• Source: Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District

The Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District is a 21-acre (8.5 ha) historic district 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 and others. The NRHP listing included 46 contributing buildings and two 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).
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.




See also



National Register of Historic Places listings in Wharton County, Texas




References






External links


Media related to Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District at Wikimedia Commons

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District
• Wharton, Texas
• Shelby County, Tennessee
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wharton County, Texas
• Wyatt C. Hedrick
• National Register of Historic Places listings in the Gulf Coast region of Texas: Other
• Jules Leffland
• List of county courthouses in Texas
• Fort Bend County, Texas
• Lawrence County, Pennsylvania