Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District
Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by the alley N of Milam St., Rusk St., Elm St. and Richmond St., Wharton, Texas |
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Coordinates | 29°18′38″N 96°6′3″W / 29.31056°N 96.10083°W |
Area | 21 acres (8.5 ha) |
Architect | Jules Leffland, Wyatt C. Hedrick |
Architectural style | Moderne, Italianate, Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 91001624[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 5, 1991 |
The Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District is a 21-acre (8.5 ha)
contributing objects, as well as 31 non-contributing buildings and two non-contributing objects, on the blocks fronting on the courthouse square and on nearby blocks (see map on page 7 of NRHP document).[1][2]
The Wharton County Courthouse itself is a three-story
Art Deco building with a one-story addition. The courthouse square was lined with pecan trees as of 1991 and has an octagonal gazebo and three memorials.[2]
Selected buildings in the district are:
- W. A. Harrison Building (1913), 200 W. Milam, built for William Alexander Harrison of prominent Harrison family
- Burger-Robertson Block (1909-1919), 115-137 S. Fulton Street, consisting of six commercial buildings, three of which were designed by Victoria architect Jules Leffland.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Daniel Hardy (August 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wharton County Courthouse". National Archives.
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External links
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