National Register of Historic Places - Texas (TX), Cooke County

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Cooke County Texas has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Cooke County Courthouse and St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Bomar, E.P. and Alice, House, Cloud-Stark House and Davis, William and Anna, House.

Several famous people are associated with these Cooke County historic places including Judge Robert Ewing Thomason, Edmond Powell Bomar and William Owen Davis.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Cooke County places including Frank A. Ludewig, Lang & Witchell, R.C. Nelson, George Brumbaugh, John G. Garrett, Garrett and Snelling and C. W. Felt. Prominent architectural styles found in Cooke Country are Queen Anne, Beaux Arts and Late Victorian.

Bomar, E.P. and Alice, House (added 2004 - - #04000099)

417 S. Denton St. , Gainesville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Garrett, John G., Garrett and Snelling

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Bomar, Edmond Powell

Significant Year:

1898

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Cloud-Stark House (added 1982 - - #82004498)

327 S. Dixon St. , Gainesville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Cooke County Courthouse (added 1991 - - #91000336)

Public Square, bounded by California, Dixon, Main and Commerce Sts. , Gainesville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Lang & Witchell

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

More Information:

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Davis, William and Anna, House (added 1984 - - #84001633)

505 S. Denton St. , Gainesville

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Davis,William Owen

Significant Year:

1891

Area of Significance:

Law, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Nelson Farmstead (added 2007 - - #07000270)

Also known as Robert Carroll Nelson Log House

7729 FM 678 , Gainesville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Nelson, R.C.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Santa Fe Passenger Depot (added 1983 - - #83003757)

505 E. Broadway , Gainesville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Felt,C. W.

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church (added 1979 - - #79002927)

Also known as Saint Peter's Church

Ash St. , Lindsay

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ludewig,Frank A.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Religious Structure

More Information:

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Thomason-Scott House (added 1980 - - #80004086)

Off TX 51 and SR 922 , Era

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Brumbaugh,George

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake

Historic Person:

Thomason,Judge Robert Ewing

Significant Year:

1894

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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