The Randall Building at 103-105 W. Santa Rosa,

Victoria, Texas Victoria is a small city in South Texas and county seat of Victoria County, Texas. The population was 65,534 as of the 2020 census. The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 as of the 2000 censu ...

was built in c.1910 by the

Bailey Mills Bailey Mills was a building contractor firm in Victoria, Texas, USA. It was first known as Bailey Brothers Planing Mill. The firm was founded in 1888 by brothers Samuel M. Bailey and Ira P. Bailey, both originally from Michigan. It operated un ...

contracting firm. It was listed on the

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in 1986. It is a commercial building with structural brick walls and with wood floor and roof systems. Its roof is built-up tar and gravel. It has a raised brick

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and a

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brick

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. Its east portion is a one-story and the rest is two-story. Its second story was used by the local

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as their meeting hall, and the first floor was for businesses. The one-story portion of the building was the Victoria Hardware Company for many years, then auto supply stores. (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.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Buildings and structures completed in 1910 Buildings and structures in Victoria, Texas National Register of Historic Places in Victoria, Texas {{Texas-NRHP-stub

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