Fayette County Courthouse Square Historic District
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Fayette County Courthouse Square Historic District | |
Downtown La Grange in 2007 | |
| Location | La Grange, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 29°54′17″N 96°52′39″W / 29.90472°N 96.87750°W |
| Area | 24 acres (9.7 ha) |
| Built | 1856–1947 |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Early Commercial, late 19th and early 20th century American movements |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001664 |
| Added to NRHP | 16 January 2001[1] |
The Fayette County Courthouse Square Historic District in La Grange, Texas is a historic district roughly bounded by Main, Lafayette, Franklin, Colorado, Jefferson, Washington, and Crockett Streets. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 16, 2001. Two notable buildings in the district are the Fayette County Courthouse and Jail. Forty–seven buildings, three structures and four objects were identified as contributing to the historic nature of the district.[2]
A partial list of contributing properties:
- Fayette County Courthouse (1891)
- Fayette County Jail (1881)
- Masonic Lodge No.34 A.F. & A.M. (1860)
- Grassmeyer Building (1856–1859)
- Moore Grocery / Reichert Furniture Store (1880)
- Post Office and Bank Building (1884)
- Ehler's Cotton Company (1927)
- Hermes Building (1906–7)
- U.S. Post Office (1936–7)
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Depot (1897)
