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NPS Form 10-900-< tM2)
OMB NO 1024-0018 Exp im 10-31-87
Uni ted Sta tes Depar tment of the Inter ior National Park Service NPS U M
receJved S £ p j g
date entered
National Register off Historic P iaces Inventory—Nomination Form
Continuation sheet C u e r o , Texas M-R N o m i n a t i o n Item numt)er a l l Page 11
TEXAS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY FORM-TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION (rev.8-82)
1. County DEWITT CUERO
DEW CU City/Rural
2. Namfi BREEDEN-RUNGE WHSLE GRO CO BLDG Address 108 N FREDERICK WILLIAM
3.Owner D e w i t t Co. P r p d . Asgp . Address P.O. Box 369 Cuaro TX 77954
5. USGS Quad No. 2997-121 UTM Sector 665 -3219
6. Date: Factual 1911 7. Architect/Builder
Site No. 849
L e f f l a n d , J u l e s Est.
Contractor
4.Block/Lot OTS/Blk S S / L o t s 7 . 8
B.Style/Type _ 9. Original Use
Present Use connerci al conmerc i al
10. Description l-story, load-bearing, nasonry, warehouse building; exterior walls of brick; f l a t roof ml built-up tar-and-gravel coveringi double-door priwary entrance on E. elev.; wood-sash windows ml 212 lights; wood canopy ml stick-style wrought-iron supports; segmental-arched openings ml voussoirs; 3-part
11. Present Condition good; addition at the northeast corner; concrete loading dock 12. Significance COMMERCE k ARCHITECTURE; This building, constructed in 1911. served
as the offices of the Breeden-Runge Wholesale Grocery Co. until 1939 when the Victoria-based Groce-Parrish (later Groce-Wearden) Wholesale Grocery Co.
13. Relationship to Site: Moved Date or Original Site x(describe) i n a a i x e d c o w a e r c i a l /
industrial/residential area northwest of the CBD; at the SW corner ml Church 14. Bibliography Tax Rolls, Sanborn Maps
Leffland Daybook 15. Informant. 16. Recorder Ha rdy -Heck -Moo re Date J u l y 1986
TNRIS No.
NR:
Other
• RTHL [3 Individual • Thematic
DESIGNATIONS
Old THC Code • HABS (no) TEX
B&W 4x5s_ 35mm Negs
PHOTO DATA
Slides,
• Historic District • Multiple-Resource
NR File Name Cuero M-R N o w i n a t i o n
YEAR DRWR ROLL FRME ROLL FRME 13 33 to 51 29 to 51 32
to
CONTINUATION PAGE No. _ 1 of 2.
TEXAS HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY FORM-TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION (rev.8-82)
1 County DEWITT City/Rural CUERO
2. Name BREEDEN-
DEM CU
RUNGE WHSLE GRO CO BLDG
5. USGS Quad No 2997-121 UTM R. 14/665920/3219240 Acreage
Site No.
1 ess t h a n one a c r e
849
Description continued: brick parapet ml corbeled and decorative brickwork.
Significance continued: became owners. This structure is Cuero's best preserved and most architecturally significant warehouse building. I t stands near a spur of the railroad, near the t e x t i l e m i l l . The business that built and originally occupied this building was one of the most important commercial enterprises in early 20th-century Cuero. Although i t was one of several wholesale grocery supply business based in Cuero, i t arguably was the most successful, and had a distribution network that reached much of SE Texas.
0M8 Aeenyl No 102*0011
United States Department of the Interior National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet
Section number Page
Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group
Name Cuero MRA State DeWitt County, TEXAS
Nomination/Type of Review
Cover ^ ^ i O t ^ ^ i ^ ^ j ! ^ ^
1. Bates-Sheppard House
2. Bell, John V., House SobetaQtlve HevlM
3. Bennett, M.D., House
4. Billow-Thompson House Jlubatautlvs J
5. Breeden-Runge 'Ivholesale Grocery Company Building
6. Buchel, Floyd, House
7. Burns, Arthur, House
Substantive £oview
Burns, John W., House g)ih^t.nnT i '.'/iy*
9. Callaway-Gillette House
10. Chaddock, J.B., House
Date/Signature
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET
REQUESTED ACTION: NOMINATION
PROPERTY NAME:
MULTIPLE NAME:
Breeden—Runge Wholesale Grocery Company B u i l d i n g
Cuero MRA
STATE & COUNTY: TEXAS, De W i t t
DATE RECEIVED: 9/16/88 DATE OF 16TH DAY: 10/13/88 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST:
REFERENCE NUMBER: 88001957
NOMINATOR: STATE
REASONS FOR REVIEW:
DATE OF PENDING LIST: 9/27/88 DATE OF 45TH DAY: 10/31/88
APPEAL: OTHER: N PDIL: REQUEST: N SAMPLE:
N DATA PROBLEM: N LANDSCAPE: N LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N SLR DRAFT: N
COMMENT WAIVER: N
t-<ACCEPT RETURN
ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS:
REJECT /O DATE
N N
RECOM./CRITERIA REVI EWER ~_ DISCIPLINE DATE
DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N
CLASSIFICATION
count resource type
STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION
FUNCTION
h i s t o r i c current
DESCRIPTION
ar c h i t e c t u r a l c l a s s i f i c a t i o n materials descriptive t e x t
SIGNIFICANCE
Period Areas of Significance—Check and j u s t i f y below
Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance ( i n one paragraph)
summary paragraph completeness c l a r i t y applicable c r i t e r i a j u s t i f i c a t i o n of areas checked r e l a t i n g significance to the resource context r e l a t i o n s h i p of i n t e g r i t y t o significance j u s t i f i c a t i o n of exception other
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GEOGRAPHICAL DATA
acreage verbal boundary description UTMs boundary j u s t i f i c a t i o n
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRES ENTATION
sketch maps USGS maps photographs presentation
OTHER COMMENTS
Questions concerning t h i s nomination may be directed to
Phone
Signed Date
Please refer to the map in the
Multiple Property Cover Sheet
for this property
Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000839
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