J. L. Patterson Building - Dripping Springs Downtown Historic District - Dripping Springs, TX
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 30° 11.573 W 098° 05.394
14R E 587608 N 3340508
Originally a one-and-a-half story building, the Patterson Building was rebuilt as a one-story building with parapet after a 1938 fire. The building is similar in appearance to its 1906 configuration.
Waymark Code: WMY2KT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2018
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Texas Historic Site Atlas
The building features rusticated, coursed limestone blocks that extend up the wall to the tall front parapet. On the front elevation are twin storefronts, each with narrow wood and glass double doors, sidelights, and tall divided-light transoms. Above the storefronts is a wood-framed awning supported by thin curved wood brackets. The awning has a corrugated metal roof.
J.L. Patterson moved to Dripping Springs from Hutto, Texas, in 1903. In 1906, he built a one-and-a-half-story limestone-block building similar to the substantial A. L. Davis Store across the street. Patterson opened a general merchandise business on the ground floor; the half-story above the first floor was a mezzanine. The Pattersons sold the store to P.A. Glosson and his wife, Annie, in 1914. The store changed hands many times until O.S. Brumley Sr. took over the business as Brumley Cash Grocery, which operated through the 1930s. On July 21, 1938, a fire gutted the building. It was rebuilt later that year as a one-story building. It is a contributing resource in the historic district.