The Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District is a
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
in
Wharton, Texas that was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It includes works by architects
Jules Leffland and
Wyatt C. Hedrick
Wyatt Cephus Hedrick (December 17, 1888 in Chatham, Virginia, Chatham, Virginia – May 5, 1964 in Houston, Texas) was an American architect, engineer, and Real estate development, developer most active in Texas and the American South. He began ...
and others. The NRHP listing included 46
contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
and two
contributing objects
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
, 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).
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National Archives Catalog
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.[
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.
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See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Wharton County, Texas
References
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Italianate architecture in Texas
Romanesque Revival architecture in Texas
Streamline Moderne architecture in the United States
Wharton County, Texas
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
National Register of Historic Places in Wharton County, Texas
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
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