Draft:Plainview Commercial Historic District
- MW building: try List of Montgomery Ward buildings Category:Montgomery Ward Montgomery Ward
Per List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (Grayson-Hudspeth) (try List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Hale County), a Montgomery Ward building in the district is a contributing building and is a RTHL. --Doncram (talk,contribs) 19:53, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
- The NRHP doc has it as item #91
ADDRESS: 113 W. 6th RATING: C HISTORIC NAME (PRESENT OCCUPANT): J. H. Slaton Building/Montgomery Ward's (Old World Antiques) OWNER: Oswald Printing 715 N. Broadway PIainview LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL TOWN, BLOCK 32 LOT 21, 22 DESCRIPTION/SIGNIFICANCE: Two-story, brick building built in 1928. Apparently built according to standard Montgomery Ward plan, as similar buildings (some with three floors) exist in Brownwood, Amarillo, and Hillsboro. Art Nouveau influence in terra cotta facade; elaborately ornamented with multicolored tiles , medallions with various plant motifs, woman's silhouette, and pilasters topped with urns. Elaborate parapet. Luxor prisms above plate-glass display windows and recessed entrances with ceramic tile floors.
- The RTHL "marker year" was 1982, same as HD's NRHP listing year. But, uh oh, the building was burned and the marker is in storage:
Marker Number 3445 Atlas Number 5189003445 Marker Title Montgomery Ward Building Index Entry Montgomery Ward Building Address 113 W 6th St City Plainview County Hale UTM Zone 14 UTM Easting 250771 UTM Northing 3785854 Subject Codes commercial buildings; markets, merchantiles Marker Year 1982 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes Private Property No Marker Location building burned; marker in storage Marker Condition In Storage Marker Size medallion & plate Marker Text This commercial structure was built in 1929 for the Plainview Montgomery Ward store. Located on land owned by J.H. Slaton, Guy Jacob and others, the building housed the business for almost 40 years. The architectural style, which features detailing of glazed terra cotta and multicolored tile, was utilized in several of the company's other Texas stores. The building now serves as a reminder of Plainview's early commercial development. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1982
The building was entirely demolished and removed, apparently.[3] A formerly adjacent building, facing onto Broadway, perhaps 523 Broadway, survives. It is the Hale County DMV and Voter Registration Office, per Streetview imagery of May 2019, accessed April 17, 2023.
Across the street, on the same block, per NRHP doc, were:
#89 ADDRESS: 128 W. 6th RATING: C HISTORIC NAME (PRESENT OCCUPANT): Hilton Hotel (same) OWNER: 0. J. Bryson 1407 W. 24th Plainview LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL TOWN, BLOCK 31 LOT 27-30 DESCRIPTION/SIGNIFICANCE: Eight-story, til e hotel, brick faced third through eighth, stone-faced firs t and second. Built 1928 by Conrad Hilton, Sullivanesque order: stone-faced lobby/mezzanine level, room area delineated by vertical lines of pilasters, and stone attic/parapet level with stylized ornamentation. Medallions on stone facade, some with lamps. Portico with balustrade, supported by four sets of double columns. French doors open onto balcony. Metal bars on mezzanine level windows. One-story section with commercial structures on north side facing N, Austin,
which is there, seen in Google Streetview, and also
#90 ADDRESS: 126 W. 6th RATING: P HISTORIC NAME (PRESENT OCCUPANT): (Desert Inn) OWNER: 0. J. Bryson 1407 W. 24th Plainview LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL TOWN, BLOCK 31 LOT 31 DESCRIPTION/SIGNIFICANCE: One-story moderne-style, brick building. Curved corner with glass-brick window, strong horizontal lines in stringcourses which continue around curved corner of building. Metal awning probably recent addition. Built c. late 1930s. Once used as bus station.
Is that at corner of Broadway? If so I don't see a curved corner, though it has a corner entrance and a metal awning. And it is a 2 story building. King Carpet. --Doncram (talk,contribs) 20:17, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
Plainview Commercial Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by E. 4th, Austin, E. 9th, and Ash Sts. (both sides), Plainview, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 34°11′08″N 101°42′11″W / 34.185556°N 101.703056°W |
| Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
| Built | 1910 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Moderne |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004855[4] |
| Added to NRHP | December 2, 1982 |
The Plainview Commercial Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[4] Located in Hale County, Texas, in the High Plains region of Texas, it is roughly bounded by E. 4th, Austin, E. 9th, and Ash Sts. (both sides), in Plainview.[4]
A few buildings were described, in 2012, as follows:
Several buildings represent the town’s early vibrancy. The former First National Bank (1909) at 601 Broadway is distinguished from its numerous counterparts by the light-courts at the second-floor office level on the building’s long side along W. 6th Street. Ornamental brickwork includes a stepped cornice, piers, and pilasters. The ground floor has been modified for retail space. The four-story Skaggs Building (1928) at 703 Broadway, a reinforced concrete-framed office building, has a granite base, a first story faced in white terra-cotta, and upper walls of a tawny brick, with stone trim. It was designed by Amarillo-based Kerr and Walsh, as was the former Plainview Herald Building (now offices for Harvest Christian Fellowship) of 1925 at 801 Broadway. The institutional rather than commercial character of this office testifies to the rising cultural aspirations of Plainview in the 1920s. The one-story brick building is richly detailed with paired pilasters at the outer corners and pilasters framing the arched entrance. The recessed glazing between the pilasters gives the impression of an open pavilion.[5]
The district includes at least one Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
The district has __ dated as old as 1910
Architecture: Classical Revival, Moderne
Historic function: Government; Recreation And Culture; Commerce/trade Historic subfunction: Professional; Theater; Financial Institution; Business Criteria: event, architecture/engineering
The listing included 82 contributing buildings on 40 acres (16 ha).[1]
The PDF, same or different?, is also available at THC, here
See pics at 
Media related to Downtown Plainview, Texas at Wikimedia Commons, maybe some others are in the HD.
References[edit]
- ^ a b National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Plainview Commercial Historic District. National Park Service. Retrieved April 17, 2023. With __ accompanying photos
- ^ Texas marker number 3445 page
- ^ Google Streetview, accessed April 17, 2023
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Gerald Moorhead; et al. (2012). Gabrielle Esperdy; Karen Kingsley (eds.). "Plainview Commercial District, Plainview, Texas". SAH Archipedia.
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