National Register of Historic Places

Hill, R.J., Building

Palacios, Matagorda County, Texas
Listed
October 13, 2009
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
09000840

About this property

The R. J. Hill Building is a historic commercial building in the small city of Palacios, Texas, which is located on the Gulf coast of Texas. The building was built in 1910 out of cast concrete blocks that were manufactured at the site, at a time that the town "was being promoted as a seaside resort". It is a concrete two story commercial structure with Richardsonian Romanesque elements. In 2009, it was slated for use as a museum by the Palacios Area Historical Association. The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 2009. The listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of October 23, 2009. The building includes columns that have "entasis, bulbous bases and hypotrachelia, and blocky square-profile capitals." It is located at the corner of 4th and Commerce Streets, only a block away from the Tres Palacios Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.

Location

401 Commerce St.
Palacios, Matagorda County, Texas
28.70198, -96.21559

Categories

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When was Hill, R.J., Building listed on the National Register?

Hill, R.J., Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 13, 2009.

What type of historic resource is Hill, R.J., Building?

Hill, R.J., Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Hill, R.J., Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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