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Texas - Erath County

Erath County Texas has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Thurber Historic District, Berry House, Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge and Erath County Courthouse and Wyatt--Hickie Ranch Complex.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Erath County places including Texas Pacific Coal Mining Company, J.J. Wyatt, D.E. Laub and J. Riely Gordon. Prominent architectural styles found in Erath Country are Romanesque and Gothic.

Berry House (added 1980 - - #80004116)

Also known as Stephenville Historical House Museum

525 E. Washington St. , Stephenville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wyatt,J.J.

Architectural Style:

Other, Gothic

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge (added 1977 - - #77001440)

Berry's Creek Rd. , Bluff Dale

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

More Information:

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Erath County Courthouse (added 1977 - - #77001441)

Public Sq. , Stephenville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Laub,D.E., Gordon,J. Riely

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

More Information:

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Erath Memorial Arch (added 2018 - - #100002348)

North Erath Avenue and West Washington Street, Stephenville

Nv8200pa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1936-1936 AD

First National Bank Building (added 2015 - - #15000450)

Stephenville, Stephenville

Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1924 AD

Thurber Historic District (added 1979 - - #79002936)

S of Thurber , Thurber

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Texas Pacific Coal Mining Company

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Transportation, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Commerce, Engineering, Community Planning And Development, Industry, Social History

Cultural Affiliation:

American,Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Wyatt--Hickie Ranch Complex (added 1985 - - #85003162)

Also known as Hickie Ranch;Wyatt--Boyd Farmstead Complex

Off US 281 NW of TX 913 , Stephenville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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