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Randle-Rather Building

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1896. 427 St. George St.
  • (James Graham Family)

This commanding three-story brick structure dominates the north side of the courthouse square and the entire block of St. George Street with its row of smaller brick commercial buildings. The building's five-part composition has an unusual central bay of recessed balconies framed with columns, capped by a stone arch, and topped by an arcaded fourth story. The tall arcaded ground-floor loggia and projecting end bays would make the house stand out in a much larger city.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Peck and Fly Building
Old Jail Museum and Gonzales Chamber of Commerce (Gonzales County Jail)
Office Building (U.S. Post Office)
Gonzales County Courthouse
William Buckner Houston House

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Randle-Rather Building", [Gonzales, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-SF7.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, 191-191.

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