Marker Inscription
Commerce, Politics/Government
Historic Place
Guthrie Building (2011)
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About this site
Guthrie Building is a historic place in Kerrville, Kerr County, dedicated in 2011. It is one of 4 historic places documented in Kerr County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 107 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.0463, -99.1394 near Kerrville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dietert, Christian (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Schreiner, Capt. Charles, Mansion, Masonic Building, and James Kerr.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2011000345. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
One of the oldest buildings in Kerr County, this two-story Italianate commercial structure has 15-inch-thick limestone walls quarried just east of Kerrville. Scottish-born newspaper publisher Robert Guthrie bought the lot in May 1887 for the office of his Kerrville Eye, and contractor W.B. Davies completed the stone building that fall for $2,600, with the Guthrie Hotel operating on the second floor. Later tenants included Kerrville's City Hall (1910-1937) and the Wheelus Photographic Company (1921-1960). A Texas Historical Commission marker was placed in 2007.
Sources: texashistory.unt.eduhmdb.org
Also at or near Kerrville, Kerr County
“Guthrie Building” names 2 distinct records in Kerr County. This page is the historic place dedicated in 2011 in Kerrville. The others:
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