NPS Form ia-9D0-a 0 « )

OMB NO. 1024-0018 Expirw 10-31-«7

Uni ted Sta tes Depar tment of the Inter ior National Parle Service

National Register of Historic P laces Inventory—Nomination Form

For NPS UM only

receh^ed /\UG

date entered

Continuation sheet Item number a l l Page 19

Property No. 9

Historic Resources of Stamford

Stamford Historic Structures Survey Ident i f ica t ion nuniaer, srA-061

Ncune of p r c ^ r t y - Old H.O. Vfcoten Grocery Oo./A.C. Bftar jhrey Warehouse

Address of property- 128. E. Rotan

A.C. Humphrey Owner of p r c ^ r t y -

Owner's Address-

Acreage-

128 E. Rotan Stanford, TX 79553

Less than one acre

Verbal Boundary Description- (Legal Description) Original Tbwn; Blodc 34, Lots 2, 3, 4, 5

UIM Coordinates- 14/425060/3645040

Description (altered, good ccxiditicn) The A.C. Humphrey Warehouse i s the nost interesting cind best preserved

of Steunford's early twentieth-oentury f a c i l i t i e s . The brick structure was tRiilt as a grocery wcurehouse about 1916.

The solid brick walls cure divided into bays by piers. The brick wall between each pier has a corbeled comice and. both string courses cind s i l l courses.

Small arched windows pierce tihe wall i n the i^jper portion of the high-ceilinged interior space to allow natural lighting. On three sides of the building, larger one-over-one wood-framed windows with relieving aurdhes provide additional lighting emd ventilation.

On the remaining side, woocSen steps allow access to a wooden loading dock and the entrance to the office. T\io sets of sliding, braced doors open wide for easy loading and unloading. A f l a t wooden awning shelters the entire dock emd is t i e d to the main structure by wooden beams si53plemented with steel rods.

The Warehouse is located near the Missouri-Kansas-Texeis Railroad luracks i n a ccxnnercial/industrial area soath of the town square.

NPS Form 10-900-1 OMB NO. 1024-0018 |3.g2) Expires 10-31-S7

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

National Register of Historic P laces Inventory—Nomination Form

received

date entered

Continuation sheet Item numb>er a l l Page 20

Significance; local level, architecture* c. 1917 The A.C. Humphrey Warehouse was b u i l t between 1913 and 1922, but most

li k e l y in 1916 or 1917. I t serves cis a historical reminder of the flourishing v*iolesale grocery trade v*iich emerged in Stamford before Wbrld War I , aind is the best surviving example of commercial masonry work in the city .

During Stamford's f i r s t three or four decades of existence i t developed a healthy vAiolesale grocery industry. The T.M. Radford Ccmpany arrived in 1904, the H.O. Wboten Grocery Company opened in 1905, Waples-Platter Ccnpany in 1909 and the Walker Smith Ccmpany in 1915. The H.O. WDOten Grocery Company decided to expand i t s operations, and in 1916 purchased tihe lots vihidi the present building occupies. Soon thereafter they b u i l t this large and handscane structure.

Although this building was essentially a wardx)use, the ccmpany spent extra irtxiey to oonstruct ein ornate structure v^ich was b u i l t by skilled craftsmen from quality materials. Mcuny of Stamford's early commercial structiares were b u i l t of similcu: materials at a similaur or higher level of craftsmanship. Regrettably, most of these buildings are either gone or heavily modified (usually stuccoed), so tiiat the high-quality brickwork is now c*)literated. The A.C. Hjmphrey Warehouse is the last, emd largest, remaining example of high-quality commercial masonry l e f t i n the ci t y , cis well as being the best preserved and best b u i l t of a l l Stamford's surviving weirehouse structures.

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United States Department off the Interior National Park Service

Register of Historic Places inventory—Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number Page

Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group

Name Stamford M u l t i p l e Resource Area State Jones County, TEXAS

Nomination/Type of Review

11. House at 815 East Campbell

12. Jackson, A . J . , House

Date/Signature

Attest

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13. Old Bryant-Link Building ^ t t o . ^ i ' ^ ^ i s t e ^ P ^ ^ C ^ ^ ' ^ T ^ - ^ ^A'/A^

Attest

14. Old Penick—Hughes Company

•» 15. Old West Texas U t i l i t i e s Company

16. Old Wooten, H.O., Grocery Company

l 7 . SMS Building

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18. St . John's Methodis t Church

19. Stamford C i t y H a l l

20. Swenson, A . J . , House

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WASO Form - 177 ( "R" June 1984)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR N A T I O N A L PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET

Old Wooten, H. O., Grocery Company (Stamford MRA) Jones County TEXAS

c n resubmission

• nomination by person or local government

• owner objection

• appeal

Substantive Review:

5ub Ve

7i

AUG I I 1986 Working No. / /

Fed. Reg. Date:

Date Due: f A ' / ' f ^ - " ^ A r / i ^ ^

Action: *-^T.EPT

RETURN

REJECT Federal Agency:

sample • request • appeal CD NR decision

Reviewer's comments: T^U ^rfcM. sAi/c/*"*^ i-x^t hmlt-t>.i ^ 0^"'^

Recom./Criteria /7c<: </t f C

Reviewer Discipiing ///o fer/.^ ^

Date.

see continuation sheet

Nomination returned for: .technical corrections cited below

.substantive reasons discussed below

1. Name

2. Location

3. Classification

Category Ownership Public Acqult i t lon

Status

Accessible Present Use

4. Owner of Property

5. Location of Legal Description

6. Representation In Existing Surveys

Has this property been determined eligible? • yes • no

7. Description

Condition

excellent

CD good

C l l f a l r

I I deteriorated

I I ruins

CD unexposed

Check one

unaltered

altered

Check one

• original site

moved date.

Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

CD summary paragraph

CD completeness

CD clarity

CD alterations/integrity

CD dates

I I boundary selection

8. Significance

Period Areas of Significance—Check and justify below

Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph)

CD summary paragraph CD completeness CD clarity CD applicable criteria CD justification of areas checked CD relating significance to the resource • context CD relationship of integrity to significance CD justification of exception CD other

9. Major Bibliographical References

10. Geographical Data

Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References

Verbal boundary description and justification

11. Form Prepared By

12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is:

national state local

State Historic Preservation Officer signature

title date

13. Other

CD Maps CD Photographs • Other

Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to .

Signed Date Phone:

G P O 9 1 8 - 4 5 0

Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet

Please refer to the map in the

Multiple Property Cover Sheet

for this property

Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000854