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The D. H. Regan House at 507 S. DeLeon in Victoria, Texas, United States, is an
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home designed by architect Jules Leffland. It was built in 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. (accessible by searching withi
National Archives Catalog
)
It was listed on the NRHP as part of a study which listed numerous historic resources in the Victoria area. It is one of the "highly embellished, but rigidly symmetrical, houses built in the 1870s" that demonstrate a change from "mid-century classicism" in architecture in the Victoria area. Like the Huck-Welder House, it is one of the homes and businesses that were moved after devastating storms hit the coastal community of
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, a port on the
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, in 1875 (the third storm in the 1875 hurricane season) and in 1886 (the devastating
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).


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Victoria County, Texas This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Victoria County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Victoria County, Texas. There ...
* Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Victoria County


References

Houses completed in 1880 Houses in Victoria, Texas Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Italianate architecture in Texas National Register of Historic Places in Victoria, Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks {{Texas-NRHP-stub