City Hall - Gladewater, TX
Posted by: 
WalksfarTX
N 32° 32.131 W 094° 56.323
15S E 317935 N 3601453
Built as a bowling alley, it was remodeled for city use in 1985.
Waymark Code: WM106ZZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2019
Views: 0
Texas State Historical Association"Gladewater is at the intersection of U.S. highways 80 and 271, thirteen miles west of Longview on the boundary between Gregg and Upshur counties. It was founded by the Texas and Pacific Railway Company in 1873 on land bought from Jarrett Dean and Anderson White. A community called St. Clair, two miles to the east, moved to Gladewater when the railroad announced that the only mail stop in the area would be there; residents from Point Pleasant, also bypassed by the railroad, moved to Gladewater. The first post office at Gladewater was established on August 22, 1873. The town's name probably originated from its proximity to Glade Creek, a stream that rose in a rather barren region called the Glades.
In 1874 Gladewater was incorporated with a mayor-alderman government. The incorporation lapsed, and a new charter was not obtained until 1931, when an influx of population necessitated organized city government. In 1955 Gladewater adopted a council-mayor form of government."
The 1985 City Hall is a one story brick building with a canopy over the front entrance.