In 2015, this contributing building next to the Cotulla State Bank was being used as an auto supply store.
From the US National Register Nomination Form on file with the Texas Historical Commission: (
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“The Cotulla Downtown Historic District includes 33 total resources in central Cotulla, Texas. Within the district
are railroad tracks, brick 1-part and 2-part commercial buildings facing the railroad tracks on Front Street, the
Art Deco La Salle County Courthouse, the town plaza, and several additional historic commercial buildings with
high level of integrity. The district is approximately 17 acres in area and lies roughly between Kerr and Market
Streets, and Tilden and Carrizo Streets. Its boundary is slightly irregular in order to include the highest
concentration of historic resources. Of the 33 total resources, 21 are considered contributing. Of the eleven
noncontributing resources, seven date to the historic period of 1881 to 1952 but have poor integrity; the
remaining three postdate the period of significance.
. . .
103 N. Front Street (Resource 6)
Circa 1900
Contributing Building
103 N. Front Street is a two-story commercial building with storefronts on the first floor and apartments or
offices above. The building is clad in buff-colored brick and has very few decorative elements. At storefront
level, an off-center double entry door is flanked by storefront windows of unequal size. The entry doors are
original. Each has a tall window on top and a single panel underneath. The storefront windows are wood fixed
divided-light and are not original to the building but date to the historic period—likely installed after a circa
1925 fire that damaged the building. Above the storefront are four rectangular transoms, now blocked in with
plywood. Atop these spans a long header made of painted metal or wood. On the second floor are four small
double-hung windows. The window openings are devoid of trim save narrow sills made from header bricks.
The building’s parapet has a shallow triangular-shaped pitch and a wide concrete coping. The north elevation’s
second floor is clad in stucco and is visible over the adjacent one-story building."