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Architecture, Communications
Historic Place
San Marcos Telephone Company (Demolished)
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About this site
San Marcos Telephone Company (Demolished) is a historic place in San Marcos, Hays County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 20 historic places documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.8823, -97.9422 near San Marcos. The nearest cataloged historic site is McKie-Bass Building (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Simon Building, Episcopalian Rectory, and Hays County Courthouses.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083004509. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The San Marcos Telephone Company erected this Spanish Colonial Revival office building in 1928 at 138 W. San Antonio Street; the stuccoed-brick structure featured peaked corner pilasters and a red barrel-tile pent roof and was known locally as the 'blue building.' The company was among the first in the area to employ women, and the building was added to the National Register in 1983. Despite its listing, it was demolished in 2019 to make way for a multifamily development.
Sources: sanmarcosrecord.comwaymarking.com
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