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. 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:  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  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)
 * 1) 89 ADDRESS: 128 W. 6th RATING: C
 * 1) 90 ADDRESS: 126 W. 6th RATING: P

The Plainview Commercial Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 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.

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.

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 acre.

The PDF, same or different?, is also available at THC, here

See pics at, maybe some others are in the HD.