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

Hays County Texas (Vacant / Not In Use) has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Kyle, Claiborne, Log House, Belger-Cahill Lime Kiln, Fire Station and City Hall, Fort Street Presbyterian Church and Good, Isham Jones, Homestead.

The famous person Col. John Claiborne Kyle is associated with one of more of the Hays County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Hays County places including Roy L. Thomas, John Cape, B.F. Donalson, Edward Northcraft and Samuel Blue Bales. Prominent architectural styles found in Hays Country are Italianate, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Late Gothic Revival.

Belger-Cahill Lime Kiln (added 1983 - - #83004490)

Lime Kiln Rd. , San Marcos

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Fire Station and City Hall (added 1983 - - #83004495)

224 N. Guadalupe St. , San Marcos

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Thomas,Roy L.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Fire Station

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Fort Street Presbyterian Church (added 1984 - - #84001860)

516 W. Hopkins St. , San Marcos

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cape,John, Bales,Samuel Blue

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Good, Isham Jones, Homestead (added 2004 - - #04000896)

13401 Evergreen Way , Austin

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Funerary, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Road-Related, Storage

Hays County Jail (added 1983 - - #83004500)

170 Fredericksburg St. , San Marcos

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Donalson,B.F., Northcraft,Edward

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Law, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Kyle, Claiborne, Log House (added 1981 - - #81000630)

SW of Kyle , Kyle

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Kyle,Col. John Claiborne,et al.

Significant Year:

1850

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

European

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Onion Creek Post Office and Stagecoach House (added 2002 - - #02001211)

Also known as McElroy-Severn House

109 N. Loop 4 , Buda

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Post Office, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress