 view gallery N14.3 km
|   Fort St. Louis
in Texas Historical Markers This 1936 granite marker is located in the corner of a gas station, at FM 444 and US 59 (Soon to be US 69) between the parking lot and access road. posted by:  jhuoni location: Texas date approved: 10/13/2017 last visited: never |
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|  Hull House - Victoria, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Successful local architect James Hull designed this modest home for his family in 1905. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | Goldman's Cotton Gin Warehouse - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Adolf Goldman began his cotton gin and grist mill in the early 1890s. He added this warehouse, along the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks, in 1915. He also owned the A. Goldman Building.
posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | Alonso, Frank, House - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Frank Alonso, a Spanish immigrant, hired architect Charles E. Praeger to design this Neoclassical home embellished with Victorian detail in 1908. Alonso raised horses on a Hidalgo County Ranch, shipping the horses to Spain and Cuba. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | Diebel-Hyak House - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places A Folk Victorian built in 1900, with an intricate carving on the attic above the main entrance. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | Farmers and Merchants Cotton Gin Warehouse - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The railroad came to Victoria in 1882. Many industries and warehouses, such as this one built in 1905, were located along the Southern Pacific railroad tracks. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | Woodhouse House - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The stairs from the first to second floors on this 1909 home are outside; this can be seen on the rear of the house. Exterior stairways linking the first and second floors were common before the advent of air conditioning. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | Woodhouse Home in Texas Historical Markers Harry G. Woodhouse built this home in 1910. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 05/03/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | Victoria Colored School - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Victoria Independent School District, formed in 1898, choose a design by Jules Leffland for the district’s second high school, one for the 'colored folks.' posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | House at 604 East Santa Rosa - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places This small, working class Greek Revival home from 1870 has been nicely rehabilitated without loosing its historical integrity. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | McCabe Building - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Grocery stores were often located in the neighborhoods surrounding Victoria’s central business district. J.H. McCabe operated a grocery from this building in the early 20th century. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/30/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | Townsend-Wilkins House - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The L-plan of this Folk Victorian built in the 1880s is obvious from the street. The home was built for Dr. John H. Townsend, a black physician caring for Victoria’s African-American community when segregation ruled. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | Bettin, Max, House - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Max Bettin, a local grocer and leader in Victoria’s Jewish community, may have hired architect Jules Leffland to design this simple Colonial Revival home. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | Palestine Missionary Baptist Church in Texas Historical Markers Twenty-one freedmen organized this church in 1868. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 05/03/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.6 km | Victoria County Monument in Texas Historical Markers The gorgeous pink granite and bronze Victoria County monument, in Memorial Square posted by:  Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/31/2022 last visited: 02/22/2022 |
 view galleryW15.8 km | Sigmund House - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Carpenter and contractor John C. Sigmund built this 1902 Victorian for himself, handcrafting the plethora of Victorian detail. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.8 km | Tasin House - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Architects Praeger & Hull designed this Classical Revival working-class home, with its simple Greek Revival columns and two-story porch, in 1911. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.8 km | Victoria Monument -- Victoria TX USA in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The gorgeous pink granite and bronze Victoria County monument, in Memorial Square commemorating the explorers and pioneers who came to and settled in this pretty part of South Texas, was listed on the National Register in 2018 posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/23/2022 last visited: 01/26/2022 |
 view galleryW15.8 km |  Victoria County Monument -- Victoria TX USA
in Art Deco - Art Nouveau The gorgeous Art Deco pink granite and bronze Victoria County monument, in Memorial Square commemorating the explorers and pioneers who came to and settled in this pretty part of South Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/23/2022 last visited: 01/26/2022 |
 view galleryW15.8 km |  Victoria County Monument -- Victoria TX
in Human Migration Monuments The gorgeous pink granite and bronze Victoria County monument, in Memorial Square commemorating the explorers and pioneers who came to and settled in this pretty part of South Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 01/25/2022 last visited: 01/26/2022 |
 view galleryW15.8 km |  Memorial Square - Victoria, Texas
in American Guide Series Memorial Square holds the Legend of Black Peter. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 05/03/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.8 km | Victoria Grist Windmill - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The two grinding stones in this windmill were brought from Germany. The windmill itself was built from parts of the first wind-powered gristmill in the state of Texas. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 05/03/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.8 km |  Memorial Square - Victoria, Texas
in Municipal Parks and Plazas In 1846, a cholera epidemic necessitated burial of victims in mass graves in this square. The graves are not marked, but the square is now a quiet (and neglected) park, with a few interesting monuments including a windmill. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 05/03/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.8 km | House at 401 East Stayton - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Tranisitioning between Greek Revival and Victorian, this house features slender, turned Victorian poles in lieu of the simple Greek columns. Curiously, it’s one of the few homes here with Greek Revival doors. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW15.8 km | Jecker, E.J., House - Victoria, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Built by descendants of German-speaking Alsatian immigrants, this 1910 house designed by Praeger and Hull is a good example of a modest Classical Revival home. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date approved: 04/29/2007 last visited: never |
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