Marker Inscription
Community Planning and Develpment, Architecture
Historic Place
Cotton Belt Building
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About this site
Cotton Belt Building is a historic place in Tyler, Smith County, dedicated in 2005. It is one of 17 historic places documented in Smith County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 272 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.3471, -95.3177 near Tyler. The nearest cataloged historic site is Smith County Rose Industry and the Tyler Rose Garden (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Williams--Anderson House, Butler College, and Whitaker-McClendon House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2005001405. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Cotton Belt Building was completed in 1954 as the headquarters of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway (the Cotton Belt Route), built from plans by railway president H. J. McKenzie with prominent Fort Worth architect Wyatt C. Hedrick. The building is a well-preserved modernist office block blending International Style and Art Deco elements and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Sources: historic.onetylertexasonline.com
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