market.

This is an example of the many expensive homes in Rockport.

Fulton Mansion

George W. Fulton was born in Philadelphia, served in the Texas Army in 1836 and became a pioneer resident of Refugio County. He left Texas and had an engineering career of distinction elsewhere. Later he returned to Texas and became a cattle baron. He and his wife, Harriet Smith Fulton, built this imposing residence between 1874 and 1877. The three-story French Second Empire style home featured modern heating, ventilation and plumbing systems and gas lighting. The nearby town of Fulton bears his name.

Mansion view of bay

Live oak trees near the water are permanently leaning due to the prevailing winds of the southeast.

This is the most luxurious apartment complex in Rockport. It is about 8 minutes outside Rockport in a fast growing suburb. Like my luxury Fairfax apartment it is a new, gated, well landscaped apartment complex. Only difference is I was paying over $2000 per month for my top floor one bedroom apartment. An equal top floor one bedroom apartment overlooking a golf course in this complex costs $705 per month.