Historic Districts
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Texas - Waller County
Waller County Texas has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Liendo Plantation, Anderson, L.C., Hall, Banks, W.R., Library, Evans, Annie Laurie, Hall and Foster Hall.

Several famous people are associated with these Waller County historic places including Willette Rutherford Banks, George Ruble Woolfolk, Dr. E.B. Evans and Francis Glenn Fry.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Waller County places including Leonard W. Groce, Frederich Ernst Giesecke, Louis E. Fry, P.B. Hanton, Frederick E. Giesecke and C.L. Wilson. Prominent architectural styles found in Waller Country are Late Gothic Revival, Moderne and Classical Revival.

Anderson, L.C., Hall (added 1999 - - #99000611)
L.W. Minor St., building #0541 , Prairie View
Mustangsally, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
Banks, W.R., Library (added 1999 - - #99000612)
L.W. Minor St., building #0508 , Prairie View
Mustangsally, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Banks, Willette Rutherford
Significant Year:
1946
Area of Significance:
Education, Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
Evans, Annie Laurie, Hall (added 1999 - - #99000613)
Also known as Center for Student Services
L.W. Minor St., building #0544 , Prairie View
Mustangsally, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Fry, Louis E.
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
Foster Hall (added 1994 - - #79003021)
Also known as Foster Hall Dormitory
Prairie View A and M University campus , Prairie View
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Giesecke,Frederick E.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
Fry--Thomas Power Plant (added 1999 - - #99000615)
A.G. Cleaver St., Building #0529 , Prairie View
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Fry, Francis Glenn
Significant Year:
1916
Area of Significance:
Education, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
College, Energy Facility
Current Function:
Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
College, Energy Facility
Hilliard Hall (added 1999 - - #99000614)
A.G. Cleaver St., building #0537 , Prairie View
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
Liendo Plantation (added 1971 - - #71000970)
2 mi. NE of Hempstead off FM 1488 , Hempstead
Jim Evans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Groce,Leonard W.
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Multiple
Significant Year:
1853, 1873
Area of Significance:
Science, Art, Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Veterninary Hospital (added 1999 - - #99000617)
Also known as Alfred N. Poindexter Veterinary Hospital
E.M. Norris St., building #0517 , Prairie View
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Fry, Louis E.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Evans, Dr. E.B.
Significant Year:
1925
Area of Significance:
Black, Education
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Research Facility
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Research Facility
More Information:
Woolfolk, G.R., Social and Political Science Building (added 1999 - - #99000616)
A.G. Cleaver St., building #0503 , Prairie View
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Woolfolk, George Ruble
Significant Year:
1932
Area of Significance:
Education, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
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