William Wheeler House (Victoria, Texas)

The William Wheeler House in Victoria, Texas, was built in 1900. It was designed by the architect Jules Leffland in Classical Revival style for English immigrant William Wheeler and his family: Emma Hauschlld Wheeler and six children. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

William Wheeler House
Wheeler House in 2014
William Wheeler House
William Wheeler House
Location303 N. William St.,
Victoria, Texas
Coordinates28°48′2″N 97°0′12″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1900 (1900)
ArchitectJules Leffland
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSVictoria MRA
NRHP reference No.86002599[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 9, 1986

It has a wrap-around porch. It has wood siding scored to look like stone.[2]

William Wheeler "assisted in designing water systems in St. Charles, Missouri and Palestine, Tyler and Columbus, Texas before coming to oversee the construction of Victoria's water system in 1884. Wheeler served as superintendent of the Victoria Water Department from 1885 to 1922. He also began a plumbing business that his son and grandson continued until 1965."[2]

The house was occupied by the Wheeler family until 1982.[2]

It was listed on the NRHP as part of a study which listed numerous historic resources in the Victoria area.[3]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Daniel Hardy (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination / Historic Sites Inventory: William Wheeler House". National Archives. Missing or empty |url= (help) (accessible by searching within National Archives Catalog)
  3. Daniel Hardy, Marlene Heck, David Moore, Morgan Dunn O'Connor and John Ferguson (June 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Historic Resources of Victoria, Texas". Retrieved February 16, 2017.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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