Burton Commercial Historic District

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Burton Commercial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Steiner & Dallmeyer Building in 2013
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Location	Roughly bounded by Railroad, Live Oak, Brazos and Burton, including area S of Railroad between Washington and Texas Sts., Burton, Texas
Coordinates	30°10′54″N 96°35′45″W / 30.18167°N 96.59583°W / 30.18167; -96.59583
Area	12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built	1870 (1870)
Architectural style	One-part commercial block
MPS	Burton MPS
NRHP reference No.	91000709^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 11, 1991

The Burton Commercial Historic District is located in Burton, Texas.

The district encompasses all or parts of seven city blocks. It contains 47 buildings, 28 of them classified as contributing. The buildings include retail stores, industrial buildings, a railroad depot and a portion of the railway right-of-way. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 11, 1991.

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Notable buildings in the district include:

H. Knittel Store Annex-one-story frame building constructed in 1880
Meat Market-one-story brick building constructed around 1900 for F.W.E. Fischer, a prominent and early Burton merchant.
Chamber of Commerce-Modern miniature frame building built around 1950 by Will Weeren.
Farmer's Cotton Warehouse-one-story frame warehouse
Homeyer Lumber Company-one-story frame building constructed around 1900. Lumber company was founded in 1881 by Charles W. Homeyer, a Burton resident.
Old Burton State Bank-This one-story building served as Burton's first and only state bank from 1906 to 1965. Today it houses municipal offices.
The Barber Shop-one-story building was built in 1906 for Fritz Buch as a grocery store. The barber shop operated from 1906 to 1986.
Burton Auto Company-one-story building constructed in 1916 as the City Garage.

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References[edit]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

External links[edit]

Media related to Burton Commercial Historic District at Wikimedia Commons

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