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

De Witt County Texas (Vacant / Not In Use) has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Cuero Commercial Historic District and Terrell--Reuss Streets Historic District, Crain, W. H., House, Cuero High School and Cuero Hydroelectric Plant.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the De Witt County places including Jules Leffland, Huck,H.J., & Co., Buchel Power & Irrigation Co. and William Eckhardt. Prominent architectural styles found in De Witt Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Crain, W. H., House (added 1988 - - #88001953)

508 E. Courthouse , Cuero

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Huck,H.J., & Co.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Cuero Commercial Historic District (added 1988 - - #88001996)

Roughly bounded by Gonzales, Main, Terrell and Courthouse , Cuero

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Leffland,Jules

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Classical Revival, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Government Office, Professional, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Government, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Government Office, Professional, Specialty Store

Cuero High School (added 1988 - - #88001990)

405 E. Sarah , Cuero

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Cuero Hydroelectric Plant (added 1977 - - #77001514)

2 mi. N of Cuero on Guadalupe Plant , Cuero

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

East Main Street Residential Historic District (added 1988 - - #88001998)

400 to 800 blks. of E. Main St. , Cuero

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Eckhardt Stores (added 1976 - - #76002020)

Eckhardt and Main St. , Yorktown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Eckhardt,William

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Economics, Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution, Warehouse

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

May--Hickey House (added 1988 - - #88002129)

FM 682 1.7 mi. S of jct. with TX 111 , Yoakum

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use

Terrell--Reuss Streets Historic District (added 1988 - - #88001997)

300 to 900 blks. of Terrell, 500 to 900 blks. of Indianola, and 200 blk. of W. Reuss to 400 blk. of E. Reuss , Cuero

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Leffland,Jules

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Historic Person:

Multiple

Significant Year:

1886, 1887, 1883

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling