W.A. Freear Furniture Company / Maskat Shrine Temple Building - Wichita Falls, TX
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N 33° 54.487 W 098° 29.447
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The 1929 W.A. Freear Furniture Company/Maskat Shrine Temple Building is a four-story steel-frame brick veneer commercial building located at 1100 Lamar Street in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas at the northeast corner of Lamar and 11th Streets.
Waymark Code: WM12KB7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2020
Views: 4
NRHP Registration Form"The Freear/Maskat Building is architecturally significant under Criterion C as a remarkably intact late 1920s commercial property designed by prominent North Texas firm, Voelcker & Dixon. Designed as a furniture store, the building embodies modest Art Deco and Classical influences and exemplifies the firm’s gradual transition to more modernistic designs as seen in their 1930s Modern Classical courthouses. The building served as the W.A. Freear Furniture Company from 1929 to 1941, and later housed the United Service Organizations from 1942 to 1946. From 1948 to 1995 it was home to the Maskat Temple Shrine. The period of significance is 1929, the year of construction."
Street address:
1100 Lamar Street
Wichita Falls, TX USA
County / Borough / Parish: Wichita County
Year listed: 2018
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture
Periods of significance: 1929
Historic function: Commerce/Trade; Social
Current function: Vacant
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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