Mason Historic District

The Mason Historic District in Mason, Texas is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was listed in 1974 and increased in 1991. The original district was 230 acres (0.93 km²) forming an irregular pattern along both sides of U.S. 87 and TX 29 which included 186 contributing buildings and six contributing structures. The increase added 14 contributing building and a contributing site on 20 acres (0.081 km²) roughly along Post Hill Rd. from College Ave. to Spruce St.^[1]

Mason Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Mason County Courthouse
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Location	Irregular pattern along both sides of U.S. 87 and TX 29, Mason, Texas (original) Roughly, Post Hill Rd. from College Ave. to Spruce St. (increase)
Coordinates	30.748889°N 99.224167°W / 30.748889; -99.224167
Area	230 acres (0.93 km2) (original) 20 acres (0.081 km2) (increase)
Built	1869 (1869)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Second Empire, Gothic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	74002086[1] (original) 91001526[1] (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 17, 1974
Boundary increase	October 16, 1991

It includes the Mason County Courthouse.

It includes the local Odeon Theater as a contributing building. In 2017, the theater claims it is the oldest operating theater in West Texas.^[2]

It includes:

• Reynolds/Seaquist House (1887 & 1891), a three-story sandstone house built first as a two-story stone house, later enlarged with Richard Grosse as architect/builder^[3]
• Mason House (c.1876), a two-story vernacular structure which was one of earliest hotels in Mason and served as a stage stop on the San Antonio to El Paso mail route; was an apartment house in 1974.^[3]
• St. Paul's Lutheran Church (1904), a cruciform Gothic Revival church^[3]
• James E. Ranck Building (1874), the oldest sandstone commercial building surviving in Mason; housed the telegraph office during 1870s.^[4]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places portal
• Texas portal

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Mason County, Texas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Odeon Theater History".
3. Gary L. Hume and Marie D. Landon (March 25, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mason Historic District". National Archives. Retrieved June 3, 2017. (Note: several minutes may be required for download to complete.)
4. Jeffrey A. Twining, Sally Victor, and Jeffrey A. Twining (August 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mason Historic District (extension and update)". National Archives. Retrieved June 3, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Note: several minutes may be required for download to complete.)

External links

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