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Architecture
Historic Place
Ragland, John B., Mercantile Company Building
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About this site
Ragland, John B., Mercantile Company Building is a historic place in Kingsville, Kleberg County, dedicated in 1993. It is one of 2 historic places documented in Kleberg County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 34 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 27.5164, -97.8675 near Kingsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Kingsville Railroad Depot (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Lott, Uriah, First Presbyterian Church of Kingsville, and First Baptist Church of Kingsville.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2092001820. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Designed by architect Jules Leffland, the John B. Ragland Mercantile Company Building was completed in 1909 at 201 E. Kleberg Avenue in Kingsville, replacing a small 1904 frame store started by John Ragland. The Italianate-influenced brick-and-limestone building later passed to the King Ranch, which remodeled it in 1950 and installed South Texas's first escalator; it now houses the King Ranch Saddle Shop. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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