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| ID Number |
7000517 |
| Historic Name |
DURANT DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT |
| Description of Significance |
COVERING PORTIONS OF TEN BLOCKS IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, THE DURANT DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT CONTAINS THE MAJORITY OF HISTORIC COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN DURANT THAT RETAINS ITS INTEGRITY OF FEELING AND ASSOCIATION. ALTHOUGH FOUNDED IN THE 1870S, NO BUILDINGS DATING FROM THE CITY’S EARLIEST PERIOD REMAIN TODAY. THOSE THAT REMAIN WERE BUILT IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, LARGELY TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL WOODEN FRAME BUILDINGS HASTILY CONSTRUCTED FOLLOWING SETTLEMENT. THE GREATER PART OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THIS DISTRICT, NINETY-TWO PERCENT, TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 1901 AND 1957, THE DISTRICT’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|
| Current Name |
SAME |
| Address |
ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY 4TH, LOST, EVERGREEN, AND 1ST STREETS |
| City |
DURANT |
| County |
BRYAN |
| Lot |
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| Block |
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| Current Section |
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| Township |
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| Range |
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| Type |
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| Historic Function |
GOVERNMENT, COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, RECREATION AND CULTURE, RELIGION, DOMESTIC, FUNERARY |
| Current Function |
GOVERNMENT, COMMERCE, RELIGION, FUNERARY, DOMESTIC, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTHCARE |
| Area Significance 1 |
COMMERCE |
| Area Significance 2 |
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| Date Prepared |
FEBRUARY 2007 |
| Year Built |
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| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
LAYTON, HICKS, AND FORSYTH |
| Architectural Style |
LATE VICTORIAN, CLASSICAL REVIVAL, MISSION REVIVAL, COMMERCIAL STYLE, MODERNE, ART DECO |
| Roof Material |
ASPHALT |
| Wall Material |
STONE, STUCCO, BRICK |
| Window Material |
WOOD, METAL |
| Door Material |
WOOD, METAL |
| Decorative Details |
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| Condition |
FAIR |
| Comments |
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| Restricted |
N |
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