Houses and mansions in Wharton
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Wharton register is houses than any other kind of building, 23 listings of it in all.
15 stops, 1.6 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Oct 16, 2026.
Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed October 17, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Nettie Elkins House109 E. AlabamaBuilding · listed 1993start
- 2Edwin Hawes House309 N. ResidentBuilding · listed 1993464 ft from stop 1
- 3House at 512 North Resident512 N. ResidentBuilding · listed 19930.1 mi from stop 2
- 4Moran–Moore House501 N. WalnutBuilding · listed 19930.1 mi from stop 3
- 5Louis F. Worthing House620 N. WalnutBuilding · listed 1993327 ft from stop 4
- 6John A. and Sophie Garrett House401 E. AlabamaBuilding · listed 19930.2 mi from stop 5
- 7J. H. Speaker House414 E. AlabamaBuilding · listed 1993149 ft from stop 6
- 8Gerard A. Harrison House209 E. CaneyBuilding · listed 19930.1 mi from stop 7
- 9Edwin Hawes Jr. House119 S. ResidentBuilding · listed 19930.1 mi from stop 8
- 10Ben and Mary Davis House100 S. ResidentBuilding · listed 199391 ft from stop 9
- 11Wiley J. Croom House205 E. MilamBuilding · listed 1993329 ft from stop 10
- 12Henry B. Garrett House504 N. FultonBuilding · listed 19930.4 mi from stop 11
- 13Bolton–Outlar House517 N. RichmondBuilding · listed 19930.2 mi from stop 12
- 14House at 401 North Richmond401 N. RichmondBuilding · listed 1993130 ft from stop 13
- 15Dr. Green Davidson House404 BoltonBuilding · listed 1993155 ft from stop 14
1.6 straight-line miles over 14 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 15 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Local history books for Wharton
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Guidebooks to historic places in Texas
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.