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Wharton

Wharton's register runs heavily to houses, 23 listings of that kind. Tudor Revival is the style recorded most often on these buildings. One themed walking tour runs through those listings.

The earliest listing here is Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District, added Nov 5, 1991.

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Map

Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. A point marks the record location and does not mean the place is open to visitors. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.

Listings

Historic districts

1991

First listing

Walking tours

Building typeHouses and mansions in Wharton15 stops · 1.6 milesThe route links the houses the register carries in Wharton. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.

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Oldest on the register

First listed

Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District · Nov 5, 1991

Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties. Construction years come from Wikidata, matched on reference number, and are on record for 0 of the 32 listings here. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.

Building · Wharton County

First Methodist Episcopal Church South, Old

BuildingListed 1993

Historic district · Wharton County

Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District

Historic districtListed 1991

Building · Wharton County

Banker, Willie, Jr., House

BuildingListed 1993

Building · Wharton County

Bolton–Outlar House

BuildingListed 1993

Historic districts

Styles that appear most

Tudor Revival 4American Craftsman 3Mission Revival 3Neoclassical 2Gothic Revival 1Moderne 1

Style labels come from Wikidata and are on record for 17 of the 32 listings here. The count is the number of listings carrying each label. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.

Every listing

Willie Banker Jr. House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 401 N. Rusk, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000118
Style: Mission Revival architecture
Contributing: 2 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Moses Bernstein House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 1705 N. Richmond, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000116
Style: Mission Revival architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Bolton–Outlar House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 517 N. Richmond, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000108
Style: Neoclassical architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Colorado River Bridge▾WhartonStructure1993

Address: S. Richmond Rd. (Old US 59) across the Colorado R., Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Transportation
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000117
Contributing: 1 structure
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Wiley J. Croom House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 205 E. Milam, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000099
Style: Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
Contributing: 2 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

F. F. Dannon House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 612 W. Caney, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000095
Contributing: 2 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Dr. Green Davidson House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 404 Bolton, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000111
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Ben and Mary Davis House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 100 S. Resident, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000104
Style: Tudor Revival architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Nettie Elkins House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 109 E. Alabama, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000114
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

E. Clyde and Mary Elliott House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 707 N. Walnut, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000122
Style: American Craftsman
Contributing: 2 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

First Methodist Episcopal Church South, Old▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 200 N. Fulton, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000097
Style: Neoclassical architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Henry B. Garrett House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 504 N. Fulton, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000098
Contributing: 2 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

John A. and Sophie Garrett House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 401 E. Alabama, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000115
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

George C. and Annie Gifford House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 615 W. Caney, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000096
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Joseph Andrew Hamilton House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 325 N. Richmond, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000106
Contributing: 2 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Harrison–Dennis House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 409 W. Burleson, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Politics and government, Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000110
Contributing: 4 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Gerard A. Harrison House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 209 E. Caney, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Commerce, Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000112
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Edwin Hawes House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 309 N. Resident, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000102
Contributing: 2 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Edwin Hawes Jr. House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 119 S. Resident, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000105
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

House at 401 North Richmond▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 401 N. Richmond, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000107
Style: Tudor Revival architecture
Contributing: 2 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

House at 512 North Resident▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 512 N. Resident, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000103
Style: American Craftsman
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Linn Street Historic District▾WhartonHistoric district1993

Address: Roughly, the 500 blocks of Richmond Rd. and Houston St. and the 100--200 blocks of Linn St., Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000124
Style: revivalism
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Merrell–Roten House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 520 Ave. A, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000113
Style: Tudor Revival architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Moran–Moore House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 501 N. Walnut, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000120
Style: American Craftsman
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

J. H. Speaker House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 414 E. Alabama, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000109
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 612 N. Pecan, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000100
Style: Gothic Revival
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Stephen F. Austin Elementary School▾WhartonBuilding·

Address: 500 Abell St., Wharton
Listed for: Architecture, Education, Hispanic heritage
Significance: State
Also known as: Abell Street School; Minnie Mae Hopper Elementary School
Reference: 100007404
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗Directions ↗

Texas and New Orleans Railroad Bridge▾WhartonStructure1993

Address: Southern Pacific RR tracks, 0.25 mi. W of Old US 59, over the Colorado R., Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Transportation
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000123
Contributing: 1 structure
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Texas and New Orleans Railroad Depot▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 100 block of N. Sunset, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Transportation, Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000119
Style: Mission Revival architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

West Milam Street Mercantile Historic District▾WhartonHistoric district1993

Address: Roughly 637--668 W. Milam St., Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000125
Style: Victorian architecture
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District▾WhartonHistoric district1991

Address: Roughly bounded by the alley N of Milam St., Rusk St., Elm St. and Richmond St., Wharton
Listed: Nov 5, 1991
Listed for: Commerce, Politics and government, Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 91001624
Style: Renaissance Revival architecture, Moderne architecture
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Louis F. Worthing House▾WhartonBuilding1993

Address: 620 N. Walnut, Wharton
Listed: Mar 18, 1993
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 93000121
Style: Tudor Revival architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Every listing here also appears on its county page for Wharton County.

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Wharton
Paul N. Spellman, 2010
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The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails
William E. Moore, 2018
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William Dylan Powell, 2016
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Exploring Texas history
Elaine L. Galit, 2014
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Driving southwest Texas
Byron Browne, 2011
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