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NPS Form 10-900-< tM2) OMB NO 1024-0018 Expim 10-31-87 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NPS UM receJved S £ p j g date entered National Register off Historic Piaces Inventory—Nomination Form Continuation sheet Cuero, Texas M-R Nomination Item numt)er all 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 Dewitt Co. Prpd. 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 Leffland, Jules Est. Contractor 4.Block/Lot OTS/Blk SS/Lots 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; flat 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 aixed cowaercial/ 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 Hardy-Heck-Moore Date July 1986 TNRIS No. NR: Other RTHL [ 3 Individual Thematic DESIGNATIONS Old THC Code HABS (no) TEX B&W 4 x 5 s _ 35mm Negs PHOTO DATA Slides, Historic District Multiple-Resource NR File Name Cuero M-R Nowination 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 than one acre 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 textile mill. 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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Please refer to the map in the

Multiple Property Cover Sheet

for this property

Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000839